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Re: apple computer
Originally posted by TopcatThe more you spend, the faster it goes......kind of like a race car. Buy any computer (even a Mac) on that logic, and you'll be golden.....sigpic
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if it isnt PPC then it isnt a mac, it's an overprice pc running a BSD derivative o.s.
just use this instead.
http://www.pcbsd.org/
http://www.freebsd.org/
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Originally posted by seancLol cheers.
If you have older software/hardware that would run acceptably on PPC, then you may be OK with one, but in terms of being able to use the latest software, 10.5.8 is at the moment the last release for PPC, Intel is on 10.6.4.
oops, did not mean to bring this off topic OP. sorry.
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he might be misguided... if all he knows is the alf-trash they put inthe get a mac ads, then he might want to review the facts again. not to say macs are bad, i just think most who buy them do not know what they are and are not getting or if a mac will really do for them what they are thinking it will do.
i own a sawtooth g4, and with os 10.4 it isn't bad... i would not pay full price for a mac... but it was not bad.sigpic
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FCP is the only reason for mac. You can pretty much buy a similar board to what they have and roll your own. If I can get osX on my amd, a compatible pc would work flawlessly. Build yourself a mac pro for like 1/2 the price.
All of the audio,3d and compositing tools are for windows or linux anyway.
PPC is fun but at this stage useless. Those G5 mac pros are still a ripoff.
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Originally posted by NxBAll of the audio,3d and compositing tools are for windows or linux anyway.
linux sucks for all three except for blender and latex, unless you count rendering. actual drawing, i dunno any programs for linux, but i havent used ubuntu or any of the popular distros/repos in a while. always arch linux for me.
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The OP saying that he's thinking of getting a mac is a good suggestion he probably doesn't need one. Mac was useful a while ago, it has some strengths in sound and graphics. Otherwise its the biggest piece of shit made on slave labour and is overpriced and doesn't last long. I have IBM laptops from 1999 still working. Macs from 2007 are already in the dumpster. The old stuff was good, anything after 2002 was a fail. Apple has a stronghold on the parts and after 2-3 years they announce that they want nothing to do with repair or replace. I know many people that bought apple laptops for $1500 and one year later they had to put $800 in it and one year after that it was dead and worthless.
Trust me if you have no specific use for one I would stay away. A while ago when mac was coming back it was "cool" to own one but now that justin long is out so is apple. Some hardcore mac freaks will disagree but generally those are the fools that buy apple anyway. If you wanna just dick around with it pick up a $100 G4 tower.
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