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<blockquote data-quote="Paul G" data-source="post: 59841">Hi there,I’ve been asked by my future employer to suggest a system to implement in a brand new creative services department.Most work carried out will be on PC but high-end work will be carried out on a Mac – of course!&nbsp; The PC’s will be kitted out with Quark, Illustrator, Photoshop and MS Office suite.&nbsp; This will have to be replicated on the Mac.&nbsp; So, I need to suggest an adequate specification of Mac.&nbsp; At home I have a G5 1.8 GHz PowerPC with 20” Cinema Screen.So, I was thinking along the lines of….Dual 2GHz PowerPC G51GHz frontside bus/processor512K L2 cache/processor512MB DDR400 SDRAMExpandable to 8GB SDRAM160GB Serial ATA8x SuperDriveThree PCI-X SlotsNVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra64MB DDR video memory56K internal modemI would want to increase the SDRAM to at least 2GB.&nbsp; Would you think this is sufficient?&nbsp; I can’t say exactly what is going to be produced but I’m aware that a good deal of web creation and Power Point presentations will be required.&nbsp; The Power Point presentations will be done on PC mainly.&nbsp; I’m sure Quark, Photoshop, Illustrator and In Design will be used on the Mac.I would appreciate your suggestions.Thank you in advance.Paul G&nbsp;:headphone&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused&nbsp; &nbsp; :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Paul G, post: 59841"] Hi there, I’ve been asked by my future employer to suggest a system to implement in a brand new creative services department. Most work carried out will be on PC but high-end work will be carried out on a Mac – of course! The PC’s will be kitted out with Quark, Illustrator, Photoshop and MS Office suite. This will have to be replicated on the Mac. So, I need to suggest an adequate specification of Mac. At home I have a G5 1.8 GHz PowerPC with 20” Cinema Screen. So, I was thinking along the lines of…. Dual 2GHz PowerPC G5 1GHz frontside bus/processor 512K L2 cache/processor 512MB DDR400 SDRAM Expandable to 8GB SDRAM 160GB Serial ATA 8x SuperDrive Three PCI-X Slots NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra 64MB DDR video memory 56K internal modem I would want to increase the SDRAM to at least 2GB. Would you think this is sufficient? I can’t say exactly what is going to be produced but I’m aware that a good deal of web creation and Power Point presentations will be required. The Power Point presentations will be done on PC mainly. I’m sure Quark, Photoshop, Illustrator and In Design will be used on the Mac. I would appreciate your suggestions. Thank you in advance. Paul G :headphone :confused: [/QUOTE]

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