On Nov 13, 2010, at 11:33 AM, Tom wrote: > After several years of daily use, my trusty G5 2.0 is headed for the > boneyard--it's showing the symptoms of power-supply failure. So rather > than muck around in its innards trying to revive it, which I don't > have either the time or experience to do, I'm looking for a > replacement, probably off Ebay. I'd like a quicker Mac anyway, and > this is my excuse to get one. > > The Question: which Mac to replace it with? I don't have the cash for > a brand new one, so should I get another G5, only a later and better > one? Or should I step up to a used Intel Mac? > > I've always been impressed with the level of expertise and wisdom > shown by the participants of this board, so I'm putting it up to you > guys. > > I'm running Leopard 10.5 and Final Cut Pro 5, Adobe CS2 which includes > Photoshop 9 and InDesign 4, and various other apps that work great > with 10.5. I don't have a lot of money for updating my software, > especially Final Cut, so should I stick with 10.5, or go for an Intel > Mac that can run 10.6? If I use 10.6, will all these old apps of mine > continue to work with it, or is it necessary to upgrade all the > software to work with an Intel-based Mac? These are things I don't > know. > > If I stick with a G5, I'd like to get a faster one than my 2.0 GHz DP, > just to reduce all those long rendering times in Final Cut a little. > So if I go for a faster G5, which is the best model to look for? Or > rather, which are the ones NOT to look for, such as those famously > leaky liquid-cooled ones? > > I'd appreciate any advice you guys might have on which Mac I should > get before I go hunting for one on Ebay. > I love the liquid cooled models because I like to work on Mac's :-) however my advice to you on the cash side of things I would get an Imac Intel 2.8 or up and stick to 10.5.8 as long as you can hold out on the software issues. I have Snow Leopard too but cost wise I like to be able to be backward compatible wherever possible.
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