From a BlitzMax perspective I wouldn't worry about graphics ram as it's only 2D for the forseeable future, by the time a 3D module appears the hardware WILL have moved on, even if we are only talking 6 months.
The one thing that is short on the specs though, with BMax in mind, is RAM. Apple's come a bit light in that department and as programmers we tend to have more apps open at once (although I for one intend to do half my dev work on the PC tools I am used too).
I believe I am correct in saying that Apple have used standard RAM since the G3 computers, so at least upgrading them wont be that expensive, 512mb should be enough for programming them with BMax in my opinion.
Are you absolutely sure? Whilst the statement does make logical sence I thought since they started putting AGP slots in they made them 100% compatable, I may be wrong though, i'm not as much of a Mac-o-phile as I may sound from the above ;).
The one thing that is short on the specs though, with BMax in mind, is RAM. Apple's come a bit light in that department and as programmers we tend to have more apps open at once (although I for one intend to do half my dev work on the PC tools I am used too).
I believe I am correct in saying that Apple have used standard RAM since the G3 computers, so at least upgrading them wont be that expensive, 512mb should be enough for programming them with BMax in my opinion.
Macs use basically the same graphics cards as PCs these days, but need a different BIOS on them to work
Are you absolutely sure? Whilst the statement does make logical sence I thought since they started putting AGP slots in they made them 100% compatable, I may be wrong though, i'm not as much of a Mac-o-phile as I may sound from the above ;).