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bought a new 2.0ghz powermac tonight at the apple store

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tekmoe

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my buying advice...BUY ONE!

this thing is blazing. i don't know why but i got this wild hair earlier today at work and decided i really wanted one. i could not stop thinking about it which led me to the apple store at knox-henderson in dallas. i picked one up and i am using it right now.

hopefully my 17" pb arrives tomorrow.
 
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ibglowin

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Sweet!

My Dual Core 2.3 will arrive on Friday! I finally pulled the trigger as well. Got the edu discount, can't wait. This machine will replace an ancient dual 500 G4. I should see soom faster rendering times in iMovie me thinks! :p
 
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cruxed

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I myself am considering buying either the Dual 2ghz or 2.3ghz tomorrow.

Any opinions on which one would be a better choice?
I will be upping the vRam to 256mb in the 2ghz.

RAM will come later in the form of third-party RAM.

Will I notice any significant speed differences?

Thanks in advance
 
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RobHague

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What hard drives are in the new machines? My last PM had a Maxtor which seemed fine at first but recentley became 'irritating' and 'clicky'.
 
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tekmoe

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yes, the powerbook birth pictures will be available shortly...i am using it now and it is an awesome laptop. i love it.
 
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shadowmoses

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Cool ppost tekmoe.....The pics were cool, BTW you have one hardcore mac collection.....

Also what screen have you got hooked up the dual 2.0,

Shadow
 
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katie ta achoo

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JasonGough said:
its like watching a computer do a strip show :)
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*stuffs a dollar bill in the CD drive*

Oh man, congrats on the new Mac!
Well, Macs! What a sweet setup...

post pics of the 17" undressing, too. :)
 
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Chrispy

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Nice pics! Can we see some pics of the computer with its door open ;) Also, lets see that baby running something just for kicks! Oh oh oh and the powerbook .... lets see that too haha :) Congrats on the new purchase!
 
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lesbarn

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Hardware Details On Dual Core 2.0GHz

I got my dual core 2.0GHz on Monday. Here are specs on hardware parts:

Original Ram: 2x256MB DDR2-533 DIMMS appear to be Samsung
DVD Burner: Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-110D
Hard Drive:WDC WD1600JS
Video:GeForce 6600LE

Interesting note that the hard drive is a Western Digital SATA II drive. I added a second drive, but used a Western Digital SATA I. I also upgraded the RAM using Corsair VS1GBKIT533D2. I started with 1GB, but will add a second tomorrow. The Corsair RAM runs without any problems. The only strange thing that I found (maybe I don't know enough about dual channel memory) is when I added the Corsiar RAM, the Apple RAM dissappeared. I am assuming this is due to the different size of RAM 512 sticks vs 256. I hope the above info helps. By the way the computer is great. I waited and extra year to buy a G5 and I am glad I waited.
 
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tekmoe said:
my buying advice...BUY ONE!

this thing is blazing. i don't know why but i got this wild hair earlier today at work and decided i really wanted one. i could not stop thinking about it which led me to the apple store at knox-henderson in dallas. i picked one up and i am using it right now.

hopefully my 17" pb arrives tomorrow.
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A PowerMac AND a 17inch PBook? Did you strike oil down there? :eek:
 
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