Cosmo
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Yeah, Ive been wanting to get a newer Mac for ages (got the 21" iMac but wouldnt mind something with a much bigger screen) but have held off simply because everyone says the Power PC ones are so much better.
I'll end up going for a Mac pro with a 30" Apple screen one day though as its too tempting not to 
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Nismo
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Theres specific software i work with which only runs on Windows so i need both enviroments really.
How do you go about getting a Mac book to dual boot?
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Dom
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Mac Pro though  Would seriously like a 8 core, 16GB ram but they can fuck off if i'm paying £3k for it! Can build a similar spec'd PC with 32GB for about a third of the cost.
30" Apple Displays are good, but stupidly huge especially when working at a desk, you're constantly moving your head side to side Had them for a while in the studio, but moved to the Dual 24" & 27" Dells, i think the picture is slightly sharper with better colours, plus you have loads of inputs (HDMI, Display Port, Composite, Component, S-Video etc) useful for plugging in your HD/BR player or PS3/Xbox (they do 1:1 Pixel mapping which is worth having) when you can't be arsed with work
Nismo - just download bootcamp (DVD/CD with drivers etc) and then install Windows. Doesn't take long, just means you have to reboot the mac to switch between OS's.
You can virtual-machine windows, so you have a window open with windows running, but you get a serious performance hit (i do using VMWare Fusion) - useful for running Office Apps or web browser etc but that's about it.
[Edited on 04-09-2009 by Dom]
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Cosmo
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Dom just build the PC you want and, ehem, load a real copy of OSX on it 
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by Cosmo
Dom just build the PC you want and, ehem, load a real copy of OSX on it
After you commented about the looks and the case of macs, i've been starring at the case of the mac pro at work all week, it just isn't the same 
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Cosmo
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Then buy a Mac Pro case off ebay (not cheap, Ive looked!) and build a PC in it.
Do a search on the likes of bit-tech and you'll find some amazing PC Pro builds!
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AlunJ
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lol I thought about doing that cosmo... then saw the price for the case! Be a bit of a ballache to do as well I expect.
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Cosmo
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Once you rip all the stupid internals out that Apple put in, its not a massive job really (although isnt a simple build as in a normal PC case).
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