On 10/19/10 9:18 AM, Ted Treen of [email protected] sent > From: R 2 <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, 19 October, 2010 4:57:07 > Subject: Just purchased used g5 mac > > Hello all- > I just bought a used g 5 mac! It has Leopard os, lists as 7.3? (what's this > mean) with 2 GB Ram and dual ppcs at 2.0 Ghz. Also,2 HDDs with 250 GB each. Is > this a good machine-reliable? Any known issues besides capacitors on > motherboard? Seems reasonably fast even by today's standards, but what > improvements would be best. Has no OS disk-should I purchase Leopard or Tiger > disks. Got it cheap and love the aluminum, full tower case, but it's a beast > to lift. Please educate about this neat mac. > Previous macs:mac mini, mac book, emac, imac and adored them all! > > Thanks! Love the macs! > Lambert Z > > > > Nice Mac. I have an early 2005 dual 2.0, which I've only just let best-beloved > have, as I bought an ex-demo 2009 MacPro - only bought as it is essential that > I run CS5. > > The G5 could do with more memory, and it will run Leopard sweetly. Mine has > 10.5.8 - no problems. > > See it's full specs at everymac.com > <http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g5/stats/powermac_g5_2.0_dp_2. > html> > > The biggest bugbear (IMHO) with G5 Macs is the possibility of leakage in > liquid-cooled Macs - don't worry, yours isn't liquid-cooled. > > Unless you suddenly develop an urgent need to run the latest versions of > commercial software (e.g. Adobe Creative Suite) your G5 will keep you happy > for quite some time. > > Enjoy. > > Ted > Hello Lambert, I agree with Ted we have a late 2004 2Ghz/DP G5 Mac has been serving as a fileserver for our lab for 2 years straight, after it gave us 4 years as a music production unit, rarely missed a beat. Our only problem with it was that it has PCI-X slots and some of the music components had PCI cards that were not flexible enough to be accommodated by the PCI-X slots. Other than that, it has been super fine. I believe the unit can take 8 Gb of RAM be sure to buy your RAM in pairs, as the slots need to be upgraded thusly (one RAM module for bank A and one for the lateral slot in bank B); can¹t do a ³one-at-a-time² routine like you could with the G3s and G4s. HTH, Dana
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