which powermac should i get?

khatpowerkhatpower
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
ok so i am finally upgrading to a powermac from a pentium 3 laptop.

my choices as i see them are:



1. a stripped down 800 with cd-rw and a cinema display.



2. a 933 with superdrive, 80 gig hard drive, Ti graphics card and a 17 inch studio display.



3. a stripped down dual 1 gig with cd-rw, radeon graphics card and a 17 inch display.



these options are all my budget would allow me so i cant get the 933 and the cinema, or the dual gig with the superdrive etc.



what do you all think i should get?



i will be using this as my primary machine, for web and print design, and sound editing.





thanks.

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 6
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    Personally I'd go for the 933.
  • Reply 2 of 6
    jeremiah richjeremiah rich Posts: 853member
    I would probably go for the 800 with Cinema Display...
  • Reply 3 of 6
    leonisleonis Posts: 3,427member
    If your job is web and print .....get a stripped 933 with Radeon and SuperDrive (it's worth that extra cost on top of the CD-RW!!!) and a 19" CRT...and get as much RAM from other sources as possible....





    Of course if you are planning to get into video you MUST get the Dual Ghz
  • Reply 4 of 6
    evil edevil ed Posts: 106member
    That's easy: web and print design? Sound editing? The obvious choice is the one with the Cinema Display - 1600 pixels vs. 1280 pixels is a no-brainer for the line of work you do. What do you need to burn DVDs for? And what do you need a GeForce4 Ti for, either?



    Choice number one.
  • Reply 5 of 6
    addisonaddison Posts: 1,185member
    Get a 933 or above these new processors are much faster than the Mhz increase would suggest.
  • Reply 6 of 6
    max8319max8319 Posts: 347member
    i said it once (on macnn) and i'll say it again (not that you care):



    933 with 17" display
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