shadowdragonlord, I hear ya, and certainly agree Macs are pricey. But in my line of work, the film biz, they are the computer of choice so I use what keeps me employed. ;) Also, I really do love working on a Mac and since all my graphics software is for the Mac, it would cost me a pretty penny to also have to buy software for a PC. Some of my graphics software is dual platform, but not all by a long shot.

The second generation G5's just came out and I'm keeping an eye on them. Among other things, the liquid cooling system looks interesting and now that some software is taking advantage of the 64 bit technology they are seeing some sizable speed improvements. IIRC, Photoshop for example, tested in with an 82% in speed.

The two things that caught my eye with the 2nd gen G5's:

"64-bit breakthrough
The new 64-bit PowerPC G5 processor enables the Power Mac G5 to break through the 4GB barrier and support up to 8GB of main memory four times more than a typical PC."

"High-speed AGP 8X Pro graphics bus AGP 8X Pro graphics bus effectively doubles the maximum transfer rate and doubles the amount of data transferred in a single AGP bus cycle. The 66MHz AGP 8X Pro bus strobes eight times per clock cycle, achieving a 533MHz data rate and a maximum bandwidth of 2.1GB per second ideal for the ultrafast graphics cards you can choose, like the ATI Radeon 9800 XT, 9600 XT or NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra"

I'm no technowizard, but these are a few things things I am definitely interested in seeing in action. I aso ike not having to worry about viruses, dependability (Macs rarely crash) and being a creative sort, they are just flat out fun to work on. OSX itself, rocks. I have yet to have a complaint. It's solid, well organized and so far, just keeps getting better and better. IMHO, it's a vast update to Apple's older operating systems, being UNIX based to boot.

Now if someone could make Bryce and Poser able to take advantage of the 64 bit technology, I'd be one stoked puppy. :-D

Arry

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