URGENT!! Is da IMAC G5(i-sight) good enough to do college animation?
Is da IMAC G5(i-sight) good enough to do college animation?
im thinking of getting 1, but im not sure whether it is gud enough for animation and graphic design use...eg. photoshop, freehand stuff...
how izzit compare with the PC Pentium 2.4 512ram??
The iMac G5 is great for computer graphics. I run Photoshop and it works fine. I use Illustrator and Freehand and they both run excelent. If you're goin to be using 3D software just make sure it's compatible. I run Lightwave 3D and it works excellent.
Generally the system is faster than a 2.4 Pentium. For 3D apps definitely make sure you have a good graphics card if you go with the PC. Generally "Integrated" graphics chips are not good.
I would recommend more than 512MB RAM if you're serious about this at all, PC or Mac. Especially if you're going to be using lightwave. With RAM prices they way they are a gig or 1.5 gigs is not unreasonable. I run well with 1.5 gigs.
Cheers, Ed.
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Coming right at your budgeted $450.
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I have thousands of photos on my Mac. If something happens to my Mac obviously, I don't want to lose the photos. I do Time Machine back ups to an external hard drive once a week. Is this good enough to make sure my pictures don't get lost?
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