mayorredbeard
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My first thoughts of switching to mac was the fact that I really have stopped playing games, and really have switched more to graphics design (only 2d programs as of now but planning on getting into 3d modelling soon) from a gaming computer.
I would still keep my old computer, because who really can give up cs:s, bf:2, doom3 forever :-D. Anyways I was thinking about swithcing to mac and going with a powermac g5 (the 2ghz one), incited by the fact that i wanted a workstation and the fact that their arent too many viruses meant to take advantage of mac os x. The fact that it cost $2000 though lead me to beleive how much better a pc i could build for $2000 that would be a better workstation.
i know that you cant exactly compare mac specs directly to a computer running windows but for $2000 i could get a 7800 gtx (probalby just take it out of my current rig and replace it with a 6600), 2gb of corsair ram, a nice sli board, 250 gb hd, an amd 4200, and a nice case and good power supply. This system seems much more powerful then a powermac, and i dont really see any reason why the powermac g5 would be anymore efficent then this pc.
also this has alway been a question in my head. you hear about a lot of people building computers running windows and linux, but never really about people building their own mac. is this because the amount of hardware thats mac compatible is less then that of a pc or what?
I would still keep my old computer, because who really can give up cs:s, bf:2, doom3 forever :-D. Anyways I was thinking about swithcing to mac and going with a powermac g5 (the 2ghz one), incited by the fact that i wanted a workstation and the fact that their arent too many viruses meant to take advantage of mac os x. The fact that it cost $2000 though lead me to beleive how much better a pc i could build for $2000 that would be a better workstation.
i know that you cant exactly compare mac specs directly to a computer running windows but for $2000 i could get a 7800 gtx (probalby just take it out of my current rig and replace it with a 6600), 2gb of corsair ram, a nice sli board, 250 gb hd, an amd 4200, and a nice case and good power supply. This system seems much more powerful then a powermac, and i dont really see any reason why the powermac g5 would be anymore efficent then this pc.
also this has alway been a question in my head. you hear about a lot of people building computers running windows and linux, but never really about people building their own mac. is this because the amount of hardware thats mac compatible is less then that of a pc or what?