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My brother FINALLY switched! - Rick-o - 02-07-2007
I asked (and received-thanks!) some advice for my brother who was looking at switching from his 15+ years of Windows (ab)use to a Mac.
http://forums.macresource.com/read/1/220360/220717#msg-220717
Well, he gave me a call friday afternoon and said his brand spankin' new Mac Pro was just delivered and if I was free, to drop by and help him set it up. 20 minutes later I was kicking down his door.
This was my first hands on experience with a Mac Pro, and I'm very impressed! What a FAST-FAST-FAST machine the Mac Pro is! He did a BTO directly from Apple and went with the middle of the road processor with a Radeon X1900 XT video card, extra optical drive, plus bluetooth keyboard/mouse.
We played around with it for what seemed like an hour, but when I checked the time, it was almost six hours later! I told him that I should take it home with me for a few days, just to make sure everything was working ok, but he wouldn't have any part of that. Heh.
I was considering going with a 24" iMac (or 30" iMac if one is released), for my next machine but now I may have to reconsider.
Re: My brother FINALLY switched! - Carthaigh - 02-07-2007
Nice. He made a great choice with his BTO. I am envious.
Re: My brother FINALLY switched! - Carthaigh - 02-07-2007
By the way. That drawing of Kyle looks a lot like Wil Wheaton.
Re: My brother FINALLY switched! - deckeda - 02-07-2007
Oh --- he switched computing platforms. I thought you meant switched teams perhaps.
Re: My brother FINALLY switched! - Rick-o - 02-07-2007
[quote Carthaigh]By the way. That drawing of Kyle looks a lot like Wil Wheaton.
Heh! Good call!
Re: My brother FINALLY switched! - jdc - 02-07-2007
wow --- cash leader!
he needs more ram ASAP -- about $350 for another 2 gigs
coulda saved $70 by getting his own second burner (or skipped it all together), and i hate the apple kb/mouse, but to each his own =)
Re: My brother FINALLY switched! - Paul F. - 02-07-2007
And you remembered to download InCrease, and get that puppy folding for team 38910, right?
RIGHT?
