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I've been throwing around the idea of getting a Mac G5 for graphics and animation. From what I've seen Mac's are the industry standard for all things graphic (other than silicon graphics but, who has $30K for a workstation?) Is this true?

I plan to take some graphic design classes at LSU and may persue a career in GD

I've always heard that Macs are better for working with graphics than PCs, but i haven't had enough experience on a Mac to form my own opinion. I know that most printing/sign shops created graphics on Macs. The biggest problem we've encountered over the years has been creating graphics that will need to be edited by someone using a Mac and also opening graphics provided by clients that were created on a Mac. We are seeing less and less of this happening, however, because there are programs available now that will convert to either format and also because PCs have come a long way since those days.

These days, I think it's a matter of preference. You'll always have your diehards who won't switch from Mac to Windows, no matter what you say, just like you have people who swear by Adobe over Corel.

I agree with alot of your reply Kelly but, i did a lil more research today and found that u can run windows proggies by emulating windows on a mac giving u the best of both worlds. Also, the G5's are RISC processors which require fewer instructions which means more speed (the box i'm looking n2 getting is a dual g5). I'm certain that I like what I see outta the G5's.

P.S. Corel has always been awesome. have u seen ver 12 yet? I haven't but, a friend bought it the other day and told me he really liked it.

Yea, I've seen a lot of people talking about the G5's. It's supposed to be impressive.

I tried Corel a couple of years back but never really had the time to get into it. I think I have Corel 9 on disk somewhere. I haven't kept up on the later versions. I can't imagine there's much you can do in Corel that I can't do in Photoshop and Illustrator.

Corel makes Bryce and I really like it

But, i use PS and Fireworks more than anything.

Well after all of that... I ended up going with a PC lol. For ne1 that's interested, I got the following setup:

2ND_USB: STANDARD 2 USB PORT CONNECTORS
CABLE: Round Cable Upgrade for Hard Drive, Optical Drive & Floppy Drive
CASE: X-BLADE Mid-Tower W/ WINDOW & LCD Temperature Display + FAN CONTROL
CPU: (939-pin) AMD ATHLON64 3200+ CPU w/ Hyper Transport Technology
CD: 16X DVD ROM
CDRW: NU DDW-081 8X DVD+R/+RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE
FLASHMEDIA: INTERNAL 6in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer
FAN: AMD ATHLON64 CERTIFIED CPU FAN & HEATSINK
HDD: Hitachi 160GB 7200RPM Serial ATA 150 8MB Cache
KEYBOARD: PS2 MULTIMEDIA INTERNET CONTROL KEYBOARD
MOUSE: PS2 INTERNET MOUSE W/ WHEEL
MOTHERBOARD: (939-pin Socket) ASUS A8V DELUXE VIA K8T800 MAINBOARD WITH LAN, USB2.0, IEEE, & AUDIO
MEMORY: 1024 MB (512MBx2) PC3200 400MHz Dual Channel DDR MEMORY (GEIL )
MONITOR: NU 17 INCH LCD 2 TONE TFT LCD MONITOR - 2 Tone Silver Black
NETWORK: ONBOARD 10/100 NETWORK CARD
OS: Microsoft� Windows� XP Home Edition w/ Service Pack 2
POWERSUPPLY: Super Alien 500 Watt See Through Power Supply w/ Fan Speed Control )
RAID: NONE
RUSH: RUSH!!! READY TO SHIP IN 5 BUSINESS DAYS
SERVICE: STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT
SOUND: 3D WAVE ON-BOARD 5.1 SOUND CARD
SPEAKERS: (BLACK) Logitech X530 70Watts 5.1 Configuration Speaker System
VIDEO: ATI RADEON 9600 XT 256MB DDR AGP 8X W/ TV-OUT & DVI