hey everyone, im actually on holiday now in the gran canaria! but i´ve been considering moving to the apple desktop for quite some time now! I´m a web developer and currently use a debain linux machine.
I was looking into getting a powerbook which I thought could replace my home-desktop and be used as a secondry machine at work. I was having trouble parting with my money as I wasnt sure if it would annoy me having a laptop as a full time desktop at home. I took my partner into an apple store just before I came on holiday and they quite sensibley pointed out why dont i get an imac G5?
Since they said that its been playing on my mind and it really makes sence! I think i could loose the portability as some of the bonuses of having the g5 imac are stunning! I would be looking at getting the 20" with proberly 1 or 2 gig ram, and i´d get the wireless setup upgrade too.
I have a few questions before I hit the buy button as im such an apple newbie:
will the 2gig with 1or2 gig ram be powerful enough for me? Im quite a poweruser and tend to have a lot going on with my computer while i work, webserver running quite sophisticated GIS systems, music, browsers, development envirment etc etc.
What is the development enviroment like for web developers using mostly PHP? I currently use Quanta on the mac and the few times I use my windows notebook I use macromedia Homesite.
Should I be looking at the powermac? the thing that puts me off this is I love the idea of the single unit - its cheap and easy.
When is the G6 ETA? I read about the x86 apple machines? should I hold out for one of these?
Thanks for any responces! looking forward to getting invloved with this forum once I get my new shiney apple machine!
I was looking into getting a powerbook which I thought could replace my home-desktop and be used as a secondry machine at work. I was having trouble parting with my money as I wasnt sure if it would annoy me having a laptop as a full time desktop at home. I took my partner into an apple store just before I came on holiday and they quite sensibley pointed out why dont i get an imac G5?
Since they said that its been playing on my mind and it really makes sence! I think i could loose the portability as some of the bonuses of having the g5 imac are stunning! I would be looking at getting the 20" with proberly 1 or 2 gig ram, and i´d get the wireless setup upgrade too.
I have a few questions before I hit the buy button as im such an apple newbie:
will the 2gig with 1or2 gig ram be powerful enough for me? Im quite a poweruser and tend to have a lot going on with my computer while i work, webserver running quite sophisticated GIS systems, music, browsers, development envirment etc etc.
What is the development enviroment like for web developers using mostly PHP? I currently use Quanta on the mac and the few times I use my windows notebook I use macromedia Homesite.
Should I be looking at the powermac? the thing that puts me off this is I love the idea of the single unit - its cheap and easy.
When is the G6 ETA? I read about the x86 apple machines? should I hold out for one of these?
Thanks for any responces! looking forward to getting invloved with this forum once I get my new shiney apple machine!