Maybe its time to get a Mac..

by **Gusbenz3000** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 8:11 am

900?? What kind was it?

by **RCinator** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 2:50 pm

If anyone ever develops a real development environment for OSX.2+ that is even remotely compatible with other Unix variants, it would have some business creedence. Until then . . . bleh.

by **(>Tool<)** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 3:32 pm

besides if they worked with IBM to make a 64bit machine, it will be in a compatible form soon enough.

by **MeatShield** » Wed Jul 02, 2003 9:43 pm

I just built the mega G5 system... monitors NOT included, just the specs below....

Dual 2GHz PowerPC G5
• 8GB DDR400 SDRAM (PC3200) - 8x1GB
• 2x250GB Serial ATA - 7200rpm
• ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
• 56k V.92 internal modem
• SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW)
• Apple Keyboard & Apple Mouse - U.S. English
• Mac OS X - U.S. English

...and for the subtotal....

$7,574.00 :eek:

now for that amount of cash, the os X had better be backwards compatable with 32bit apps!! Or this would just be sitting around waiting for developers to create compatable software.

by **Gusbenz3000** » Thu Jul 03, 2003 6:29 am

What PC is the best buy? At a low price? I'm thinking of getting a PC and just using that for games and other things.

by **MeatShield** » Thu Jul 03, 2003 1:07 pm

are you comfortable with building a pc by yourself ? That would be the best way to go.. If now how much money would you like to spend?? You can call bragging rights with an Alienware pc.. or if you just want to do the cheapest/easiest buy, it is hard to be a Dell..

my opinions of course..

by **Gusbenz3000** » Thu Jul 03, 2003 1:13 pm

How much would it cost to build one?

by **MeatShield** » Thu Jul 03, 2003 9:51 pm

First take a stroll over to newegg.com.. to get the best prices I have been able to find.. with free shipping on most products.

Purchase your case, power supply, and monitor if needed locally. Shipping will cost you on these items, and it is not cheap.

Lets see....
good quality AMD motherboard
AMD2500xp or better
512mb ddr memory
60gb hard drive
52x cd-rw
dvd player
ATI 9500 128mb video
integrated sound
custom case w/400w ps

you will be looking at about $600 give or take a buck or 2.. also one heck of a learning experience.. I highly recommend it.

by **bayotanzk** » Fri Jul 04, 2003 12:57 am

Have a bunch of friend that have all bought mac"s and they have the availabilty of a whole bunch of games these days!!! I have been an IBM clone user for years and i believe the future of gamming will be the consoles, sad as it may be!

by **bayotanzk** » Fri Jul 04, 2003 12:59 am

I'm not fond of the machines myself, but that may have more to do with what I am comfortable with- Windows bases systems.

by **Gusbenz3000** » Sat Jul 05, 2003 11:24 am

Thank you MeatShield, I will look into it.

by **(>Tool<)** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 11:47 pm

Originally posted by MeatShield
I just built the mega G5 system... monitors NOT included, just the specs below....

Dual 2GHz PowerPC G5
• 8GB DDR400 SDRAM (PC3200) - 8x1GB
• 2x250GB Serial ATA - 7200rpm
• ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
• 56k V.92 internal modem
• SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW)
• Apple Keyboard & Apple Mouse - U.S. English
• Mac OS X - U.S. English

...and for the subtotal....

$7,574.00

now for that amount of cash, the os X had better be backwards compatable with 32bit apps!! Or this would just be sitting around waiting for developers to create compatable software.

Even the best alienware with all the stuff in it doesn't cost thins much, it may only have 2 gigs or so of ram but so what, you get to use it.

by **(>Tool<)** » Thu Jul 10, 2003 2:40 am

Originally posted by Gusbenz3000
900?? What kind was it?

Its my own kind lol I built it, Its a P4 2.4ghz, 1gig pc2100 DDR ram (soon to be upgraded) and your good ole 7200RPM harddrive (60gb), a gainward GeForce 4 Ti4800SE, sound blaster PCI 512 soundcard, 400watt PS (needs upgraded at some point[Duel fan]) and a gigabyte P4 Titan mobo, 48x24x48 samsung cd-rw and a 17" moniter. optical mouse (logitech) and thats about it

Maybe its time to get a Mac..

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