Macs .....are they any good?

[NFG]

Running 2003 PowerBook G4 here. Still worth £100-£150. Does everything I ask without hassle of any kind.

 

Do a search, there's loads of threads on this. On pretty much any forum too!

 

It's like buying a new Husky/Stihl vs a new Chinky saw.

 

G4 eh? thats done some work for you, well done.

 

I recall having a bunch of G4s on the network at a certain Mickey Mouse company I used to work for, initially I thought there were only half a dozen by the almost non existent support calls, turned out there were about 80! mostly 2 processor jobs with maxed out ram.

 

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[doobin]

G4 eh? thats done some work for you, well done.

 

I recall having a bunch of G4s on the network at a certain Mickey Mouse company I used to work for, initially I thought there were only half a dozen by the almost non existent support calls, turned out there were about 80! mostly 2 processor jobs with maxed out ram.

 

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If it's some serious power cheap that you require, I'd be tempted by one of the last 2.5GHZ quad core G5s (2008 I think). As they're pre-Intel and stuck on a legacy operating system (still perfectly good with ample software available) you can pick one up maxed out to 8GB with 2x 1TB HDD for £200-250. Some shipped with a 512MB graphics card as well. I'm constantly tempted, but I don't really need it! Would be awesome for photos as well as general stuff.

 

Those dual processor G4s are good, I have a 1GHZ dual with 2GB ram- they can be picked up for around £40 all day long, and I would recommend anyone looking to ditch their Windows box and dabble in Mac starts with one of them- at that money how can you loose? Run both with the one monitor/keyboard/mouse until you see the light (should take about a day)

[doobin]

powermac g4 in Desktops & All-in-Ones | eBay

 

Anything with a mirror CD drive door (MDD) will be good for around £40.

[NFG]

Hi Doobin,

 

I have a 2006 Mac Pro, 2 * dual core Xeons, 24Gb ram with WD Velociraptor & 2.0 Gb disk for Time machine, fast graphics card I cant recall, runs Snow Leopard at the mo as Im not going to change OS - whips the ass off most 'modern' PCs.

 

Main use is photography & Office apps iwork etc with some compatibility testing for clients so have lots of test versions of windows on VMWare fusion - when Windows fails you just re-load the VM its up and running in the time it takes to click 'restore VM' & make tea! Can run side by side in different workspace. Still do some Access programming for which I use Win2000.

 

NAS Storage is handled by QNAP 459 Pro runs on Linux with a pair of 2.0Tb WD reds in raid 1.

 

Incidentally, I do prefer to use Thunderbird over the Mac Mail program Ive used Tb for years & its more configurable.

 

Found this article seems a fair comparison as a lot of posters ask about it:

 

15 reasons Macs are still better than Windows PCs

 

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[Rich Rule]

Check out the Mac refurb store. Tiny link on the bottom left of the apple site or google it.

 

Plenty of savings to be had on returned machines and with a warranty too.

[Paul Barton]

I had a Mac mini for a few years but never got on with it. It got pretty slow and clunky pretty quickly.

 

Maybe it's just cos I'm used to Windows,but I much prefer my PC. I also resent the way Apple stuff only seems to integrate well with other apple kit.

[truncator]

We have New iMAc and it's amazing the speed and screen are amazing it replaced an old mac Pro G4.

[pycoed]

If you are prepared to change the way you do things & learn how to use a computer differently (i.e moving to Mac) , keep your existing laptop, buy a solid state disk to replace the hard disk & install Ubuntu Linux. Total cost £40 - 240 depending on size of solid state disk bought. You will be amazed at the speed & responsiveness compared to Windows on the same machine.

PS A few years ago I had a Mac Book Air for work, & when I brought it home my son looked at it & said "I never knew you were gay" I couldn't take to the Mac at all, though several times better than Microsoft's crap.

[chrisgilltreesurgery]

I went from PC to Mac 5 years ago and its honestly the best decision that I ever made. I was so sick of my PC running slow and Day to day running problems. I can honestly say in 5 yearsi have hadaround 2 problems with the Mac

 

I love mine and would never ever go back

 

 

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[Ian C]

I find them very waterproof and windproof, but don't skimp and buy a cheap one. You'll need to invest in some green wellies too to really look the part

 

Ho ho there's another rib gone!