On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 7:29 PM, MnDel <[email protected]> wrote:
> I had never considered a dual core because one friend said they can be > real energy hogs and another said the noise factor is much higher than > I am used to with Sawtooth. Comments? > They *are* energy hogs, and produce enough heat to significantly contribute to global warming. My dual G5 made my small home office unbearable in the summer, so I had to move it to the living room.Noise hasn't been a big problem, unless I do something that stresses the system out, e.g., processing video. > > If the G5's are generally less reliable than late model G4's any > reasons for my needs to go up as far as G5? > I think the reliability issue the previous poster is referring to is due to reports of coolant leaks from the faster G5's. IIRC, any G5 rated at 2.3GHz or lower does not use liquid cooling, and therefore immune to leakage problems. > > I am quite not sure how to use this info....is an AGP bus and DDR only > memory a plus or minus in my situation? > Personally, I'd go for an AGP system. Finding AGP cards for PowerPC Macs seems to be easier than PCI Express cards, at least from a casual survey of eBay. Most of the PCI Express cards I see are for Mac Pros (Intel version of the PowerMac.) > > I would like this upgrade to last me awhile, so I wonder if 2 years > from now I will kick myself for not going with a G5 or Intel simply > because things like YouTube will speed up again and make even a late > model G4 unusable.....it's a quandry. > Thanks for any comments! Del > Been a while since I tried to play Youtube on my G5, but IIRC it handled Youtube video just fine, at least at lower resolutions. I have an older Linux PC that can't play video off Youtube, so I just use a Firefox plugin to grab the video and then play the file manually on the PC. I'm pretty confident a similar solution would work for you on a G4. A G4 will be a cheaper solution. However, G5's are faster than G4s, so if you're doing anything processor intensive, I'd steer you towards one of the G5's that is not liquid cooled. If you do decide to go with a G4 I'd definitely recommend a dual processor model 1GHz or faster. I can't speak to how well a G4 would handle Youtube, though. Eric -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
