On Aug 24, 2010, at 1:14 AM, Illirik Smirnov wrote: > So, all of the G5-optimized 64-bit code was never used? I sure do use it.
There's exponentially more on Intels running Snow Leopard, and more every day. On Aug 24, 2010, at 1:14 AM, Illirik Smirnov wrote: > And if I'm not running multi-core, memory-intensive apps, what am I doing? I honestly can't tell. If your professional life revolves around using CS5 or FCS for hours and hours, and this is your daily grind, then why on earth have you not invested in yourself or your company invested in its time by replacing ~5 year old computers based on a long-dead architecture with faster, more productive ones that can run software of today and tomorrow. Time is money. > Well, browsing the web and listening to music, and other simple tasks, for > which both are adequate. Barely adequate, and very soon won't even be that. I've often choked up G4s and G5s with just a few simple things going on. On Aug 24, 2010, at 1:14 AM, Illirik Smirnov wrote: > Except for the fact that CS5 does not support most of the plugins that I and > many others use and that there are simply no equivalent ones avail. I work with tons of graphic designers and I don't know a single one that isn't either already on CS5 or is drooling to upgrade as soon as they can. I know zero that are still on PowerPC systems. I even know plenty of people that have already replaced their early Intels with newer Intels. On Aug 24, 2010, at 1:14 AM, Illirik Smirnov wrote: > Well, I'd like to see what kinds of standards-compliant disk drives and CPU > sockets are in the Mac Minis. Well, not to defend the Mac Mini as a bastion of upgradability, but there isn't any sort of proprietary Apple hard disk in there. And there definitely isn't an industry standard CPU socket in any G5. > I am talking about the other machines because they are the ONLY Intel > machines that can equal the memory and storage capacities of the G5. I am > looking into upgrading (for less than $200) to dual 2TB disk drives for my > G5. What kind of Mac Mini can fit 4TB of hard disks? Yes, I (and many others) > would USE all 4,0000GB of that space, more than EIGHT TIMES the storage > capacity of the Mac Mini -- the topend model. If your workload is so intense that you're using 4TB of space then surely you or your company can afford Mac Pros. And if TB of data are being eaten up by you regularly, then you really aught to be looking into a variety of external RAID or SAN solutions at this level. That is of course if your TBs are being used for non-nefarious, professional purposes, which you seem to be suggesting. -- 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
