macs

[Mike Szumlinski]

Umax and PowerComputing used to be the big clones back in the day (circa
'97) but they have since vanished due to loss of clone licensing. The best
places to find out info on macs themselves is at http://www.everymac.com,
and I always just hit eBay to see what the real going rate is for most of
these systems.  Be forewarned...some of these boxes go for a lot more than
what a much faster newer mac would go for.  If he is looking to run a
ProTools/MIDI rig, he probably wants a PowerMac 9500 or a 9600 (6 pci slots)
or a Umax S900 (6 pci slots). Realistically, I'd hit ebay and look for a
Blue&White G3 500 and an expansion chassis for the extra PCI cards if they
are needed. I run a ProTools rig on a system that only has 3 PCI slots, and
it works fine for me.

-Mike

On 5/8/01 2:00 PM, "Adam McDougall" <mcdouga9@egr.msu.edu> wrote:

> Hey, do you know of any macintosh clones that might be cheaper than name
> brand?  I'm not sure if any exist.  Also does anyone sell Mac desktops or
> laptops cheaper than apple.com?  And is there a good resource for getting
> a feel for pricing on slightly older models?  I'm asking because a friend
> of mine is into music production stuff and he realizes that alot of music
> programs are only on mac but we both have basically no feel for pricing
> and specs of macs.  Thanks
> 
> --------------------------------
> Adam McDougall

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