Apple Power Mac Desktop M8841LL/A (1.42-GHz DP PowerPC G4, 512 MB RAM, 120 GB Hard Drive, DVD-RW/CD-RW Drive)Platform: Mac OS X
Brand: Apple
Binding: Personal Computers
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Speedy computer, amazing action! [Posted on 2003-02-16]
First of all, I didn't buy this computer, buying it is only a dream...
But I can tell you of my experience with it!
I've seen this computer at a friend of a friend's house, and checked it out since then a couple of times, and whooooo!!!
This computer is fast, and supreme and is suitable for anything in the realm of graphic design, video editing, music editing, general use, and anything else you can possibly think about!
It's amazing 1.4GHz processor is something that I guess is unique to apple, and provides a speed which tops the speed of average PCs tenfolds. At the least!
This is a proffesional computer, and a well built one, so I can recommend this to people who need a special machine like this, which I guess goes to designers, editors, photographers, musicians and the like, but this is one fun machine! Enjoy!
An AWESOME machine!! [Posted on 2003-03-15]
All I have to say about this machine, Quality! Apple has made this machine a thing of beauty. The one thing that this machine stands for is that it's unbelievably FAST! The time it started up I was already impressed, the start up time for the machine was ten times quicker than my one at work, which is the G4 DP 500 mhz. It literally zipped through the startup time. Also if anyone is doing any highend graphics work, this machine is for you! Opening up large files in Photoshop was a breeze and having to put effects in AE 5.5 was remarkably fast! I highly recommend this for anyone wanting to use a machine that is extremely quick for all kinds of high to low end apps as well as being versatile. There is no other choice out there, get the Power Mac G4 DP 1.42 ghz!
Power Mac 1.40 M8814LL/a from Amazon [Posted on 2003-06-04]
I hunted for a week and could not decide where to get this machine or if I wanted the 17" Powerbook with the cool keyboard. I saw the M8814LL/A here but it said it had a 2x DVD-R and only one processor which was 1.40. Well it arrived at the estimated shipping time and it is a 1.42 with a 4x DVD-R and wow. Ever had a compute make your heart race? Now let me first tell you that I am not new to MAC but I have been involved in the PC world since 1983 and never had much to do with the MACs until I found a 233 iMac cheap and bought it for a toy. Well it became the center of my attention and I soon bought a Powerbook G4 Titanium 400. Sweet machine as well but we are here to discuss the 1.42 PowerMac Dual G4 Processors. The case is heavy, 50 pounds heavy but made very well and has easy access for making upgrades or simple maintenance. I installed another optical drive and another hard drive. The machine has 2 ATA 33 ports, 2 ATA 66 ports, 2 ATA 100 ports and room for 2 Optical drives, 2 hard drives in the back near the ATA 100 and 2 drives up front near the ATA 66 ports. It has 4 OPEN PCI slots. These are restricted to 33 Mhz but it increases the possibilities of upgrading to a new level. The Memory is easily upgraded as I dropped in another 512 meg and there is room for 2 more 512 megs for a total of 2 gigs of RAM.
The machine is faster than the 400 G4 that I had been using to render my movies and photos with. So much faster that I no longer have time to go and fix my lunch. I find myself spending more time on the computer than normal but I am being more productive with my time and may actually get ahead of myself and have nothing to do but watch a movie on the Mac while playing around on the net.
Virtual PC now runs Windows 98 about as fast as a 400 or 500 Mhz PC and it is quite nice to have for that software that you have had for 10 years and just can't part with.
Only problem I have with the machine is that my wife and 9 year old are taking it over as she is involved in scrapbooking and photography while he just loves the cinematic features in Warcraft III on the 19" Cornea DVI LCD. I told him Warcraft will run on the PC but he says it is not as much fun on the PC as it crashes some times and the graphics are not as good.
If you get this computer, then get the big screen. You will not be disappointed. One thing I noticed while at the Apple store, the screens look so small in the big rooms and counters they have them displayed on, but when you get them home they are huge and beautiful.
Do I love my new Mac? Yes..
A great machine, however... [Posted on 2003-06-05]
I have this computer, and I'm writing from it right now. It is a very, very, very good computer, by far the best I've ever had. However, there is news about Apple coming out with a new chip, better chips then the G4, and I mean coming out with these chips sometime soon. I wish I had known this while I was getting my computer. It's perfect if you're going to be doing professional audio/video/image work. I'd get it with 2GB ram, and I have 2-180GB hard drives.
There has been one problem I've noticed. From time to time, the hard drive will almost lock up, and it will take it a good second or two for it to respond. If I'm running iTunes while this happens, it stops the music from playing. I don't know exactly what the problem is, but it's nothing that really bothers me. It is a very expensive computer, and you should only get it if you know what you're getting into. But I'd wait until they come out with their new OS, codename panther before I got a new mac. By then, I'm sure they'll have a better computer along to go with their new OS. Panther will hopefully come out sometime this year, I think I heard October. I guess all technology is that way though. The second you buy it, it gets old, and the thing you got is cheaper. So beware that if you're getting this because it's the top of the line, well it isn't going to stay that way for long, and I'd personally wait until they come with their new chips.
Fasten your seat belt [Posted on 2003-07-17]
The G4 computer really takes you for a fast ride! We recently upgraded our computer network at the Indiana Literacy Foundation, and the G4 server is at the heart of it. Now, of course for comparison, you have to realise that this is the first upgrade in years, and our old server was a PowerMac 6100. Fast in its day, that day is a distant memory. We are so happy with the G4. We run a 4D database system that once took an incredible amount of time to process (we would literally click a request and then go get coffee, and it might be done when we returned). Now, it is appears almost instantaneous. Productivity has skyrocketed (and will be much better when I've debugged the 4D upgrade). Beyond the speed, there are a few features I must comment upon as being above-and-beyond in the G4 server design. I like the fact that it has two power supplies -- if one fails, the other will keep going so that we can arrange downtime at our convenience, and not at the whims of gremlins in the machine. Also, it has a unique fold-down design that makes adding, swapping and repairing things inside a snap. Just unplug the back, lift up the latch, and it's open (no screws to lose inside the machine, no difficult snap-apart manipulations required). There is a security lack that can be padlocked or otherwise secured to make sure the that the internal pieces are safe from unwarranted removal. We have a small LAN, consisting of the server, 6 other Mac computers, and two printers. This server is serving us well.
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