Have Yall Heard Of The New Mac?

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  1. `Revolution

    `Revolution Well-Known Member

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    What do yall think of the new apple mac? I heard it's great for graphics, video, and music editing.

    Links: http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebO...8C0&nclm=MacPro

    Pics:

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    Suggested configuration.

    Two 2.66GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon "Woodcrest" processors
    1GB memory (667MHz DDR2 fully-buffered DIMM ECC)
    NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT graphics with 256MB memory
    250GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s 7200-rpm hard drive1
    16x double-layer SuperDrive


    What's in the box?


    • Mac ---
    • Power cord
    • Apple Keyboard
    • Mighty Mouse
    • DVI to VGA adapter
    • Install/restore DVDs
    • Printed and electronic documentation
     
  2. Merge

    Merge Well-Known Member

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    where where i dunno haven't seen it :blink:
     
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    Nope, whats the new one called Mac?
     
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    Mac's have been considered in the industry to be the best in graphics, video, and music editing. In the PC world the only competitor that I can think of are AVID systems to edit video & do graphics. Give me a Quad G5 any day to do that stuff.
     
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    theres a new mac?
     
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    Links are nice.
     
  7. xlink

    xlink GR's Tech Enthusiast

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    other than the fact that all new apps are being shifted away for the PPC architecture you would be correct.
     
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    macs own they have always been the first in computering, expect they have always been expensive.

    they were the first to come out with 16bits
    they were the first to have a GUI interface
    they were the first to allow for watching/playing graphics
    ect.ect.ect.ect.

    ps macs always do not use cheap chips to
     
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    A custom built PC with Mac OSX_86 will pwn any mac.
     
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    xlink GR's Tech Enthusiast

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    until you try to get the drivers to work properly

    unless you painstakingly choose every part for compatibility.
     
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    [.Xero.] Well-Known Member

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    True dat. Mleh, I'll just go with a damn windows/linux dual boot enviro thanks.
     
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    `Revolution has issued a question, cancel or allow?
     
  13. `Revolution

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    The apple power g5 mac, idk the propper title, I am adding pics and links to the top post, I am wondering I ahve the money, if it is worth buying, for the lines of graphic-video-audio. theres only so much I can do with my pc lol.
     
  14. xlink

    xlink GR's Tech Enthusiast

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    apple discontinued the use of G5s in newer models

    they're going all x86 now, anything with a G5 is just left over from last year.

    they're only using Xeons and Core 2 duos.


    see how that link you gave us only has x86 parts?

    and this has been out for a while to be honest.

    is it worth ti though? don you stand to make money from it? if so, then it might be. If not then probably not. You can do everything with a single 3.0GHz Xeon that you can with two, simple as that(in terms of general use, multiuthreaded apps are diferent)
     
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    How is that new? I'm pretty sure it's been like that for a while.
    Graphics designers tend to still use macs, and a lot of them prefer macpros over iMacs from what I've heard.
     

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