From: mikoenig@web.de   
      
   Bill Leeper  wrote:   
   [PowerMac G5]   
   > I wish I could have afforded 2gb.   :-)   
      
   Yeah, it wasn't cheap, but I thought: What the hell, when I'm going to   
   get a BTO machine I can also get my dream machine!   
   I also might do some video editing, and that's where lots of RAM pays   
   off. It was lucky that Apple had a special offer for Final Cut Express   
   in combination with a Mac when I ordered my G5.   
      
   > I did get 1gb, though.   
      
   I think anything below 1GB doesn't make too much sense, because MacOS X   
   simply *loves* RAM.   
   And I'm a bit of a RAM disk guy (must be from my Atari and Acorn   
   background), so one of the first things I do after booting the machine   
   is creating a 512MB RAM disk ;-)   
      
   > And OS X is almost as reliable as BeOS.   
      
   I managed to enter the KDL under BeOS by simply trying to play a big   
   movie in MediaPlayer.   
   The only reproduceable freeze I had on the Mac was with TenebraeQuake   
   and the old ATI drivers. With the new drivers there is no problem, and I   
   also haven't managed to crash or freeze MacOS X with any other   
   application in a way that a Force Quite wouldn't help.   
      
   > I actually did spec out AMP and Intel systems equivalent   
   > to my dual G5 Mac and since I was able to get about a   
   > 10% discount as a government employee the Mac actually   
   > was a bit cheaper.   
      
   That's nice.   
      
   > And a whole lot better looking and better designed system.   
      
   Indeed. I never liked the PC architecture too much, but after having   
   worked in it for several years I've had enough of it again, at least at   
   home because I doubt that I have too much choice at work.   
      
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