what to do????????
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- dskz0
buy a used G5 ?
- Meeklo0
yeah, save money and but a dell, they are sofa king cheap!
- czawada0
Get a PC.
- trooper0
dell do cheap pc's got a v decent pc for £700 inc a 20inch widescreen monitor!
- Dancer0
"Hear the sound of the sea"
hahaha
- rafalski0
As I said, up the ram to 2GB (25 quid) and up the internal drive to either 200GB fast (7200 rpm) or 320GB regular (5400 rpm) - 100 quid.
I would up the processor too (40-80 quid depending on clock), but I like to toy with hardware sometimes.
- moth0
- BaskerviIle0
think this might be a good option:
http://store.apple.com/Apple/Web…- You'll probably get it cheaper somewhere other than the Apple Storecreative-
- stoplying0
how about a link to some of your music? like to see what other people do
- working on my magnum opus at the moment. The finished album should be finished by the summer. I have about 10 finished tracks but I'm aiming for 14 for a proper length album. I'm playing all the parts bar drumsBaskerviIle
- so far but I'm aiming for 14 tracksBaskerviIle
- BaskerviIle0
The computer itself isn't too slow to run photoshop and illustrator at the same time with itunes running also, so I'm happy with it for now. I'm just running out of HD space.
I think I might just get a nice big, fast external HD, and use it like a regular hardrive. Point my itunes library at that and store all my music, videos on it since they're what take up HD space. Freelance work doens't give me much file size typically (I'm only talking about some web stuff and the occasional print job).
I don't work freelance, I have a full time agency job I just do a little on the side for friends etc.- Baskerville I have 4 websites need doing, fancy being my "friend"?Dancer
- creative-0
At the end of the day it's dependent on how much you want to spend. I have a 4 year old PowerBook G4 in which I increased the RAM and hard drive storage which does me fine. If you have the funds and opportunity to buy a new machine go for it, if not stick to what you've got and buy storage.
- AndyRoss0
What are you asking me for?
- moth0
Dancer is the only one speaking sense in here.
Apart from being mac users (which is the first problem), the rest of you seem to have some kind of complex about the amount of clout you need to get your job done. Max the RAM on the mini, get a good, decent speed external hard disk, and if you've got money left over ditch the CRT and pick a dell LCD. And you know what? It'll all just fucking work hunky-doryilly unless you decide you're going to study evolutionary artificial intelligence and simulate the bang-bang backwards.
But ultimately all you friends here will scorn because your mac is about 2 years old and you'll end up buying a new one anyway.
- pascii0
Buy a MacBookPro and take it to work ;-)
- Dancer0
Ok heres what I think (it maybe be usless info but hell I've got too much work to do that my head hurts just thinking about it):
The main question is how much £££ do you wanna spend.
I would buy an external drive as a short term solution – you will continue to use this for back up so no harm there and £200 for a Terabyte is good. I would buy an external raid drive but am unsure of the benefits as I am not that techy.. can anyone shed any light?
Max the Ram out as well on the Mini
I would then buy a good monitor 24-30 inch
Finally when you have saved the £££ go to America on Holiday with the missus and buy a MBP ideally in June July as Apple are expected to launch a decent updgrade (or so I hear).
Buying a tower is a bit excessive these days unless you are doing serious recording, 3D rendering, or video work.
Good luck and Hi!!!
- rafalski0
Either get the macbook pro (to use as a desktop machine with monitor) or check the refurb store daily in the morning - a 20" 2.0GHz imac was €999 today, which is like 700 sterling. Up the RAM to 4GB and voilla!
You might consider one of the towers, but it's a diff price tag.
For apple refurb quality inquiries use filter feature - beaten to death and there is a general agreement they're like-new.
- BaskerviIle0
dammit.
I knew that was what you were all going to say but didn't want to admit to needing a new machine. Oh well, better get saving.
Which brings the question, which of the many macs out there do I purchase. I quite like the idea of getting one of the all in one imacs, since my crt monitor is too bulky.
- ephix0
or a brand new one for 937 sterling if you pass through hong kong ;)