Plan for Edward Gardner
by Edward Gardner · 06/04/2004 (4:25 pm) · 7 comments
So, this week has been fun.
On Tuesday my mainstay Toshiba laptop's LCD died. Bad news, as it was the machine I used to compile new versions of Lore and basically do EVERYTHING. Ok, no problem, take it to Microcenter and say "please sir, may I have another?"
Except, the repair would have cost 600 bucks. Seeing as how I paid 800 for it 3 years ago, that seemed a silly use of cash.
Ok, I'll go browse the available machines, see if I can get a decent TGE capable laptop without breaking the bank. Then i remembered we are having some wierd tech support/performance issues with some iBooks, might as well see how much those cost, maybe kill 2 birds with one stone?
Short answer: 3 thousand dollars later and I have both an G4 iBook AND a Compaq AMD64 3k+
The good thing is, I was able to replicate the Mac performance issue within minutes of uncrating the iBook. The iBook is pretty damn sweet.
I need a brain transplant.
On Tuesday my mainstay Toshiba laptop's LCD died. Bad news, as it was the machine I used to compile new versions of Lore and basically do EVERYTHING. Ok, no problem, take it to Microcenter and say "please sir, may I have another?"
Except, the repair would have cost 600 bucks. Seeing as how I paid 800 for it 3 years ago, that seemed a silly use of cash.
Ok, I'll go browse the available machines, see if I can get a decent TGE capable laptop without breaking the bank. Then i remembered we are having some wierd tech support/performance issues with some iBooks, might as well see how much those cost, maybe kill 2 birds with one stone?
Short answer: 3 thousand dollars later and I have both an G4 iBook AND a Compaq AMD64 3k+
The good thing is, I was able to replicate the Mac performance issue within minutes of uncrating the iBook. The iBook is pretty damn sweet.
I need a brain transplant.
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#2
06/04/2004 (6:58 pm)
The real question is what GPU is in your Compaq? Can you demo TSE well?
#3
I recently pickup a G4 PowerBook and have been extremely impressed. Not only is the os environment comfortable to work in, but the machine itself is very lightweight and compact. It's quickly become my preferred desktop.
Hope you have the same good experience I have.
-John
06/04/2004 (7:53 pm)
Hi Edward,I recently pickup a G4 PowerBook and have been extremely impressed. Not only is the os environment comfortable to work in, but the machine itself is very lightweight and compact. It's quickly become my preferred desktop.
Hope you have the same good experience I have.
-John
#4
-J
06/04/2004 (8:36 pm)
I love my G5... OSX is really cool and free developer tools can't be beat. I just wish the compiler was faster!-J
#5
:)
06/05/2004 (1:25 am)
I'm really impressed by the number of Indies who now use Apple computers as a developement machine.:)
#6
The iBook is pretty darn spiffy, very lightweight, and I have liked xcode since we started the Mac port of Lore last year.
Cool shiznit. But now I have to avoid buying anything for a while :)
06/05/2004 (7:08 am)
Jay: I'll download the TSE demo and look, it's a decent nVidia card, but not great. Great was out of my price range :)The iBook is pretty darn spiffy, very lightweight, and I have liked xcode since we started the Mac port of Lore last year.
Cool shiznit. But now I have to avoid buying anything for a while :)
#7
06/06/2004 (3:35 pm)
My brother won't give me his G4 laptop. :( Guess he won't even consider giving his dual G4 + 21" LCD system to me either!
Torque Owner Westy
"Never go food shooping without eating first"
Never go computer shopping when you have multiple target machines for a product..lol