Ive £200 pounds to spend...

[StokeLee]

Ive just had a birthday, and ive got £200 pounds to spend.(and prob some of my own money)
ive got an iMac g5 2ghz 160gig hd, superdrive, 1 gig ram, eyetv 410, external 160 gb hard drive, wireless keyboard and mouse,

What should i buy??? what bit of kit should i get? It doesnt matter if its a specific bit of kit, tell me. Im in need of ideas, and this money is better spent on my imac than sitting in my bank

 

[Quartz Extreme]

Buy Apple stock.

 

[StokeLee]

I did think of that,, and while it is prob a good investment, i cant play with it here at home , lol

LEt me just add a little bit more, im off work work for another 6 weeks with a broken ankle, thats a lot time on my iMac

 

[stridey]

Get a tablet if you have any artistic inclinations.

 

[James Philp]

Tablet sounds like an awesome idea - photoshop will get like 1000% more accessible.
good
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even better (but a bit over budget)
Or shop around!

 

[StokeLee]

well
ive always been into web design,, just some personal projects, and would lvoe my own personalised graphics, so mnaybe,, a tablet, to draw my own straight lines, lol

any tablet suggestions?


and what else???/ could be programs,, or other stuff, like ive got a AV receiver, and tis going to be connected up to that,, so radio, DAb etc,,

whose got the DADDY set up out there??

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

Happy birthday!

Do you have an iPod? If not, how about a nice iPod mini with a pair of KOSS PortaPro headphones (you can probably get them cheaper than here). I cannot live without my iPod mini...

 

[James Philp]

Happy birthday!

Do you have an iPod? If not, how about a nice iPod mini with a pair of KOSS PortaPro headphones (you can probably get them cheaper than here). I cannot live without my iPod mini...

When you have a 30GB iPod photo the mini is a bit redundant i guess.

I just suggested some tablets in my previous post! Wacom is the way to go for a graphics tablet.

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

When you have a 30GB iPod photo the mini is a bit redundant i guess.

There you have it... I just read his list of gadgets in the original post, and didn't even see the sig... My brain automatically filters out those "lists of what I got"-sigs, but actually here it would have made some sense to read that...

But I still recommend the iPod mini/KOSS headphones instead of/to complement the iPod photo. The minis are much smaller than the regulars and photos, feels so much better and doesn't scratch on the back... But had I seen the sig I might have suggested a shuffle instead, for when the photo is just too big to carry...

 

[zelmo]

With that eyetv 410, you could always get more drive space. I could fill up plenty if I was home for 6 weeks.

A nice Wacom would also be nice, like others have said.

Any software you've been eyeing up?

What kind of audio kit do you have for your Mac?

 

[dcv]

Do you have a digital camera? If not and you can add a bit more of your own money in then you could get a basic graphics tablet and a camera... this then ties in rather nicely with your ipod photo and your mac + photoshop etc!

I've got the first one of those wacom ones suggested above, which although I haven't used all that much seems great for a beginner anyway and pretty well priced.

oh and happy birthday!

 

[Mustafa]

How about.....

...... an AirPort Express? If you have a hifi set up in another room, it's nice to be able to play your music wirelessly.

And how about two for your £200 (with change)? I've just put a second one in my garage so I can now use my PB in the summerhouse or on the terrace!