Hi, Forgive my ignorance, but i've got two probably dumb mac questions. First is the processor in a G4 intel based and what is a Hackintosh? Thanks. Dave. On 3/5/11, Ben Mustill-Rose <bmustillrose@gmail.com> wrote:
I thought the g4's only went upto 1.4 and anything after that would be a g5, but I could be wrong. The powermacs always seemed a little bit expencive in my eyes, but we are deeling with apple after all. As far as pricing goes, just do a completed items search on ebay and see what sort of prices you get. I just looked and the average powermac at 1.6GHZ w 1GB of ram is going for around £150. I wouldn't really pay that much myself, but that seems to be the going price. Anything below a intel cpu won't be able to take snow leopard or the new lion thats coming out soon, but you should be able to get a good grasp of the concepts using leopard to diside if you want a new one or not.
Have you considered slapping a hackintosh together instead? You could probably use some components that you already have and then if you don't like osx, you won't have wasted any money.
On 06/03/2011, David Mehler <dave.mehler@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
Thanks. I'm on the budget plan and am wanting to learn the Mac and voice over. Would this Mac be a good starter Mac?
Thanks. Dave.
On 3/5/11, Scott Granados <scott@granados-llc.net> wrote:
Hi,
I wouldn't pay much at all. A new Mini could be had for 5 - 600 new and that has a much faster processor.
The G4 I think was measured in MHZ something like 4 - 600. It's basically an old RISC processor.
On Mar 5, 2011, at 4:43 PM, David Mehler wrote:
Hi,
Thanks. What can you tell me about the g4? I'm looking for as much as I can find on it. Also, how much would you pay for a used g4?
Thanks. Dave.
On 3/5/11, Scott Granados <scott@granados-llc.net> wrote:
OK:)
So I'm running a bit more of a machine but you should still get some milage.
Mine is an I7 Macbook Pro 17 inch with 8gb of memory and a 500 MB SD drive.
I'm running OS 10.6 Snow Leopard which I know has had some voice over fixes applied. I'm not sure if you can run that on a G4. The G4 is a pretty old processor.
On Mar 5, 2011, at 11:19 AM, David Mehler wrote:
Hello,
Thank you. It's a learning curve, but i'm up for the chalenge. The Mac is an iMac G4 Desktop machine, I think it's a 1.5 ghz box. It is running OS 10.x 10.5.1 Leopard I believe.
Thanks. Dave.
On 3/5/11, Scott Granados <scott@granados-llc.net> wrote: > Run and don't walk and get the Mac. > > What kind is it and what OS is installed? > > Macs are great, I've been using one for a while now and love it. > Voice > over > is very functional, you can install your own OS, applications are > accessible, and ITunes on the Mac is so much better than the PC. > > > On Mar 5, 2011, at 9:10 AM, David Mehler wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> If there are any Mac users on this list can you please write me >> offlist? I'd like to know your level of Mac experience. I've got the >> opportunity to get a used Mac and am wondering if it's a good deal >> or >> not, wanting to expand my knowledge in to Macs. >> >> Thanks. >> Dave. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Blind-sysadmins mailing list >> Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org >> http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins > > > _______________________________________________ > Blind-sysadmins mailing list > Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org > http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins >
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