Looking for my 1st Mac

[Justin]

Is it just the charger/supply or the actual input into the macbook? Could be interested if the spec and price are right

[Justin]

If you don't want to spend too much money Justin why not look at a used g4 tower with OSX in some form or other.

Something like this? Not particularly powerful but lower priced:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 97.c0.m619

[smitch6]

i think it has blown something else apart from the plug
i did swap the charger plug over and it still didn't work, but as they are such good machines it's work mending,
i'll get around to doing it one day lol


that 1 that you are looking at isn't very powerful, trust me you'll start doing lots of stuff in PS etc and it'll hang on you
mine's a 2.4Ghz and it struggle's sometimes, i'm now upgrading my ram from 2gb to 4gb today
so hopefully that'll help

[swimwivsquid]

Something like this? Not particularly powerful but lower priced:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 97.c0.m619

Yes that would be fine. I am running photoshop CS2 on a single processor mac and have no trouble. That computer has dual processors so will run photoshop very efficiently as its designed to run on two processors. If I was in the UK I would go for it. I run 2gb of ram in mine but you could always get more and that is what will make photoshop run faster.Also if you find you need it you can always add another harddrive they are not expensive. I run two in mine. As the seller seems to be a mac reseller ask how much another 2gb of ram would cost.Also remember that a macs processing power is far more efficient than a pc so you can't compare claimed speeds like for like. The mac will be way faster.Hope this helps Justin.

[Justin]

Just reading about building a "Hackintosh", basically a PC running Mac OS.....good way to learn without spending!

[Justin]

Quick update on this. Found a few great sites that detail tried and tested components. I have a PC sat here with a faulty mobo but the processor and graphics card etc. all appear to be compatible with a 'Hackintosh' build. I think I'll give it a go as it'll cost very little to set up a dedicated machine for this.

Anyone advice on best version of OS? Snow Leopard 10.6.6 or would 10.6.2 suffice....all means nothing to me at this stage! Also, can I use a standard Mac kb/mouse with a system like this....I can't see why not?

[smitch6]

i have leopard they say its the best version and its the latest
i have a disc which is genuine
i bought it off apple for £25 not sure how much they are now

[Justin]

Apple sell the latest Snow Leopard for £26, it states it's an upgrade disc but I read that it can still be installed as a full version. Looking around all sellers seem to stock only the upgrade disc so I guess thats right.

[smitch6]

yes that's right they say it's an upgrade
but its actually a full install lol
i bought a new HD for mine and installed using that disk and it worked fine

i could lend you mine but for that price is it worth it?

i'd like to see anyone buying a genuine windows install direct from MS for that price

[Justin]

Just looking at some very cheap Macs on Fleabay and wonder if any may be half decent to get me started....or am I better off going down the Hackintosh route?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWAX:IT
Full setup but single core.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWAX:IT
Single core

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWAX:IT
Great spec but more expensive

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWAX:IT

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWAX:IT
Full setup looks ok.