should i upgrade my dual 533 or wait?
i need some sound advice and this seems like the place to get it...
i do lots of 2d animation on after effects and combustion, and a little 3d as well... i work full time PLUS some moonlighting freelance stuff at home. i've had a dual 533 for the past year and a half and it's always treated me right... but this year i've had a fairly substantial amount of freelance work, which i'm going to get taxed like crazy on...
so basically i could use a faster machine... so i can get more sleep... but i'm not exactly sure what the difference in speed will be between my current box and a dual 1.25... i would really like to write off the machine this year, but i held off on the dual gig because i knew faster things were coming...
and now they are here...
should i stick it out another 6 months and hope for the best? or is now the time to upgrade?
i greatly appreciate any insight on this, i'm not the most technical person and would hate to make a hasty decision on this...
cheers,
patrick
i do lots of 2d animation on after effects and combustion, and a little 3d as well... i work full time PLUS some moonlighting freelance stuff at home. i've had a dual 533 for the past year and a half and it's always treated me right... but this year i've had a fairly substantial amount of freelance work, which i'm going to get taxed like crazy on...
so basically i could use a faster machine... so i can get more sleep... but i'm not exactly sure what the difference in speed will be between my current box and a dual 1.25... i would really like to write off the machine this year, but i held off on the dual gig because i knew faster things were coming...
and now they are here...
should i stick it out another 6 months and hope for the best? or is now the time to upgrade?
i greatly appreciate any insight on this, i'm not the most technical person and would hate to make a hasty decision on this...
cheers,
patrick
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I'm probably going to sell my dual 533 and get at least the dual 867. For $1700 and with the addition of the L3 cache, that seems like a great deal.
I'm waiting to see the benchmarks of the new machines though. With the new memory architecture we should see some good numbers.
Cake - You probably shouldn't upgrade. You won't see much of an improvement going to a dual 867 since the 533s were a bit faster MHz for MHz than the later chips. Wait 'til next year.
Just my two cents.
thanks for the opinions...
But since I already am using a Dual GHz SlowSilver(tm) I really don't see any need to go for these 'new' macs, even the top end model
i'm going to miss my internal zip drive though...