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I have also seen that people who love computers (use them all the time and are always looking for more speed, more memory, more display and better resolution, etc) tend to forget that a lot of people really don't care. They just want something that works for the two or three or five things they have to use the computer for. They don't care about bells and whistles, they don't care about greater speed (beyond a certain threshold), they just want to know if they can do what they do and that's ok

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BTW, I do plan to do graphics and photography have thought about a Mac for a long time. My room mate doesn't want one. He says there aren't enough programs for it. How can I talk him into getting one. And do any of you know the statistics for the machine I'd need? I want to have a web site that will display my own photographs that I've taken from my 35mm camera (from prints and transparentcies after they've been scanned) and some digital photos of my 3D and 2D art work. But keep in mind I probably won't need the new computer for at least 3-6 more months so I guess the info is a waste at this time, ha ha.

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No, no, no, no. getting info now will only help you decide on what you want and allow you to budget some more money(if need be) for it. Also, if you know what you are looking for, you're less likely to get a computer with, basically, crap inside.

AFA getting a Mac is concerned, your roommate is right in that there are more programs out for the PC, but that's a computer industry thing I doubt you're interested in. If I were you, and you could afford it and if you could find approximately the same software for both a PC and a Mac, I'd get the PC as a desktop, mainly to use for the web site, etc. Also, I'd get a Mac laptop. That way, if you are away from your house, you could upload you pictures to your laptop and see how they look ahead of time. But that's me.

Since you probably just want the one computer, for now just look at programs that you want. Hopefully you can find software like that for the Mac.

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No, no, no, no. getting info now will only help you decide on what you want and allow you to budget some more money(if need be) for it. Also, if you know what you are looking for, you're less likely to get a computer with, basically, crap inside.

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Great advice, James. Thanks. In about a year I will be traveling back and forth, only 70 miles away but it would be convenient to have a small computer to take with me. I don't know if I'll have a phone line or electricity at the new house though.

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James - the newest Macs are supposed to be running OS10 now, which is based on the Unix Mach Kernel. Which gives them a further range than they had before. Remember OS10 was completely revamped.

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I wouldn't know because I use PC's.

Snake, here's your new expert. I bow to her knowledge and wisdom.

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Snake, here's your new expert. I bow to her knowledge and wisdom.

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Fine. Now, if I only knew what she was talking about. Or in other words, this is what I'm always telling my Chinaman room mate who's from Thailand.....Speak English!!

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BTW, I do plan to do graphics and photography have thought about a Mac for a long time. My room mate doesn't want one. He says there aren't enough programs for it. How can I talk him into getting one. And do any of you know the statistics for the machine I'd need? I want to have a web site that will display my own photographs that I've taken from my 35mm camera (from prints and transparentcies after they've been scanned) and some digital photos of my 3D and 2D art work.

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Snake,

Trish is right. Consider the two primary markets that are still Mac dominated... publishing and graphics. The MAC is still better optimized for graphics handling.

Probably for 90% of things, these days, there really isn't much difference between PCs and Macs. PCs are better game machines (if only because most games are developed initially for the PC platform) and PCs are easier to tinker with (but Macs usually need a whole lot less tinkering). PCs have more freeware (check out http://www.nonags.comand other sites, but Mac software is very stable and optimized to the OS (because both the OS AND the hardware are propriatory).

It really depends on how sophisticated you want to get with the photos and graphics.

Whichever you buy, get the maximum ram and hard drive size you can afford. Those are the two most important resources. If a choice between RAM (memory) and CPU speed, for instance, go for max ram.

Also, figure out what you want to do now and what you think you might want to do 5 years from now. Find different software packages that seem to do that. What are their requirements (Memory, speed, HD space). That will also help you decide based on real, functional need.

Hope this helps.

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Edited because I'm a bloody idiot! Sorry, Trish.

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Lisa is right.

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