Entering high school :-P...
okay, well next year is my freshman year of high school and i was wondering
what mac you think i should upgrade to...
I currently have a titanium pb 550Mhz with 384 and nothing really special about it other than that... combo drive and some very useful software including OS X10.3 but i think that i need a better computer to get me to high school the three options that crossed my mind that i can afford with my job at a supermarket.
the first i thought of was a nice new powerbook:
? 1.33GHz PowerPC G4 with 64MB Graphics Memory
? 512MB DDR333 SDRAM - 2x256 SO-DIMMs
? 80GB Ultra ATA drive @ 5400 rpm
? Combo Drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
? Keyboard/Mac OS - U.S. English
? AirPort Extreme Card
? AirPort Extreme Base Station (without modem and antenna port)
? 15.2-inch TFT Display
Subtotal $2,181.00
my second option was another portable but this time i went to the iBook:
? 512MB DDR266 (256MB built-in & 256MB SO-DIMM)
? 60GB Ultra ATA drive
? SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW)
? AirPort Extreme Card
? Mobility 1 iBook 12"/14" Messenger Bag - Black by Brenthaven
? Keyboard/Mac OS X - U.S. English
? 14.1-inch TFT XGA display
? 1.2GHz PowerPC G4
? ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 w/ 32MB DDR video memory
Subtotal $1,733.00
My last option that i thought of was the nicely priced eMac (seeing as i wouldn't actually bring my laptop to school i would only use their portableness for going to the library and such):
? 512MB SDRAM DDR333 - 1 DIMM
? 160GB Ultra ATA drive
? AirPort Extreme Card
? Keyboard/Mac OS - U.S. English
? 1.25GHz PowerPC G4
? SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW)
Subtotal $1,145.00
U decide what i should get... please bear in mind i enjoy making video's and i use macromedia apps like DW and FW
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what mac you think i should upgrade to...
I currently have a titanium pb 550Mhz with 384 and nothing really special about it other than that... combo drive and some very useful software including OS X10.3 but i think that i need a better computer to get me to high school the three options that crossed my mind that i can afford with my job at a supermarket.
the first i thought of was a nice new powerbook:
? 1.33GHz PowerPC G4 with 64MB Graphics Memory
? 512MB DDR333 SDRAM - 2x256 SO-DIMMs
? 80GB Ultra ATA drive @ 5400 rpm
? Combo Drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
? Keyboard/Mac OS - U.S. English
? AirPort Extreme Card
? AirPort Extreme Base Station (without modem and antenna port)
? 15.2-inch TFT Display
Subtotal $2,181.00
my second option was another portable but this time i went to the iBook:
? 512MB DDR266 (256MB built-in & 256MB SO-DIMM)
? 60GB Ultra ATA drive
? SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW)
? AirPort Extreme Card
? Mobility 1 iBook 12"/14" Messenger Bag - Black by Brenthaven
? Keyboard/Mac OS X - U.S. English
? 14.1-inch TFT XGA display
? 1.2GHz PowerPC G4
? ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 w/ 32MB DDR video memory
Subtotal $1,733.00
My last option that i thought of was the nicely priced eMac (seeing as i wouldn't actually bring my laptop to school i would only use their portableness for going to the library and such):
? 512MB SDRAM DDR333 - 1 DIMM
? 160GB Ultra ATA drive
? AirPort Extreme Card
? Keyboard/Mac OS - U.S. English
? 1.25GHz PowerPC G4
? SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW)
Subtotal $1,145.00
U decide what i should get... please bear in mind i enjoy making video's and i use macromedia apps like DW and FW
PS
Comments
Originally posted by billybobsky
wtf do you need with a new computer for high school?
my parents use a pc which i cant stand so its much easier for me to have my own computer so that if its a desktop then it can be in my room.... if not then i can have it anywhere that i want it
and my ti550 is kinda old and has very little memory as well as some other flaws that i would rather get a new computer than fix all the flaws
NOTE: i'll be making around 200 dollars a week depending on a few things this summer but at least 150 a week
My laptop is just starting to show its age, yours should be fine. Especially for high school.
