Quote: Originally Posted by bonkers Assuming that you have $3500 sitting in your pocket, are there any good reasons (regarding the technology) not to buy the new quad? The …

Well... will there be Quad'tels coming out next year?

The Power Macs aren't going Intel until 2007.

If you have $3500 sitting in your pocket, take it out of your pocket and put it in a money market fund or some such thing so that it will earn interest while Apple ramps up product…

Oh, and as far as water-cooling is concerned, I haven't had any problems with it. Applecare has me covered for another two years and I'll probably have upgraded my main editing mac…

thanks for the comments so far. i'm crutching along with my comp right now - daily crashes & running slow like molasses. i've been waiting for a regime change like this, but …

Quote: Originally Posted by awcopus Another thing just occured to me. My main displays are ADC-based using an ATI X800. The new Macs don't have a GPU available that supports ADC…

I want to surf the web, write some email and maybe do some light editing on my digital pics. Will this system work??? Does it support Core Video??? Specifications * 2.5GHz Q…

That is really a great price for a quad machine. To build a comparable PC like that, two Dual-Core Opterons at 2.4Ghz would set you back over $2,400 alone. Then you'd need the moth…

Why not? Well, what add-on video cards can be installed in the PCI Express slots? How much are they? These new Macs have 4x and 8x slots...what Mac cards are out there? Presuma…

Quote: Originally Posted by pliny I want to surf the web, write some email and maybe do some light editing on my digital pics. Will this system work??? Does it support Core Vide…

Quote: Originally Posted by Cadaver For web surfing and email, you could probably save yourself some money and just go with 16GB of non-ECC RAM. You forgot the additional Q…

Man, some of you guys are on a fast upgrade cycle. If you're like me, a normal middle-class individual who buys Powermacs for home use for power user/prosumer type stuff, a 4-year…

Quote: Originally Posted by jcadam Why is SJ going to intel again? The general concensus is that the Intel switch is happening because of the following two reasons; 1) Wi…

I just got my 2.5 G5 dual in June. So I'm good for five or six years.

The new "Quadra" is damn sexy. I'd hope on it in a NY minute if I had the cash. This is such a good thing for the future. The Mactels will likely have the option for a quad yet …

Quote: Originally Posted by jcadam Why is SJ going to intel again? Because he's not perfect. He might still be bent at IBM over their refusing to pay an outrageous fee …

If you don't need it then don't bother. I'd rather put the money toward a better GPU and a copy of Aperture. Too bad the 7800 GT is not yet available however. I'd probably get the…

I need a real job.

Steve Jobs isn't stupid. He's got a plan. I'd guess he's going to unleash OS X for PC's and damage Microsoft's monopoly. He's been out for blood recently.

Quote: Originally Posted by goMac Steve Jobs isn't stupid. He's got a plan. I'd guess he's going to unleash OS X for PC's and damage Microsoft's monopoly. He's been out for bloo…

Quote: Originally Posted by Todd Madson I just got my 2.5 G5 dual in June. So I'm good for five or six years. Juat got my Dual 2.7 dated Oct. 01, 2005.... im on bleeding…

Quote: Originally Posted by outaru Juat got my Dual 2.7 dated Oct. 01, 2005.... im on bleeding edge fo less than a month... i should have trusted my instinct, i knew dual core …

I'm glad to see a few more people realize the move to Intel is foolhardy. Too bad our opinions aren't of any consequence to Apple. . .

I'm also seriously considering a new Quad PM. My Quicksilver is getting kinda long in the tooth, and my strategy was to either: 1) Buy an iMac to tide me over until '07 when the …