Another switcher here - with many thanks!

[Jarman74]

Hi all!

Today at 11.18 AM CET I received my very first Mac ever and I'd like to share this joy with you guys. My very last PC ever was an almost 6 year old single core Athlon 64 FX-51 2.2GHz, 2GB RAM, 111GB HDD, ATI HD 2600, Realtek AC97. As you can imagine, this puppy is completely blowing me away!

Two 3.2GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors
8GB of 800MHz DDR2 ECC fully buffered DIMM
500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s 7200-rpm hard drive
Two 16x SuperDrives (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 1GB
Logitech® Z-5500 Digital (4 satellites, 1 center channel, 1 subwoofer)
Logitech® QuickCam® Vision Pro for Mac®
Samsung SyncMaster T260HD - LCD display - TFT - 25.5"
Das Keyboard Ultimate
Snow Leopard 10.6.1, Windows XP Professional SP3

I work as a software localizator and in the next few years my new machine will be busy analyzing massive documents with huge translation memories; it will also reduce my map compiling times tremendously with the Source SDK's Hammer level editor and it will be as helpful for analyzing chess games with Rybka, a multi-processor engine. These are all incredibly time-consuming tasks that often require many hours, even days

I would like to sincerely thank all the Mac experts and the regulars here who helped me a great deal to making my decision

Cheers!

 

[tribe3]

You will love OS X Enjoy your new machine!!

 

[Jarman74]

I already do

Most of what I do is still Windows-centric, but I think I will lean more on the Mac side as soon as I start developing for the iPhone.

Thanks for your comment

 

[Genghis Khan]

Very nice computer! Do you mind me asking how much you payed for it all up?

*btw, I noticed the GPU in your old computer was the same as the stock GPU in your new one

 

[Jarman74]

Very nice computer! Do you mind me asking how much you payed for it all up?

As one of the people who helped me (the last post here is yours!), you are welcome - and you'll find the converted prices below

Computer € 2,999 (5,050.92 AUD)
Video card € 439.95 (740.97 AUD)
Speakers € 399.95 (673.6 AUD)
Webcam € 99.95 (168.34 AUD)

You should add about 340 AUD for the memory I got separately (the price was just insane on the App Store).

I decided to keep my "old" monitor and keyboard for the time being - they are both only a few months old.

*btw, I noticed the GPU in your old computer was the same as the stock GPU in your new one

Actually the stock GPU in my refurb was a 8800 GT I think I will keep it just in case something goes wrong with the GTX 285.

Thanks again for your help, mate!