I pulled the trigger ! ! ! !

lend27lend27
Posted:
in General Discussion edited January 2014
I finally bit the bullet and ordered a 1.8 G5 from the Apple store. They had them marked down to $1899.00.

Here's what I ordered:



1 AppleWorks 6.2.7

1 AirPort Extreme Card

1 AirPort Extreme Base Station (with modem and antenna port)

1 Epson Stylus CX6400 All-in-One

1 GarageBand Jam Pack

1 Power Mac G5 1.8GHz/512MB/160G/SuperDrive/PCI/GeFr5200



Looking forward to getting it by the end of the week.

Can't wait to start it up and try to network my Sony Vaio windows notebook to it.



Thanks for all your help in making my decision.



Len

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 17
    shatteringglassshatteringglass Posts: 176member
    You make me feel ever so poor.



    Have fun!
  • Reply 2 of 17
    andersanders Posts: 6,523member
    Appleworks?



    I´d rather code my own office suite in binary than use that crap.



    Besides that congrats!
  • Reply 3 of 17
    ipodandimacipodandimac Posts: 3,273member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Anders

    Appleworks?



    I´d rather code my own office suite in binary than use that crap.



    Besides that congrats!



    lol i actually enjoy appleworks b/c its dumbed down enough that it doesnt try to figure out what kind of document i'm making and reformat everything. that pisses me off in word.
  • Reply 4 of 17
    fluffyfluffy Posts: 361member
    I <3 Appleworks!!! I have Word, but I'd rather code my own office... you know. I do everything in Appleworks and then copy/paste it into Word. Text just looks so much better in AW.



    Lend27: congrats on the new machine! Much better than the 1.6 for about the same price.
  • Reply 5 of 17
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Congrats man... and welcome to AI!



    One question.. did you get the dual 1.8Ghz or single?
  • Reply 6 of 17
    lend27lend27 Posts: 10member
    I got the single 1.8.

    The price was good.

    The dual was lot more money. Not worth it for me.



    Len
  • Reply 7 of 17
    heifetzheifetz Posts: 26member
    GeForce5200? If I were you, I'd seriously consider changing that asap -> Radeon 9600 or 9800.







    .h
  • Reply 8 of 17
    max powermax power Posts: 13member
    Hey the single 1.8Ghz is a great purchase and good choice! You are in for many months of great use and fun.

  • Reply 9 of 17
    leonisleonis Posts: 3,427member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by heifetz

    GeForce5200? If I were you, I'd seriously consider changing that asap -> Radeon 9600 or 9800.







    .h







    If you are non-gamer the GeForce is just fine.
  • Reply 10 of 17
    placeboplacebo Posts: 5,767member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Leonis

    If you are non-gamer the GeForce is just fine.



    And if you are a gamer, that's fine, too.



    I think you shouldn't bash 5200, just because you have 9800 and anything below that doesn't count as a graphics card.



    I play CTF-BridgeofFate in the UT2k4 demo, and I get consistent FPS in the 50 - 60 range.



    And UT2k4 isn't the best of optimizations, either.
  • Reply 11 of 17
    lend27lend27 Posts: 10member
    Thanks for the encouragement guys

    I'm sure I'll love the G5 system. It's perfect for my intended use. It's arriving tomorrow

    I hope to have it all setup and running by Friday.



    Thanks again

    Len
  • Reply 12 of 17
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Placebo

    --snip--

    I play CTF-BridgeofFate in the UT2k4 demo, and I get consistent FPS in the 50 - 60 range.

    --snip--





    Hehe... I feel your pain... my Radeon 9000 Pro struggles on non-indoor maps too.
  • Reply 13 of 17
    placeboplacebo Posts: 5,767member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by \\/\\/ickes

    Hehe... I feel your pain... my Radeon 9000 Pro struggles on non-indoor maps too.



    Uh...50-60 FPS is damn playable, in my high opinion.
  • Reply 14 of 17
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    In mine too... however I was talking about NON-indoor maps. The indoor maps like the one you pointed out and the demo death match map run fine on my setup. It is the outdoor maps that bring my system to a crawl.
  • Reply 15 of 17
    leonisleonis Posts: 3,427member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Placebo

    And if you are a gamer, that's fine, too.



    I think you shouldn't bash 5200, just because you have 9800 and anything below that doesn't count as a graphics card.





    I wished I had the 9800



    I don't play games at all (personally find it a stupid waste of time)......I better use that extra money on something else
  • Reply 16 of 17
    crusadercrusader Posts: 1,129member
    Wow, with that system I would spend all of my time in front of the computer. I really want to try out that Revolution game, but alas, I will save slowly towards my G5...



    Oh and congrats on your purchase...
  • Reply 17 of 17
    splinemodelsplinemodel Posts: 7,311member
    My radeon 9000 in my laptop is pretty solid on the games. Runs Bionic Commando in RockNES (GL) like a champ.



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