Note that the slots on the g5 towers are PCI-e format...not the older PCI, so you loose the use of your old cards on either machine (the iMac has no card slots at all). Note also that the G5 and Intel towers all use SATA drives so unless you have a sata controller card in your g4, none of your drives will 'just plug in' either. This is especially true with the iMac which has no slots or extra drive bays to 'plug in' to. As such, plan on leaving your current g4 setup to run those drives/cards as a second machine for the times when you need that hardware.
On 12/7/08 9:18 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm thinking of upgrading from my bulging G4 Digital Audio with a dual > 800 processor. I need to decide between a fairly fast G5 tower dual > or an Intel iMac (probably reconditioned), somewhere in the $1000- > $1500 price range. I'm a little conflicted since getting a tower G5 > would make an easy transition since all my drives and pci boards would > just plug in. And I have a pair of nice LCD monitors which could be > used with an iMac but are set up for a tower. So the intel would > require reconfiguring drives onto several firewire boxes or larger > drives and a new backup strategy. All expenses beyond the basic > machine. > > The Intel is tempting as current technology but I am put off a bit by > the one piece built in monitor and no pci slots. Still, they are > powerful and versatile with pretty powerful video boards, some of them > upgradeable, I hear.. And I've heard rumors that the next OS upgrade > will exclude Motorola machines. One doesn't want to be left too far > behind. > > I do graphics and video, so the relative strengths in these fields of > these two choices are of concern. > > Thoughts? > > Rich > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
