03-26-2006, 12:54 PM
I had the same decision to make as you do, except I didn't already have a monitor. After much debate and thought, I went with the 17" intel iMac. I plan on adding 512 more RAM, but I want to wait a few weeks to make sure everything is OK out of the box. I will say that I don't find it slow at all with only the 512, but I usually only do one thing at a time. The machine I was using just before is a 12" 800MHz G4 iBook and it seems much quicker than that, even under Rosetta.
I do some Photoshop Elements work and it is plenty fast in that, much quicker than the iBook. The screen is beautiful and it isn't much thicker than a monitor alone. I like the nice neat package that it presents and it is one of the reasons I went with it over the mini. Plus, looking at the instructions, it looks like inserting an extra 512 of RAM should be really easy-just four screws to remove.
I decided that while think the G5 would have served me fine for right now, that it is ultimately headed down the same path as OS9. I decided that if I was going to buy new, I should look toward the future and get the intel based machine. Good luck, it can be a difficult decision with so many things to consider.
I do some Photoshop Elements work and it is plenty fast in that, much quicker than the iBook. The screen is beautiful and it isn't much thicker than a monitor alone. I like the nice neat package that it presents and it is one of the reasons I went with it over the mini. Plus, looking at the instructions, it looks like inserting an extra 512 of RAM should be really easy-just four screws to remove.
I decided that while think the G5 would have served me fine for right now, that it is ultimately headed down the same path as OS9. I decided that if I was going to buy new, I should look toward the future and get the intel based machine. Good luck, it can be a difficult decision with so many things to consider.
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