jona7 Posted June 25 Report Share Posted June 25 Check out the new Power Mac G5... This is the fastest personal computer...a real beauty... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fliptoniaaa Posted June 25 Report Share Posted June 25 We must face it mac blows any p.c. out of the water...even though im a pc user......mac just had some bad luck....just so happens when the whole computer boom hit p.c. was more in style than mac.....theyve been playong catch up ever since...but one day ill get me a mac...one day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pod Posted June 25 Report Share Posted June 25 Whatever.It can outclass any store-bought PC, but I'll put up anything I build against a G5 any day of the week....it'll even look better, and I can probably build it cheaper.Push a P4 3.06 to 4 GHzXP Pro/Redhat dual bootATi Radeon 9800 with DB15/DVI support...dual monitor action ASUS P4P800 Deluxe mobo...integrated Firewire 800/USB 2.0/Gig ethernet/RAID2 GB of Dual Channel DDR400 RAMHGST 200 GB HD (less than 200 bucks now)Pioneer DVD-R/CD-R/DVD-RW/CD-RWPCPowerandcooling.com Peltier cooler, fans, and PSU.I'll totally shred that pot-smoking hippie box from Cupertino in one shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewbongiorno Posted June 25 Report Share Posted June 25 Read This:http://www.haxial.com/spls-soapbox/apple-powermac-G5/ and this...http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/31405.html and this...Click Me! <------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pod Posted June 25 Report Share Posted June 25 And if you wanna talk 64-bit architechture, swap out the P4 for an AMD Opteron 244 chip, the ASUS board for a Tyan Thunder K8S...then we're talkin'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jona7 Posted June 25 Author Report Share Posted June 25 I think a mac is best for musical purposes. my friend has a 30GB iPod and baby that little cylinder-squared thing can hold up to 7,500 songs and the sound of the music is crystal clean. you can purchase high-quality, crystal clear music at the iTunes music store for only 99 cents...The iPod is simply the best mp3 player or what ever it is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fliptoniaaa Posted June 25 Report Share Posted June 25 Anything manually built will beat mac or p.c......when u manually build ur building to ur specific needs....im just talking about store bought p.c's u must admit macs r better than p.c's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jona7 Posted June 25 Author Report Share Posted June 25 will apple make a powerbookG5???...i hope so...because i'm looking forward to invest my money on a 12" powerbookG4I hate when you buy something and then two months later they come up with a newer and improved one...(i.e. you go to the apple store at the falls, all happily and excited that your going to get a new computer. you purchase a powermacG4...a month later "The new powermacG5 is 10x better than the older version, get your new powermacG5 nowat your nearest apple store")...AAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pod Posted June 25 Report Share Posted June 25 Musically? Nah...a lot of my friends are producers and use PCs. Mac's are for the whole "I just want it to go" types...I gotta dig up the old "If OSes were airlines..." joke...used to be mac dominated but not anymore. Depends on your definition of storebought too...I could go over to Alienware in Kendall and get a box that'll beat the G5, most likely. Strange though, Apple makes almost no mention that IBM makes their G5 processor.and here's the joke for you real geeks.DOS AirlinesEverybody pushes the airplane until it glides, then they jump on and let the plane coast until it hits the ground again, then they push again jump on again, and so on. OS/2 AirlinesThe terminal is almost empty, with only a few prospective passengers milling about. The announcer says that their flight has just departed, wishes them a good flight, though there are no planes on the runway. Airline personnel walk around, apologising profusely to customers in hushed voices, pointing from time to time to the sleek, powerful jets outside the terminal on the field. They tell each passenger how good the real flight will be on these new jets and how much safer it will be than Windows Airlines, but that they will have to wait a little longer for the technicians to finish the flight systems. Once they finally finished you're offered a flight at reduced cost. To board the plane, you have your ticket stamped ten different times by standing in ten different lines. Then you fill our a form showing where you want to sit and whether the plane should look and feel like an ocean liner, a passenger train or a bus. If you succeed in getting on the plane and the plane succeeds in taking off the ground, you have a wonderful trip...except for the time when the rudder and flaps get frozen in position, in which case