well, what are your needs? are you a student who would want to take a laptop with you to classes? or travelling much so a laptop would be good? or just trying to set up a desktop and looking for the most power you can get? if so, is expandability important?
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The pricing my be different in other parts of the world, but here is my suggestion. For that amount of money, you should be able to get a PM G4 1.42DP or a PM G5 1.8. Some software (Aperture, damn you Apple) will only run on a G5 or higher, but I still say for a thousand US bucks, the MDD 1.42DP is still a best buy. You may even find one loaded up for that cost. It is also more room for upgrades. Good luck and let us know how it turns out.
i have an iMac G5 at the moment but i want something more expandable , but in the uk even a PM G4 1.O still goes for 425 pounds thats alot of money for an out of date system i wanted a Pm G5 1.8 but i can't get my hands on one but i was wondering , would i feel the drop from my iMac to a Pm g4 dual 1.0 a lot?