It is surprising to hear that anyone is still running a business from
G4 computers, but I like it. Shows that you don't have to use the
latest and most powerful equipment to keep being productive.
The fastest G5 PowerMac's that were produced were the dual 2.7GHz G5
and the dual core, dual 2.5GHz G5 (total of 4 cores). