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Switched today!

osiris315

osiris315

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Apr 7, 2005
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Well, ok, not quite but i have just placed my order FINALLY after moping around MR for the best part of a year. Have been WinTel for as long as i can remember, and before that in the medieval land of the Acorn! (dont ask why!).

So what did we spend all our money on? Hopefully a computer that will last me the next 4-5 years.

PowerMac G5 Dual 2.3Ghz
512MB RAM
ATI Radeon X850 XT
250GB HD
Modem
BT and AE

Had to go for the modem as i need to dial into networks out-of-band for support purposes. BT & AE? Why not! I'm sure the misses might like the idea of no wires in the study.
I plumped for the X850 as I will play a few games and spending that sort of money, i went for the latest and greatest. I seem to sway for the ATI brand rather than NVidea.

The last thing that's missing is the 1Gb memory upgrade from Crucial which i'll pick up at some point next week.

Can't wait!!! :) :D
 
That's a good purchase, it is what I use at work (with 2.5GB RAM, but only the Radeon 9600), coupled with a 20" Cinema Display. A very nice machine indeed - and I just love that it can rip and encode a CD at over 20x!
 
Thats a nice RIG!!! Rip and encode CD's at over 20x That must be sooo cool!!!

ShadOW
 
Congrats!

As to the BT/AE option. I love using the BT keyboard and mouse on my new iMac G5. And with AE you could get the AEX to wireless broadcast iTunes to your stereo.
 
And with AE you could get the AEX to wireless broadcast iTunes to your stereo.
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Ah.. didnt think of that. I'll have to buy one of those at some point. I know there's 1000's of other things i didnt realise i could do!
I hope that i can make some contribution here on MR with my switching experiences. I'm a network engineer by trade and i regularly use apps such as MS Office, Visio, Palm Desktop etc.. so i will try and give as much advice back as possible.
 
That is a sweet setup. And with that system since it has 8 memory slots, you can have up to 8GB of RAM. :)
 
bodeh6 said:
That is a sweet setup. And with that system since it has 8 memory slots, you can have up to 8GB of RAM. :)
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In fact 16 GB, but 2 GB stick are damn too expensive! buying a new computer is less expensive :eek:
http://www.computerhq.com/Infineon_...256520GR-7-A/hardware/partinfo-id-113501.html
497.00$US/stick
http://www.ec.kingston.com/ecom/configurator/partsinfo.asp?ktcpartno=KRX3200AK2/2G&promo=hx2shp
kingston memory are more expensive around 650$US/stick
at that price you nearly can have 2 powermac ;)
 
Congratulations on your purchase, and welcome to the community. You're going to love it. Just one note regarding your RAM, be sure to purchase in like pairs. Enjoy!
 
Congrats on your purchase of your new Mac and welcome to the community. I love hearing the news of a new Switcher :D
 
Congrats on your purchase and switching...You will not be disappointed! Damn sweet purchase, a couple of months ago I bought a Dual 2.7 GHz G5, GeForce 6800 Ultra GT DDL, 2x400GB Serial ATA, 4GB RAM, with a 30" Cinema Monitor to upgrade from my old 400 Mhz G4 and the difference is amazing! It's like fallin in love with my Mac all over again. Should carry me for many years... My first Mac was the 8 MHz, 512K or "Fat Mac" with 512K of RAM, back in 1985, I used MacPaint and MacWrite a lot for college term papers, man we have come a long way since then, I still have the old 512K with the 800K floppy drive, lol...it sits next to my new G5 on my desk, it's like watching Darwins evolution of a species... :D
 
That is one sweet, drool-worthy machine.

It is one SWEET first Mac, too!!

I priced out my dream machine while I was waiting for the genius bar...
Yup, still $12k :)
(dual 2.7, dual 30" displays.. 8 gigs of ram.. *drool*)

Enjoy your new Mac! I hope you got a totally sick display to go with it, man! :)
 
I'm looking at the same machine and two 20" displays this week...congratulations!

I still want to get the dual 2.7, but my accountant screams at me every time I try to convince him. :rolleyes:
 
katie ta achoo said:
I hope you got a totally sick display to go with it, man! :)
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Already have the superb Sony X93 19" monitor which i bought 2 years ago. I can't seem to justify spending another £549 on the 20" ACD (although i would love to!)... or i should say that i can't justify it to her indoors ;)
 
the X93 is a quality monitor and will amtch your system great, wouldnt bother getting a cinema display unless you've got money to burn...

ShadOW
 
iGary said:
I'm looking at the same machine and two 20" displays this week...congratulations!

I still want to get the dual 2.7, but my accountant screams at me every time I try to convince him. :rolleyes:
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Thought you were talking about a new home machine.
:)
 
IBM announces PowerPC 970MP

It's sod's-smegging-law isn't it, that the minute I order my spanking new computer, they go and release the new processors for potentially the next range of Powermacs.

I know, i know, if you need a computer so just buy one now! We've been around this industry long enough to know that if you keep waiting, you'll stay waiting.

Wish it would bloody well hurry up. The Apple store still says 'Processing Order' and i'm itching to get my hands on it :p
 
Well, I ordered my iBook ages ago, and although it has finaly shipped, this is what it says:

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Arrived at last!!!!

After salivating endlessly for the last few days, my first ever Mac was waiting for me when i got home from work last night :D and all the misses could say was "It's a bit f**ing big isn't it?!" I'll post up a pic of my setup when i get chance.

Haven't stopped grinning ear-to-ear yet! This computer is bloody amazing!!!! :)

I downloaded over 80Mb worth of updates, and added Adium, Skype, NeoOffice/J, iTerm, Camino (which is def a LOT better than Safari - but i'm prob just used to Firefox), and of course Enemy Territory. I suppose that i'll buy MS Office 2004 at some point too. Will be transferring all my PC files over this evening.

Dashboard = amazing!! Will be very useful.

Didn't have time to have a go on ET but will play tonight and see how it goes. I also managed to find Descent 2 as a freebie download. Anyone tried America's Army yet? Any good?

I'm now trawling through the MR archives to find some recommended software/widgets/games etc.
 
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