EDIT: I do have a Dual G5 at home, but to be honest, I don't use it for school work much.
Originally posted by Ebby
I use a G3 Pismo (400Mhz, 650MB ram, 30GB hard drive) for College and my computer still works better than the ones in the labs. I can afford another top-of-the-line laptop but never really needed it. Unless you are doing some Digital Video editing with Final Cut Pro, I don't thin you will need the extra power.
My laptop is just starting to show its age, yours should be fine. Especially for high school.
well in my spare time i like to make videos with friends wether they be skate videos or just weird "jackass" things we do. as well as once every few months i plan on designing websites for local companies to make money
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I'm sure you'll be fine typing papers on the TiBook. I went through high school with an 80 MHz PowerMac 7100 and a 14" monitor.
Don't waste your money on a new computer. Get one when you are a freshman in COLLEGE.
Originally posted by murbot
You already have a damn nice computer. My god man, high school. You have SO many more important things to spend money on. Beer. Girls. Cars. Movies. Clothes. Entertainment. Savings.
Don't waste your money on a new computer. Get one when you are a freshman in COLLEGE.
I agree.... High school it isn't necessary, but Colllege, that is where you will get usability out of it. save up money, get one later
It would have been nice to have had a faster machine, but at the time that was a moot point anyway. Everything was slow compared to what we have now. I remember getting really geared up for the 604's. Fact is, that computer I was talking about was an 8500, and I had perhaps the best computer within a few mile radius at least.
But unless you think you're artistically inclined, you're probably just going to type and surf the web. Hell, I could do that on my 8500 just fine.
Anyway, for college the computer still doesn't matter much unless you're actually utilizing the abilities it has. Most people don't, which is why I'm absolutely appalled at what MS says Longhorn will require. That's silly. For most people these days a G4 550 is fine. If you want to upgrade, Quartz Extreme and a 1Ghz do make a difference, but it may or may not really make a difference.
If you really think you need more power and can give up the portability, i say sell you TiBook and pick up an eMac for almost nothing. Seems like that would be the best compromise that i can see.
I used a 333 iMac throughout high school (just finished my 1st year of university) and that machine is still fine for everything i did back then (including some web design). If the money is really burning a hole in your pocket, why not find some sort of low risk investment?
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Originally posted by PS5533
well in my spare time i like to make videos with friends wether they be skate videos or just weird "jackass" things we do. as well as once every few months i plan on designing websites for local companies to make money
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Web site design could just as easily be done on a 5oo mhz pb, Hell all you need is a basic text editor and a browser, unless you are doing shoppimng carts, just hand code it, it is easy, you dont need any big package outside of maybe photoshop, but a buddy of mine puts kick ass sites together with just windows paint and notepad...It isnt what you have, it is how you use what you have.
and for video, well u have imovie, so it is slow, so what, if video is that important to you, save up for a POWERMAC, screw the portable, you would be stupid to take a brand new PB to high school, it would be lifted in miliseconds
Follow your dream, kid. If you love computers that much, get the best one you can afford and don't look back. Do something great with it. But don't suffer under the illusion that it is for school. It is for something far more important. It is for your dreams. Make them big. And make them all come true.
Does he absolutely positively need a new computer to get through school? Of course not (I wrote all of my collage papers on a Apple IIgs). Would he enjoy having a new computer to kick off his entry into HS, apparently yes, that is why he was asking which computer should he get (and not whether he should get one at all). (edit - I just noticed that although in the text of his post he doesn't mention just keeping his ti550 as an option, he does mention it in the poll -- so never mind).
Don't let all the neigh-sayers get you down kid -- a new computer is a good goal for a summer job, and even the cheapest Mac on your list will be over twice as fast as the one you are using now.
If you are planing to keep your current laptop I'd get the eMac. That way you have a computer you can carry around and one safe at home. (Besides, I always try to keep a backup computer, just incase something goes wrong with my main machine.)
If you are not planning to get the new computer until this fall, there there should be a lot of new models out by then, and you might want to consider getting a G5 of some sort -- that would really help out on the video editing.