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will: wanton sex god:
i want to do this


- Play World of Warcraft
- Chat on AIM
- Browse the Internet
- Write stories
- Record music (garage band?)




will the powerbook g5 be enough?  i heard rumors about june release.

yah, itd be my first mac.  the only thing im really worried about is the graphics card, as im sure the rest will be fine.
i migh still use pcs for some hardcore gaming, i donno.

est:
you could most probably do all of that on a current G4 Powerbook.  probably even the lowest-powered one.  hell, you could probably even do it on a higher-end iBook.  the only thing that you'd need any kind of power for would be WoW, and i played that on Heather's 1.5ghz p4 with a radeon 7500. you can scale the graphics back a fair bit depending on what you are running it on.

summary: you'll be fine, just get what you want to pay for.

however, i am not a mac expert by any stretch of the imagination.  so maybe someone else who uses macs on a regular basis can chime in?

addendum: i just checked out Macrumors & it says that it's the PowerMacs that are getting upgraded, not the PowerBooks.  you sure the Powerbooks are going to G5 already?  last i read there were serious heat issues preventing it in the forseeable future.

will: wanton sex god:
i dono, i did know powermacs were getting upgrade, im not really a big mac guy, but my friend is, and he claimed that timeframe.  donno, it might have been a rumor.

id like to play WoW at decent speeds.  im getting only about 20 fps right now
on radeon 9100 athlong 2200xp, 1 gig 2700ram
its depressing.
id like a consistant...40 ish.

Samari:
First thing i thought of when i saw this topic was that we were going to be talking about the P-P-P-Powerbook

ASturge:
if you want to record music, you'll be wanting 'Sonar 4 Producers Addition"

its my weapon of choice and its never lead me astray.

*cough*youcaneasilygetitofflimewirnotthatihaveofcourse*cough*

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