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Originally posted by Jason Abbadon:
How much did this powerhouse machine cost?

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Yeah. Er... A lot.

Also, I don't think I get how the newly BOINCified SETI@home SETI @ home works. Such that for all the work-units I am completing, I'm not seein' any credits...
 

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
 

"Also, I don't think I get how the newly BOINCified SETI@home SETI @ home works."

So far, in my experience, for the most part, it doesn't.
 

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Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
 
So this is a good system to get?

I need a new computer - actually was going to get it at the start of the year but everytime I get around to looking up stuff - it's all advanced again. Well I'm getting a computer for Birthday/Christmas. I want to do video editing stuff - capturing my old videos etc. That's to begin with - but with a top notch computer I might discover new things I might want to do.
 

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Posted by Toadkiller (Member # 425) on :
 
Actually if you're not into the whole uber-power thing, then a much more cheaper good system to get is the new iMac. Still does the things you list.
 

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Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
 
But I'm not... comfortable with Macs.

I also like two buttons and a scroller
 

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Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :
 
I have to laugh at people that presume Mac mice are only one button. I watched a guy use a Powerbook with a mouse that had more buttons and scroll wheels than I would ever use.

And you do realize that Balaam's new computer is, in fact, a Mac.
 

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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
 
Well, it was easy to miss the subtle clues coming from the Macatics.
 

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Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
 
"I have to laugh at people that presume Mac mice are only one button."

Yes, because multi-button mice have been part of Apple's official accessory list for so long.
 

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Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :
 
Yes, well, like PCs you can buy other mice to use with it.
 

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Posted by Da_bang80 (Member # 528) on :
 
Mmmmm. I bet that beast can play some mean games. That's really the only reason I use a computer. Oh and Flare...
 

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Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
 
..and porn.
Dont even try to say otherwise.
 

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Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
 
"I bet that beast can play some mean games."

It could. If it wasn't a Mac. And games were quad-, triple-, or even just dual-threaded.

(This is me being stingy and spiteful.)
 

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Posted by Balaam Xumucane (Member # 419) on :
 
The G5 actually uses Apple's Pr0n-to� indecency sub-processing architecture which is effectively 4 predictive multi-penetrative APUs off the L7 cache... Though I hear chafing can be a problem.

In other news, BOINCed SETI@home is working properly now and I'm even getting accumulating credits, but it's still different and sort of scary.

So I think we'd all agree that the single button mouse was a very silly thing for Apple to cling to, and of course the first thing any self-respecting Mac nerd would do would be to replace the old mice with something more useful. I've enjoyed multibutton, scrolling USB mice (available at many stores near you) on my Macs for 5 or 6 years now.

Andrew: Mine is a really excellent system for doing some very specific things. Namely video processing, 3D rendering and mastering DVDs. Also if you happen to be a math ninja, that whole 64 bit thing would come in handy I guess. At this point it's probably overkill if you're just dabbling (plus, I mean it's just ridiculously expensive).

Basically my advice would be that if you want to play the latest games that you shouldn't get a Mac. Or if you have some software that you use all the time and isn't available on Mac, that you shouldn't get a Mac. But if you are curious about doing video, an iMac would be a very good way to go. Video can get pretty complicated, and (for good or ill) one might argue that Apple's whole philosophy is centered around making complicated things easier. To many this entirely defeats the purpose and makes the users seem less like l33t h4xxorz when they actually accomplish anything they set out to do. Which is part of the reason I'm abount to told that I'm an idiot for ever imagining that Mac OS is anything other than eye-candy for babies and/or faggots and why don't I just pull up my diapers because anyone who knows anything about computers knows that no software has ever been written ever for the Mac ever.

What these people fail to realize is that unfortunately I was born with a rare genetic deficiency which makes plugging things in and having them work 230% more fun than trawling through pages and pages of poorly written tech documents in a vain attempt to figure out what the hell that blue message with all the weird numbers means and where had I only been there two months ago I could have downloaded a patch which maybe might have fixed it if I'm interpreting this error code correctly, but now I'll have to give some shady jerkwad my credit information to see whether he's still got that backed up at which point maybe I'd be better off getting a different thing entirely, and come to think of it, it's sort of amazing that I hadn't realized that this might be a problem in the first place, and why the hell were you trying to do whatever it was you were trying to do anyway. I've wandered off topic and clearly I am exaggerating some, but I have a bitchin' new computer and so I can do as I like.

I guess my main point is that any new Mac is going to come pre-installed with the very simple, but capable iMovie. And while iMovie is a far cry from what you'd get in a full-featured professional application, like Final Cut Pro, I taught my geek-impaired mother to use it in about ten minutes and anyone with any technical proficiency could probably master it in a couple days playing with it. Oh, and it will be playing because you'll be having fun on account of the fact that you're actually working on what you wanted to do, and at the end you can just push a button or three to send it to iDVD, render, burn and you have something that looks really spiffy you can pop in and show around. If you are interested, let me know.

Also... shiny.
 

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Posted by Home Decor and Gardening (Member # 239) on :
 
Avid's better, anyway.
 

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Posted by Home Decor and Gardening (Member # 239) on :
 
Except my sexret wepin is an After Effects plugin, so I guess, F THE LOT OF U
 

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