[danbrew]

God... I probably don't want to do this...

G52gDP - $2499
2 gigs ram - $500
G41gDP - $2500
1 gig ram - $400
22" ACD - $2000
1g17"PB - $3000
512mb ram - $200
550m15"PB - $2500
450mCube - $1200
Mac128 - $3000

So... without counting software and various other odds and ends, ipods, etc., and we're talking a lifetime Apple investment of at least $17.8 or so. Figure twenty grand for odds and ends, tax, etc. damn.

Software? Hmmm. Probably another ten grand, at least. Just spent $700 on the Production Suite upgrade. Lots and lots of money to Adobe and Microsoft over the years.

Other cool devices? Printers, cool monitors, fancy schmancy network stuff. damn. My head hurts.

Dollars generated with all this stuff? Millions.

Having the coolest stuff on the block? Priceless.

[MindFad]

Originally posted by danbrew:
Dollars generated with all this stuff? Millions.

That's quite a turnaround.

[AC Rempt]

Not too much yet. Just the essentials.

Gig of RAM from OWC.
120 Gig Western Digital HD.
4G iPod

So far, that's about it, but I have my eyes on a new vid card, up from the nVidia thing and some 5.1 digital speakers.

For me, just moving up to the G5 was a big outlay, so upgrading is going to take a few months.

[EdipisReks]

Originally posted by flukewurm:
those ediros are pretty crap - seriously - compared to other speakers in its catagory (studio monitors) theyre not that good.

for video games and movies the klipsch promedia series or some other comparable 2.1/5.1 system is more desirable for the prosumer...

if youre hellbent on getting studio monitors for your rig then i recommend m-audio, mackie, krk, or yorkville....

i wouldn't say the Edirols are crap. stratus goldi's, or even swan m200's, they ain't, but they sound ok.

[nerd]

I tried this card and the CompUSA branded one. The CompUSA branded one wouldn't even let the G5 turn on even though is was a universal card. The Adaptec card will drop frames like crazy on the firewire bus as soon as I would plug in a USB device to the same card. This was a mouse, printer, didn't matter. My iSight wigged out as well. I also tried it in my dual 533 and same thing. I ended up getting IOGear cards, separate firewire and USB.

Brad

Originally posted by ThisGuy:
this was the one i was looking at.
Adaptec DuoConnect
it is a Firewire (2 port) & USB (3 port) PCI card.

[bradleykavin]

i have a rev b dual 1.8 g5..so far i got the 350 dollar 500 watt creative 5.1 speakers..another 250 gg hard drive (total of 33 gigs) 220 dollars, 512 upgrade for a total of 1 gig memory (130 dollars) and a bluetooth adapter (50 dollars). total of 750 dollars...i plan on eventually getting the full 4 gigs of ram, and eventually replacing the superdrive with a 16x double sided dvd burner with 32x cd burner

[dabigdawg]

So far -

upgraded the stock 512 to 2gb

added the clear plexi side panel from macskinz

iSight

iPod 4 g 20gb

Lexar FireWire Cf reader

didn't just get but am running the optical out to a Klipsch 5.1 setup using the ProMedia DD 5.1 processor full DTS and Dolby Digital

Going to add:
at least 1 more gig of ram
swap out the 160gb drive for a 250gb and a raptor 74 gb
get the logitech Wireless Laser mouse

Debating on the vid card currently just running the stock nVidia FX 5200

[pigmode]

Some kind of mental block has caused me to forget what I paid for this stuff....

G5 1.8dp
2GHz Crucial RAM
Radeon 9800 Pro SE
Lacie 120 gig D2
Logitech MX 310 mouse
23" Apple HDCD

Let's not go into software.