Apple Dilemma
mrbuhyah (250 points) | Mon, 2005-05-02 03:54Welcome to my Apple dilemma. Such circumstances arise when one has money burning a hole in their pocket. Currently I am the proud owner of a Powermac G4 MDD Dual 867. It is a great computer with plenty of horsepower.
Lately I have been bitted by the G5 bug. I have been looking to sell my G4 and upgrade to a new G5. The latest G5 upgrades were nice, but seem to be a 'temporary' refresh until Apple can introduce major changes later in Q4. Given this, I have been rethinking my decision to sell my G4 and upgrade.
There is another option. I could hold onto the G4 and and purchase a 20" Cinema Display. A good monitor is something that lasts, not to mention it would be much easier to move around then my large 19" NEC CRT. I could also buy a cheap ATI 9000 Pro graphics card to tie my over during Tiger.
Given these two options, I am interested on what you guys think. I either sell the G4 and upgrade to a new G5 now, or I buy a 20" Cinema and do the G5 in 6 months time (next refresh).
Ron Gallagher
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I'm holding off replacing my MDD DP 867 at least until the promised 3 GHz model is released. My rig is pimped* to the max and serves me well enough for whatever is necessary.
* 2 GB RAM, hardware RAID 0 boot volume, ATI Radeon 9000 Pro
If I had the cash to blow, I'd buy the 20" Apple display.
Alec
Definitely go with the display. It will give a much better computing experince than upgrading your tower. The 20" is just perfect in my opinion.
I know rather than upgrade my 1Ghz Powerbook to a G5 desktop, I'm buying the 20" Cinema Display, an extra 512mb DIMM and Tiger to upgrade the productivity.
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Not buying a thing until the G5 notebooks (or whatever they intend to do) is released. I REALLY need the mobility and processing power.
I'm using a G4 733, sporting dual 19" monitors and Maxed with RAM. Not very speedy in comparison to what's available now, but hey... I'm billing for time. ;)
Weird: I've been pricing the 20" display myself.
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I am also waiting for the powerbook g5 to come out, hopefully in june during the wwdc, but most likely, not till the next macworld. I will probably wait it out till the 2nd generation powerbook g5s since most likely there will be some bugs in the first generation ones.
Until then I'm still using my 6 year old 450mhz 1gig ram powermac g4 still cooks running panther, till amazon ships me my tiger!
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Not likely 'til 2006.
Alec
I would say you'll buy that instead..Why?
It manages HD and you get some space for all palettes and stuff..
If you gonna get a G5, get a "23 och "30 that's my advice..
Apple computers definitely hold their usefulness far longer than their PC counterparts so why not take full advantage of that? Yours sounds relatively "new" as Macs go. My 867mhz PowerBook I got last July is still adequate for me. There are others, I'm sure, still trucking with Macs slower than that. Besides, you'll be glad you waited later when the 3.0ghz finally makes it out.
I say go with a display and get a better computer later.
I just borrowed my friends 20" ACD for the weekend and loved it. Going back to my 19" CRT seemed so small and square. Plus it eats up half my desk.
So tonight I broke down and ordered the 20" Cinema. Hopefully between the factory in Asia and the good'ol FedEx people it will arrive by weeks end. I even have a magnetic iSight mount coming. Life is good.
Will keep you all posted.
Thanks for the input guys!
Ron Gallagher
Citrus Studios
Ron Gallagher
Citrus Studios
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Congrats on the monitor purchase - colour me green with envy! ;-)
Alec
My new 20" Cinema Display has arrived. it is now set up on my desk and looks stunning. Zero dead pixels or defects. it is a work of art!
Thanks again everyone for the input! I'm one happy camper
Ron Gallagher
Citrus Studios
Ron Gallagher
Citrus Studios
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Wow! Congatulation. You're lucky not to have dead pixels. :)