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<blockquote data-quote="stew" data-source="post: 6885"><p>Hi guys,</p><p></p><p>I am starting college (doing a 3 year long degree) end of August (3 weeks ARGH!) and I am looking at buying a Mac... I have a decent(ish) P4 2.2Ghz PC but its not stable enough and having to format every 1.5 months drives me insane.</p><p></p><p>I am nto too sure what specs of machine I'm looking for but I need somethign which will run at a the same, or faster, speed than my current comp, heres the full spec of my current computer:</p><p></p><p>Processor: Pentium 4 2.2GHz</p><p>RAM: 256Mb (does me fine for most work)</p><p>Storage: 40Gb main drive and a 60Gb storage (MP3s, movies, and backups)</p><p>I have a CD-RW drive and a sperate DVD-ROM</p><p></p><p>Basically I'm looking for something which will run Photoshop 7 comfortably (i am doing a course in Multimedia Computer With Web Developemnt so photoshop's a must) but also run Dreamweaver MX at the same time with little slow-down... now I know the G5 is coming out shortly but I dont have the budget for one so I'm thinkg of a G4 Powermac. I dont need a DVD drive as I have an xBox now and that plays DVDs however i do need a CD-RW drive (I dont see the need to spend an extra $200= for a superdrive)</p><p></p><p>My budget is 1,608.75 USD (im from the UK so its £1,000 that I have to spend) </p><p></p><p>I already have a really good monitor (Samsung SyncMaster 957p) which i bought 2 months ago so i dont need to get a new monitor jsut the DVI-VGA adapter. Oh and hte video card shoudl be able to let me run at 1600x1200 @ 70Hz - 85Hz (if its definable even better)</p><p></p><p>Any help will be greatly appreciated,</p><p></p><p>Thanks,</p><p></p><p> Stew</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stew, post: 6885"] Hi guys, I am starting college (doing a 3 year long degree) end of August (3 weeks ARGH!) and I am looking at buying a Mac... I have a decent(ish) P4 2.2Ghz PC but its not stable enough and having to format every 1.5 months drives me insane. I am nto too sure what specs of machine I'm looking for but I need somethign which will run at a the same, or faster, speed than my current comp, heres the full spec of my current computer: Processor: Pentium 4 2.2GHz RAM: 256Mb (does me fine for most work) Storage: 40Gb main drive and a 60Gb storage (MP3s, movies, and backups) I have a CD-RW drive and a sperate DVD-ROM Basically I'm looking for something which will run Photoshop 7 comfortably (i am doing a course in Multimedia Computer With Web Developemnt so photoshop's a must) but also run Dreamweaver MX at the same time with little slow-down... now I know the G5 is coming out shortly but I dont have the budget for one so I'm thinkg of a G4 Powermac. I dont need a DVD drive as I have an xBox now and that plays DVDs however i do need a CD-RW drive (I dont see the need to spend an extra $200= for a superdrive) My budget is 1,608.75 USD (im from the UK so its £1,000 that I have to spend) I already have a really good monitor (Samsung SyncMaster 957p) which i bought 2 months ago so i dont need to get a new monitor jsut the DVI-VGA adapter. Oh and hte video card shoudl be able to let me run at 1600x1200 @ 70Hz - 85Hz (if its definable even better) Any help will be greatly appreciated, Thanks, Stew [/QUOTE]
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