New Desktop PC/Mac
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-Core i7 Processor
-6GB of triple channel RAM (Brand name! Crucial, OCZ, Corsair, Mushkin)
-Nvidia GTX series video card 260 - 295 (anything in this range is top notch)
-Asus motherboard (recently shown to be more stable than even Macs)I realize that's probably alot of detail that might not care about. You don't have to know much about the details, just look for a machine with these specs. A good custom shop will be able to give you all the details about the computer you buy. If you go through someone like Dell or another big name it may be more difficult to find out these details though.
Something in this range will be faster than an 8-core Mac and be a hell of alot less. These new core i7 processors are smoking fast. ( I just built a core i7 machine) They are have true multi-threading which in layman's terms just means you can do more shit at one time and it won't slow down. If you are stuck on going with a mainstream brand like Dell, go with their high-end "XPS" computers...otherwise go with a Mac. Lots of the big computer names use shitty parts.
Be sure and get Windows 7 and not Vista. CS4 runs flawless.
- I tried to tone that down and I still sound like a total nerd! ah well at least I'm not in denial:)designbot
- the 8-core processor in a mac pro is a nehalem = core i7acescence
- There is an 8-core? I don't think so but I could be wrong. At work I am running a dual quad core Mac (8 cores total)designbot
- ...My Mac is running Intel Xeon's though.designbot
- very helpful, thanksvitamins
- a xeon 5500 is an i7, same technology but xeons are typically used in serversacescence
- glad to hear....and no prob vitamins.designbot
- 4 cores, hyperthreaded = 8 cores visible to the OS.detritus