Been a PC guy for 20 plus years looking to get my 1st Mac. I love Photography and Video editing haven't done it allot though. so that is a big interest I have other then that mostly internet I was looking at craigslist Like some input I like to be under $500 really!
1. Mini Mac new to used $450-$575
* 2GHz Intel Intel Core 2 Duo / 1GB DDR3 SDRAM / 120GB hard drive / SuperDrive DVD±RW/CD-RW
* NVIDIA 9400M / Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 802.11n (draft), Bluetooth 2.1 EDR
* Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard / 1 Year Warranty
2. mac Clone price is good but scary too $375
2.2 Ghz dual core processor
2 gigs of Ram (can upgrade to four)
80 gig sata hard drive
Intel 945 Graphics
Wireless keyboard and mouse
dual layer dvd burner with lightscribe.
Software:
OSX 10.5.7
Adobe cs4 suite
Office for Mac 2008
VMWae Fusion (Run windows through the mac)
Toast titanium 10
Ilife 2009
3. G4 Mini $199
1.25GHz PowerPC G4 processor with 512K on-chip level 2 cache at full processor speed, 167 MHz system bus
1 gig of 400MHz DDR SDRAM (PC-3200) main memory
40GB Ultra ATA hard drive
Slot-loading Combo drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
ATI Radeon 9200 with 32MB of DDR SDRAM with AGP 4X support
Built-in 10/100BASE-T Ethernet and 56K V.92 modem
4 G4 QuickSilver $120
867-MHz PowerPC G4
256K L2 at 867 MHz
2MB L3 at 217 MHz
128MB
40GB (7200 rpm)
NVIDIA GeForce2 MX with
32MB of SDRAM
SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW)
Two ports
Two ports
Four slots
10/100/1000BASE-T
AirPort ready
other Ideas if you have them really I am just looking for some good advice to move into the Mac arena best bang for the buck really...
1. Mini Mac new to used $450-$575
* 2GHz Intel Intel Core 2 Duo / 1GB DDR3 SDRAM / 120GB hard drive / SuperDrive DVD±RW/CD-RW
* NVIDIA 9400M / Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 802.11n (draft), Bluetooth 2.1 EDR
* Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard / 1 Year Warranty
2. mac Clone price is good but scary too $375
2.2 Ghz dual core processor
2 gigs of Ram (can upgrade to four)
80 gig sata hard drive
Intel 945 Graphics
Wireless keyboard and mouse
dual layer dvd burner with lightscribe.
Software:
OSX 10.5.7
Adobe cs4 suite
Office for Mac 2008
VMWae Fusion (Run windows through the mac)
Toast titanium 10
Ilife 2009
3. G4 Mini $199
1.25GHz PowerPC G4 processor with 512K on-chip level 2 cache at full processor speed, 167 MHz system bus
1 gig of 400MHz DDR SDRAM (PC-3200) main memory
40GB Ultra ATA hard drive
Slot-loading Combo drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
ATI Radeon 9200 with 32MB of DDR SDRAM with AGP 4X support
Built-in 10/100BASE-T Ethernet and 56K V.92 modem
4 G4 QuickSilver $120
867-MHz PowerPC G4
256K L2 at 867 MHz
2MB L3 at 217 MHz
128MB
40GB (7200 rpm)
NVIDIA GeForce2 MX with
32MB of SDRAM
SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW)
Two ports
Two ports
Four slots
10/100/1000BASE-T
AirPort ready
other Ideas if you have them really I am just looking for some good advice to move into the Mac arena best bang for the buck really...
