what to do????????
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- Dancer0
"Hear the sound of the sea"
hahaha
- TheBlueOne0
Buy a proper machine.
- I know you wanted to hear a different option, but...TheBlueOne
- skt0
you can't do print work on a big hard drive.
- creative-0
Time to bite the bullet and buy a decent Mac
- detritus0
Whatever you do decide, get an external anyway, man - you need to have some sort of local backup. If you've got a bit of cash to splash - I'd recommend forking out for a nice big external RAID drive (one with two drives, both storing the same data) - that way you can have lots of storage and, Camden fire or Peterbrough earthquake aside, you've got a certain amount of on-site assurance.
- So you're looking at £1200...TheBlueOne
- nah, get an offsite tape backup.skt
- so your looking at £3000skt
- ian0
Buy a decent mac, but £200 for a terabyte hard drive is good, get one of them too.
- detritus0
Nah, tBO - from a coupla hundred quid..
- 'nah'.
I'm so fucking street.detritus - Dammit! Don't give me your damn brit monetary system with your quids and fags and shit..TheBlueOne
- haha, skt - sorry - I wasn't mocking you - must've just picked up on your 'nah' above and plonked it in there..detritus
- Quidditch fag?detritus
- 'nah'.
- rafalski0
Ehh.. Mini doesn't have firewire 800.. Getting an external drive won't hurt anyway, i.e. this kind:
http://www.hardwarezone.com/news…Also you might like to do this:
http://www.ambor.com/public/mero…
..or at least upping ram to 2GB if you haven't already
- rafalski0
I'll buy your mini for a hundred. That'll get you started on the way to your new machine..
- Randd0
I use 2 internals and one external; one internal and one external for backup
- PIITB?TheBlueOne
- I've been wary of internal backup since my PSU blew up last year..detritus
- that's the reason for the external; backup the backupRandd
- Fariska0
External HD:
http://www.pcworld.co.uk:80/mart…
- rafalski0
You can get a proper macbook pro 15'4 2.2 for 930 sterling (refurb), it's a steal.
http://store.apple.com/Apple/Web…
- trooper0
dell do cheap pc's got a v decent pc for £700 inc a 20inch widescreen monitor!
- ephix0
or a brand new one for 937 sterling if you pass through hong kong ;)
- czawada0
Get a PC.
- 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.
- 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.
- Meeklo0
yeah, save money and but a dell, they are sofa king cheap!
- dskz0
buy a used G5 ?