Macs Anyone?

[Betty]

Hey Bud,
I don't know if you'd be interested in refurbished computers, but Apple has a bunch of them here on their website. They have laptops, eMacs, Mac Minis, iMac G5s, and a G5 tower. They do have warranties.

[DefensiveCarry.com]

[rstickle]

Bought my first Mac in 1984 (I still have it in a box someplace, makes a great bookend). Far cry from that 4 Mhz, 128k black and white machine (with a 10MB external drive - which was big stuff back then) to my current machine (Dual 2.7 G5, 2.5Gb RAM, 23" ACD).

I also got a 128 Mac, April 1984. I still have it (but not the box), just seems to cute to get rid of. Might have to power it up and play with Macpaint!

[Bud White]

Now thats funny

[Bud White]

Sounds like i should just pic up a processor i dont need a whole lot more it seem to be working well but slows down some times with photoshop and soem other programs and im maxed out on memery...

Unless there is some setting im missing to speed up the mac

[P95Carry]

Don't know Macs Bud but - processor speed ain't the whole deal - at least on IBM's it ain't.

Maybe if a compatible mobo available that could help but - so many things can bottleneck efficiency. Cache sizes, bus speeds, even simple protocols.

I'd be inclined to do some surfing and see what is out there and at what price - could just be time to go mad and upgrade whole deal.

[Bud White]

Could be Chris i dont know if they make replacable motherboards for macs like they do for pc's ... i dont want to blow a lot of money either that why i figured i ask someone might have a idea

[Bumper]

I am strictly an Intel/AMD processor guy, but I have an apple tree in my back yard......

[Zundfolge]

Don't know Macs Bud but - processor speed ain't the whole deal - at least on IBM's it ain't.

With Macs its even moreso than IBMs ... keep in mind that the MacMini is only 1.25ghz and G3, G4 and G5 processors have been running lower ghz than Intel/AMD processors for some time now.*

I am strictly an Intel/AMD processor guy...

Apple is moving to Intel for processors ... in fact hacked copies of the beta of the next version of OSX will run on your Intel box now.

i have to many acc i run to us the mac many so thats out for me i got 3 hard drives etcetc

What is the total GB of all those drives? You can get a 250GB Lacie that will plug into a mini with a single firewire cable for about $150 (and Lacie makes one thats the same size and shape as the Mini for an extra $20).

As for the other stuff, you can get ADB to USB converters and a nice USB hub for all those.




* on a side note, my little 1.25ghz/512MB RAM Mac Mini runs Photoshop and InDesign as fast and smooth the 3.3ghz P4 (w/1GB RAM) Windows machine I run at work.

[rstickle]

Could be Chris i dont know if they make replacable motherboards for macs like they do for pc's ... i dont want to blow a lot of money either that why i figured i ask someone might have a idea

Bud, Never seen replacement motherboards for a Mac, just the CPU daughter boards. That's what I did to my 8600, swapped out the old CPU for a G3, or maybe it was a G4, I can't remember right now.

It did make quite an inprovement the speed of Photoshop though.