[Cube] Can the Mac mini handle graphic design

[Martin Coleshill]

Wow thats pretty cool, but alittle out my price range, im strugling at the 
moment doing my work on a 400mhz p4 pc, and need a quick solution. I was 
going to just upgrad my pc but I only use it for graphic work so I thought 
why not just get a mac!

I thought the mac mini would be the perfect answer with its high(ish) specs 
compared to my old pc- but now i've got alittle bit more info I guess its 
not the ray of sun shine I thought it was going to be.

So am I just better off biting the bullet and paying extra for a low end 
imacG5? What about the Dual powermac G4's( with the same spec as a mini)- 
Would the powermac G4 be a much better option then a high end mac mini, I 
guess the powermac would be faster but by why much?


>From: John Guy <john at curl.org.uk>
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>Subject: Re: [Cube] Can the Mac mini handle graphic design
>Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 12:51:57 +0000
>
>On 13/1/06 12:45 pm, "Martin Coleshill" <mcoleshill2 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > That sounds intresting, Im kind of new to the mac thing, I did use an 
>old G4
> > for a couple of years at collage but since then all my design work has 
>been
> > done on PC. Can you tell me more about the new intel imacs- or give me 
>some
> > direction of where to read more about them? are those the imacG5 ones 
>that
> > are out at the moment?
> >
>The new ones, were released Tuesday I think use the Intel duo core chips 
>and
>are several times faster than the previous G5 chip based ones...
>
>http://www.apple.com/uk/imac/
>
>Have a look at the graphics part, the flop comparison and the 
>render/shading
>indices...
>
>Should be a no brainer...
>
>
>JG
>
>;-)
>What's an Intel chip doing in a Mac?
>
>
>Being smug?
>
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