G5 ~vs~ DELL precision 650 workstations
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man some of you are trully stupid....
I'm (as most people here) really broke so my qutotaion usally looks like price/speed. That of course doesn't mean that i don't want a fast computer. As a matter of fact the second i'm getting my finactial aid i'm upgrading my PC to P IV 2.8 Mhz with 1 GB of RAM. (right now i'm running on an old PIII and to update i'll have to change my motherboard plus my curent memory won't fit int the new motherboard). Anyway the whole update (including 80GB hd) will cost me $380. Not bad for a broke student.
Enough of personal stories.
For $800-$1000 you can get super fast PC with 20" monitor. That's why i'm always recomneding PCs, moreover MPEG2 compressors (DVD) on PC are far superior to whatever Mac has to offer. Then again, if i could run FCP on my PC i wouldn't think twice and let Avid XPress Dv go as soon as i can -- simply put there is no more userfiendly apps that FCP.