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goBigtime · 01-13-2004, 01:44 AM

For the amount of money you are probably willing to spend, and since you mostly use your box for design.... I wouldn't hesitate -- get the Apple.

There is a reason so many pro designers use Mac...

Photoshop in Apple is leaps and bounds faster than on PC.

And now that Apple is 64bit... it's even crazier.

Also, with apple you basically have yourself a local "webserver"....

This means you can have Apache, PHP, Perl, everything... all running natively for your development box if you want.

Here's what I would do I were you:

1) Get the Dual 2.0ghz "refurbished" for $2399.00 (or get the "new" for $2999.. but I would just get the refurb.. computers don't really break.)

2) Add 1 gig of memory (I'd buy it somewhere else)

3) Get a Acard SATA Raid adapter for ~$150 & 2 10k WD Raptor Drives. Run these in raid-0 as your main system drive & run whatever drive came with the box as your junk drive.

Optionally get a couple extra video cards & set up 2-3 displays... not sure how many you use now, but your productivity will go way up with multiple monitors.

01-13-2004, 01:44 AM
goBigtime Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 7,761	For the amount of money you are probably willing to spend, and since you mostly use your box for design.... I wouldn't hesitate -- get the Apple. There is a reason so many pro designers use Mac... Photoshop in Apple is leaps and bounds faster than on PC. And now that Apple is 64bit... it's even crazier. Also, with apple you basically have yourself a local "webserver".... This means you can have Apache, PHP, Perl, everything... all running natively for your development box if you want. Here's what I would do I were you: 1) Get the Dual 2.0ghz "refurbished" for $2399.00 (or get the "new" for $2999.. but I would just get the refurb.. computers don't really break.) 2) Add 1 gig of memory (I'd buy it somewhere else) 3) Get a Acard SATA Raid adapter for ~$150 & 2 10k WD Raptor Drives. Run these in raid-0 as your main system drive & run whatever drive came with the box as your junk drive. Optionally get a couple extra video cards & set up 2-3 displays... not sure how many you use now, but your productivity will go way up with multiple monitors.