Natwerk Designs

wich of these computers is better?

I need i to do graphic design as I am taking clases in the summer they are all around the same price so i would love to know wich one is more powerfull and will be able to handle graphic and web design. one is a pc and the other two are macs please let me know and give some reasons thank you. here are the ads exactly as they appear on craigslist. 1. Custom AMD Gaming Computer - $500 I love this desktop, it plays any games or runs any program you want. Its just time for a laptop, and i will be taking trades for a laptop or mac. Ill add cash depending the value of your laptop. Case: Antec Coolermaster CM690 Processor: AMD Phenom Triple core 2.4GHz / ASuS Motherboard Ram: 4Gb DDr2 Hardrive: 500Gb Seagate PSU: 750w Antec GFX Card: ATi Radeon 4850 Super edition 512Mb OS: Windows 7 Ultimate This desktop comes with 5 aftermarket fans, 3 80mm & 2 120mm. The case is huge and still has a lot of room for whatever you would like. It will come with Photoshop Cs3 installed and Microsoft Security Essentials 2. G5Dual Powermac 2GHz 3GbRAM 500GbHD & software++ - $550 This well maintained Apple G5 Dual 2.0GHz Powermac is loaded and ready to do extensive audio, video, animation, graphics, photo, & web design work. It features: Dual 2.0 GHz processor, 3GB SDRAM, 500GB hard drive, Superdrive, Bluetooth, & Wireless. Keyboard and mouse included. Installed software includes: Adobe Creative suite 4 (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat, Dreamweaver, Bridge, etc...). Note: CS1 is also installed. CS3 Dreamweaver, Bridge, & Flash also installed. Final Cut Studio 2 (Final Cut, Motion, Color, Compression, DVD Studio Pro, & Soundtrack Pro) MS Office '08 (Word, Powerpoint, Excel. Messenger, & Entourage). ILife and iWork, also. If you're on a tight budget, this is one "sweet system" that will give you a lot of capability for the money. $550 Cash & local Santa Rosa pickup ONLY! If posting still up, unit is for sale. 3. Apple PowerMac G5 2.7 Ghz Dual Core LC 4gigs RAM 2005 Apple PowerMac G5 2.7 Ghz Liquid Cooled Dual Cores Nvidia 6800 AGP Video Card with 2X DVI ports Features standard onboard gigabit ethernet, 3 USB 2 ports, optical audio in/out 2X 250gig Drives Would be a great rig for a home studio, or independent developer, great for home use too and will play the majority of HD content. Pics on request, looks like a powermac. Preferably I would like to trade for a Mac Mini, or an HTPC. Also I would consider something like a pogoplug, or a small form actor pc. ok these are the computers, please let me know wich one I should get since they are all around the same price I want to go with the most powerfull one please let me know and why Thanks in advance

Public Comments

1. PC. Don't ever buy a mac. for anything. ever.
2. PC macs suck
3. I recommed you to use Leawo Free DVD Creator I think it is the easiest software i have ever tried, to burn video to dvd with menu.Download Leawo Free DVD Creator here: http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0oGkw22TZxLDEkBuV1XNyoA?p=leawo+dvd+creator&fr2=sb-top&fr=yfp-t-701&fp_ip=cn&rd=r1&meta=vc%3Dcn&sao=1 It must can help you, good luck!
4. I would STRONGLY recommend AGAINST buying electronics on craigslist. I have had bad experiences buying electronics on Craigslist (there was always something wrong). For 500$, I would strongly consider building a PC myself from parts. If you don't want the hassle, then look at buying one brand new or refurbished from HP. I priced one for just about 550$ Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-540 dual-core processor 3.06GHz, 6GB DDR3-1333MHz SDRAM [3 DIMMs], 750GB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive, Graphics card1GB DDR3 ATI Radeon HD 5570, DVD+/-R/RW SuperMulti drive, Integrated Ethernet port,15-in-1 memory card reader. If you force me to pick one of the 3 above, I would pick # 1 - because the specs on the other 2 look ancient. Specs on # 1 look outdated too - so suggest you buy new (it's amazing how fast PCs go out of date and buying a 3 year old PC for 500$ sounds like a bad idea)
5. macs aren't good for graphics designing because macs have their own programs and rarely run windows stuff i mean you could get a mac and run windows on it but then what would be the point if your being serious about this you need a computer with one of the following processors quad core or core 2 quad forgot the name but it should say intel quad something inside, i5 i7 amd x4 and amd x6 anything less and there's really no point and you need at least 4Gb ram minimum if you're going into a lot of detail then 8 or 6 but don't get a triple core because are against the laws of physics life doesn't work in threes and neither do computers