you will just have time to say your prayers and get in crash position. Windows AirThe terminal is pretty and colorful, with friendly stewards, easy baggage check and boarding, and a smooth take-off. After about 10 minutes in the air, the plane explodes with no warning whatsoever. Windows NT AirJust like Windows Air, but costs more, uses much bigger planes, and takes out all the other aircraft within a 40-mile radius when it explodes. Mac AirlinesAll the stewards, stewardesses, captains, baggage handlers, and ticket agents look the same, act the same, and talk the same. Every time you ask questions about details, you are told you don't need to know, don't want to know, and would you please return to your seat and watch the movie. Unix AirlinesEach passenger brings a piece of the airplane and a box of tools to the airport. They gather on the tarmac, arguing constantly about what kind of plane they want to build and how to put it together. Eventually, they build several different aircraft, but give them all the same name. Some passengers actually reach their destinations. All passengers believe they got there. Wings of OS/400The airline has bought ancient DC-3s, arguably the best and safest planes that ever flew, and painted "747" on their tails to make them look as if they are fast. The flight attendants, of course, attend to your every need, though the drinks cost $15 a pop. Stupid questions cost $230 per hour, unless you have SupportLine, which requires a first class ticket and membership in the frequent flyer club. Then they cost $500, but your accounting department can call it overhead. Mach AirlinesThere is no airplane. The passengers gather and shout for an airplane, then wait and wait and wait and wait. A bunch of people come, each carrying one piece of the plane with them. These people all go out on the runway and put the plane together piece by piece, arguing constantly about what kind of plane they're building. The plane finally takes off, leaving the passengers on the ground waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting. After the plane lands, the pilot telephones the passengers at the departing airport to inform them that they have arrived. Newton AirlinesAfter buying your ticket 18 months in advance, you finally get to board the plane. Upon boarding the plane you are asked your name. After 6 times, the crew member recognizes your name and then you are allowed to take your seat. As you are getting ready to take your seat, the steward announces that you have to repeat the boarding process because they are out of room and need to recount to make sure they can take more passengers. VMS AirlinesThe passengers all gather in the hanger, watching hundreds of technicians check the flight systems on this immense, luxury aircraft. This plane has at least 10 engines and seats over 1,000 passengers. All the passengers scramble aboard, as do the necessary complement of 200 technicians. The pilot takes his place up in the glass cockpit. He guns the engines, only to realise that the plane is too big to get through the hangar doors. BeOS AirYou have to pay for the tickets, but they're half the price of Windows Air, and if you are an aircraft mechanic you can probably ride for free. It only takes 15 minutes to get to the airport and you are cheuferred there in a limozine. BeOS Air only has limited types of planes that only only hold new luggage. All planes are single seaters and the model names all start with an "F" (F-14, F-15, F-16, F-18, etc.). The plane will fly you to your destination on autopilot in half the time of other Airways or you can fly the plane yourself. There are limited destinations, but they are only places you'd want to go to anyway. You tell all your friends how great BeOS Air is and all they say is "What do you mean I can't bring all my old baggage with me?" Linux AirlinesDisgruntled employees of all the other OS airlines decide to start their own airline. They build the planes, ticket counters, and pave the runways themselves. They charge a small fee to cover the cost of printing the ticket, but you can also download and print the ticket yourself. When you board the plane, you are given a seat, four bolts, a wrench and a copy of the seat-HOWTO.html. Once settled, the fully adjustable seat is very comfortable, the plane leaves and arrives on time without a single problem, the in-flight meal is wonderful. You try to tell customers of the other airlines about the great trip, but all they can say is, "You had to do what with the seat?" Air 2KAir 2K is an industrial-stength airline only for passengers on business flights only. Only certain types of luggage will be allowed on-board. Will non-business customers please use Fly Me instead. Hey! I can see you sneaking in that kid! Hey, Soccer Mom, you aren't allowed on! 