ush flynn
Prominent Member
With all due respect Ush, the powermac and G5 no longer exist so your information is way out of date. All new macs run dual core intel processors. Even the mac mini has a respectable performance with the latest upgrade.
haha, ooooh heres the problems with 3am replies!!
I totally didnt think about model names when i wrote that! when i mentioned powermac it was because i have been winding up a friend of mine calling her macbook an ibook and her imac a powermac.
I of course was talking about the Mac Pro when i meant serious money!
So yes, what i mentioned is well out of date! apologies for all that!
Brain is working today as far as i can tell!
Oh and i was aware of running windows natively on the intel machines. Handy in some occasions i guess
Dunkle for what you want to use the computer for a gig of ram on the mac should be more than adequate, its hard to relate to in PC terms but they dont need anywhere near as much unless you are into some hardcore rendering. The imacs that are out now (to be fair, i hadnt seen much about the new alloy imacs, they look good)
Im sure you wont be stressing the machine at all with the work load you are looking at.
Then again, without gaming or editing i doubt you would stress a £700 PC either. But if pretty OSX grabs your fancy then theres no harm in giving one a try. Be patient with learning the OS and you shouldn't have many problems... i just hope you aren't used to a 4-5 button mouse! kiss that goodbye!
Again, if it was me id spend the money to sort out a decent PC and keep it clean, Bloatware does ruin windows as we all know but you can get by without it, there are plenty of alternatives. I dont subscibe to installing tons of software that will make something faster.. Less is definitely more.
Mac's just aren't for everyone