Don't want to buy a rotten Apple....

[utdmleach]

I am looking to buy an apple mac for editing purposes and music making. What is the best to get? I am new to macs and am unsure if they have good upgrading possibilities:

I have been looking at the imac G5 which sells for £1000 giving me a screen, 160GB Hdisk, 2ghz processor, 512 ram etc compared to the Powermac for £1000 that gives me a tower, 1.8ghz processor, 256 ram and 80GB Hdisk.
I can't seem to figure out what advantages I have with less spec for the same price in a powermac G5 with no screen compared to the Imac G5 with a screen.

[Gordy]

Have a look at the refubished apples you should be able to get a dual g5 powermac for under £1000

[Lowe]

Defo go for a Power Mac.

With Music stuff you may well need an external audio card to do anything decent, and most semi/pro audio cards use PCI slots. As far as I'm aware, an iMac doesn't have the slots you'd need...

[headbrace]

Indeed, iMacs are fine for plain old home computing, but the price advantage of them is soon negated come upgrade time for thigs like video or sound cards. Also, they have an increased cache I think, which may make all the difference.

Also bear in mind that the processors are all fairly speedy, so perhaps add as much memory as possible first, and look to see what processor you get for your budget.

[utdmleach]

Ok, powermac it is, but where to get them cheaper and re-furbished?


EDIT:Should have specified, I'm looking to do Video Editing, music is just a side project.

[Rup]

Got a dual 2 Ghz powermac from the new Apple store in Bluewater. Got the 8% ed discount, and a couple of t-shirts.
So far great, really quiet and plays the high def stuff even 1080p very well.
Now to hook it up to my 32 LCD TV :-)

[utdmleach]

How did you get the discount?

[Doug]

Just a wild guess, but I think he showed them his student card

[utdmleach]

Woops, didn't see the 'ed'

[Tarffie]

You can try the Apple Refurb Store tomorrow.

[utdmleach]

25/06 does it mean its closed?

[Doug]

Wednesday at 10am

[utdmleach]

In the end got a powerbook g4

http://www.apple.com/uk/powerbook/index17.html

[bsodmike]

utdmleach, I hope when you said 'ed' you meant 'HE' discount?

Pbook17" via Apple HE: £1,589.78 (£1,353.00 ex VAT)

Ready to ship: Within 24hrs
Free Shipping
17-inch TFT Display
1440x900 resolution
1.67GHz PowerPC G4
512MB DDR333 memory
100GB Ultra ATA/100
ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 (128MB DDR)
Enhanced Backlit keyboard
Gigabit Ethernet
FireWire 400 & 800
2 USB 2
Combined analog/digital I/O
DVI & S-Video out

Ships with Tiger

[utdmleach]

I was able to get it at 1100 pounds because of relative who does business with em.

[bsodmike]

wow very nice

How are you enjoying it so far?