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jona7 Posted June 25 Author Report Share Posted June 25 Originally posted by fliptoniaaa Anything manually built will beat mac or p.c......when u manually build ur building to ur specific needs....im just talking about store bought p.c's u must admit macs r better than p.c's I think Sony Vaios are the best pc's and the powermac G5 is the best apple computer... You can customize your sony vaio desktop or laptop at the sony style website you can also customize your apple desktop or book at the online apple store Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jona7 Posted June 25 Author Report Share Posted June 25 hey i'm no geek, but the joke is funny...it took me kind of a while to get it...do u think they'll make a powerbookG5 by the end of the summer???... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmotion Posted June 25 Report Share Posted June 25 Originally posted by jona7 I think Sony Vaios are the best pc's and the powermac G5 is the best apple computer... I like the VAIO's, but if you ever need support... good luck, one of the worst in the industry. I'm curious how the performance on the new mac's will be. Knowing IBM, and their latest PPC lines of processors, should be interesting. IT doesn't really matter anyway, when people ask me what to buy (i.e. 1st computer) I tell them to basically look for JUST above the cheapest one sold. Most people don't use what they have. Find your features, and even a celeron proc will be fine for most folks. (internet, email, word, printing, burning)... my 2 cents worth... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmotion Posted June 25 Report Share Posted June 25 Originally posted by pod Musically? Nah...a lot of my friends are producers and use PCs. Mac's are for the whole "I just want it to go" types...I gotta dig up the old "If OSes were airlines..." joke...used to be mac dominated but not anymore. Depends on your definition of storebought too...I could go over to Alienware in Kendall and get a box that'll beat the G5, most likely. Strange though, Apple makes almost no mention that IBM makes their G5 processor.and here's the joke for you real geeks. Mac's are for people who want "easy", most people are scared of the unknown. Alienware makes 3ghz laptops, Mmmmat risk of exposing my geekdom, loved the os joke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jona7 Posted June 25 Author Report Share Posted June 25 Alienware made 3GHz laptops?!?...how thick are they?!?...5"??????????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pod Posted June 25 Report Share Posted June 25 quite low-profile actually.It's funny, some Mac users claim to be creative, exploratory types...but yet when it comes to their computers, they could really care less what makes it tick. I've always felt that the truly curious people are the ones who crack their PCs at least once or twice a week, or just leave the dang case open all the time. Compare it to drivers and hotrodders. PCs are hotrods all the way, hell with active cooling, fans, and a custom paint-job by Falcon Northwest (www.falcon-nw.com), it's gotten insane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jona7 Posted June 25 Author Report Share Posted June 25 Originally posted by pod quite low-profile actually.It's funny, some Mac users claim to be creative, exploratory types...but yet when it comes to their computers, they could really care less what makes it tick. I've always felt that the truly curious people are the ones who crack their PCs at least once or twice a week, or just leave the dang case open all the time. Compare it to drivers and hotrodders. PCs are hotrods all the way, hell with active cooling, fans, and a custom paint-job by Falcon Northwest (www.falcon-nw.com), it's gotten insane. YEAH!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pod Posted June 25 Report Share Posted June 25 They can actually match any car's paintjob to the T, they have an automotive paintbox at their factory for just such an application... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcrespo Posted June 25 Report Share Posted June 25 Dual 2ghz G5 with Panther (10.3) aka FreeBSD + mac mods is good enough for me. I can run UNIX at home and not scare people .. wow how good is that. Oh yeah shit compiles pretty much out of the box apache/php/sendmail/etc. All i want for my bday is a Dual 2ghz G5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pod Posted June 25 Report Share Posted June 25 Traitor! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcrespo Posted June 25 Report Share Posted June 25 I love my BSD and I'm a NeXT fan at heart .. although not much NeXT is left in apple I still want a turbo slab at 33mhz or a cube .. oh well maybe one day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pod Posted June 25 Report Share Posted June 25 I never had any faith in Apple anyway. Gonna seriously start saving some cash to build an Opteron box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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