I found a really good deal recently and brought this beauty home. It's a Powermac G5. I know it's not the latest tech and all but it suits my purpose well. It will be used only for internet duties and picture editing. I will be setting this up as a 2nd computer at my workstation. I needed to set this up as my PC is always being stripped down for new parts installs and also parts reviews. So the new set up with the Mac will allow me to continue working while my PC is being worked on. I don't like working on the laptop as I'm so used to my huge 30" LCD. Working on the small laptop screen takes me ages with the photo editing and stuff.
While I was setting up the new workstation, I needed to upgrade the Mac with some new RAM and a bigger, faster HDD. I bought some other stuff too, while shopping for the RAM and HDD. I also just received the Swiftech H20 kit to replace my previous kit that was damaged at the recent PC Fair. While shopping, I was shocked at how cheap LCDs have become. I didn't realise just how ridiculously cheap they've become and decided that I needed a new 24" LCD simply because it was so cheap. LOL. Anyway, here's the stuff I just got.
After spending a few days refurbishing the Mac and setting up my new workstation, it's almost done. Still a lil messy and lots of work left to do with the wire management. I'm happy with it for now as the PC has already been removed and I'm still able to do my work with the Mac installed and running. Here's a pic of the messy workstation for now.
Well, I'm a happy man right now. The Powermac G5 is running like a dream and I'm still learning my way around Mac OSX but so far I'm loving it. Mac OSX Leopard really rocks! Microsoft really needs to learn a thing or two from Apple's OS. That new 24" LCD I just bought is pretty awesome too. So much LCD for so little money! I'll be doing a photo shoot and quick run through of the new LCD later on so be sure to come back and check it out if you're interested in the AOC 2434PW.
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dude! mac can run window, so you can play games too :)
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I have a water cooled PC with Quad cores, 3 way SLI, 8gb RAM, 1200W PSU and Raptor 150 HDD for games. I don't think Mac can configure anything like that for my gaming needs. Hehehe.
Bro, how's the AOC LCD? Thinking of getting one.
No complaints so far. It's a very nice LCD for so little money. I've yet to try it with 1080p video n games though. I basically bought it for the aesthetics coz it looks very nice. :)
Hi Ian, any further comments on your AOC 2434PW? facing any issue with the bright white color / overbrightness? Plan to get one so too.
Yes the AOC is blindingly bright at default setting. So I've set it to suit my usage. U can also use 1 of the many presets to suit ur needs.
Well if that's the case, after you adjusted the mode will the colour of eg picture or movie become unnature?
There are quite a few settings provided by AOC for things like like Text, Internet, Movies n so on. So u can always use those settings for quick n easy customisation. I changed the default setting called standard to 30 Brightness n 30 Contrast so it's nice for using in a room with lights off.
you can run Windows inside Mac. Alternatively, you can also run Mac on PC with some mod and compatible hardware :)
Ya I know but mine is a Power Mac which cannot run Windows natively. It can only do it using VM. Besides, there's no point doing that since my PC is already a beast. Whenever I wanna game, I'll just turn on the PC. Otherwise I'll use the Mac for basic stuff like internet surfing, email n stuff.
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