one mac or two?

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  1. imaginaryponds@, Apr 19, 2004

    imaginaryponds@ macrumors newbie

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    ok, here it is:
    my folks are giving me $3500 towards a new computer as a birthday (april 9th! 22 yrs! whoo hoo!)/graduation/going to graduate school present. that's a lot of #$%&ing money. i do a lot of computer recording with pro tools, reason, rewire, etc etc. my current ti667 is letting me down, and i'm totally pschyed about these updates.

    here's my dilema:
    (keep in mind these are with educational discounts)

    17" 1.5 GHz PB with the 5400 RPM drive and 2 GB of memory=about $3500 (totally sweet and totally maxed out)

    OR (and i keep waivering back and forth on this)

    17" Apple display+Dual 1.8 GHz G5 standard (except add an airport card) NOW=apx.$2,987
    AND 15" 1.33 GHz standard LATER(when i can come up with the extra funds, which should be about a month...i make 12/hr and i work about 30 hrs a week. food's about $10 a day, and i i'm living with friends, for free)=apx.1799

    so really the question is: do i get one totally maxed out 17" laptop now or get the two not maxed out computers over time. I suppose i would only really worry about maxing out the G5 (8gigs of memory? oy!), and sort of let the 15" PB be my "play" computer.

    so there you have it..advice???
     
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  2. wrldwzrd89, Apr 19, 2004

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    It sounds to me like you are a notebook user - in that case, you'd probably be happier with the maxed-out PowerBook G4. The PowerMac G5s sure are tempting, but with the funds you have and the fact that you'd be upgrading from a PowerBook G4 Ti 667, I'd recommend the one mac option. I'm not a PowerBook user currently (but I was in the past) - in fact, I owned a Ti 667 before I replaced it with this iMac I have now.
     
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  3. rueyeet, Apr 19, 2004

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    Since it sounds like you want a laptop either way, I'd say go with the tricked-out 17", and keep your TiBook as your second, play-around computer since you already know it can mostly handle your real work in a pinch. You still end up with two Macs.....can't go wrong there. :)
     
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  4. davecuse, Apr 19, 2004

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    I thought about the same scenario when I got my powerbook. In the end I wound up getting a jacked up 17" G4 PB and a 17" Studio Monitor, also looking to get a bluetooth mouse and keyboard shortly. Syncing 2 machines is a real hassle... that's why I stuck with the one machine setup, and it's worked out great.
     
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  5. imaginaryponds@, Apr 19, 2004

    imaginaryponds@ thread starter macrumors newbie

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    thanks guys! I did it, got the maxed out 17". i can't wait!
     
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  6. wdlove, Apr 19, 2004

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    I agree that you made a very wise decision imaginaryponds@. You are going to be very have when it arrives.
     
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  7. djkny, Apr 19, 2004

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    Wow. $3500 grad gift? The real question is, "do your parents adopt?"
     
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  8. Espnetboy3, Apr 19, 2004

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    thats tight , but i would have def went with a g5 processor , especially with how fast technology is moving , in a nother year "wats a g4"
     
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