my partner got a Mac, paid tons of money, maybe $4k or something including a 23" LCD, but now he rarely uses it. He attached the monitor the PC and the mac is now in some corner.
If you're a pc user for long time, get a pc, at least you're used to the enviroment.
I'd suggest going the AMD 64 bit route. The AMD PCs now run much cooler than the latest Prescot pentiums which are running very very HOT!
Your best option now is to get:
- processor: 3800+ AMD 64bit Processor socket 939
- Motherboard, NForce4 or Nforce 3, Asus preferably or Soltek or Abit, maybe gigabyte
- ram: 1GB (2x512mb) or 2 GB (2x1GB) ram sticks, running at DDR500
- 2 x Wester Digital Raptors in Raid 0 ... they run at 10k rpm
- 1 x 400 GB sata HDD for storage and backup
- ATI 9800 pro graphic card
- good case, Chieftec Dragon Full Tower, with 500W good PSU, antec or enermax truepower
- 2 x 17" Samsung LCD displays with 12 or 16ms response time
- Miro Video video editing card
- 4 x 90mm fans for good cooling of the case
That's it, isn't cheap but it's fast as hell. It can beat just about anything you can find nowdays.
If you need help ordering the parts contact me. Using online vendors it's your best option:
www.newegg.com
www.monarchcomputers.com