On 17/06/09 3:37 PM, "Meghrouni Vince" <[email protected]> wrote:
> A good friend who is much more computer savvy than me has advised me > to sell it before getting it out of the box, that the G5 is at best > highly problematic. I am aware that the next OS is leaving all but > the intel behind, so that the G5 meant a commitment to a vestigal OS > for a while, but I don't have the $ for the next step up. Thank > goodness I bought an air-cooled model because subsequent research > revealed a world of trouble with the liquid-cooled varieties). > > Please, if you would be so kind, share your experiences with the G5. > What are the problems you've had and/or heard of? > It depends on which dual you bought. Do you mean dual core or dual G5 processors? The dual G5 processors (2 actual G5 processors on a single mobo) had problems and I believe they had PCI-X slots. I have a dual-core 2.3GHz G5 that I bought back in 2007. These have the PCI-e slots. The ram for these are inexpensive as far as RAM goes and you can have a maximum of 16GB. I have had no trouble with it so far (knock on wood). Yes your friend is right that all Powermacs will be abandoned by Apple with Snow Leopard, however if you're not into having the latest and greatest then Leopard itself will suffice. Editing and burning home movies has been so much LESS cumbersome since I got my G5. I used to work on a B&W modded with a G4 and oc'd to 600MHz - huge difference with the computing power. A lot of listers have expressed their anger/disappointment with Apple regarding the intel only requirement for 10.6, but aside from video editing and photography, I'm mostly surfing the web, reading e-mail or using Office so I'll stick with Leopard for now. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
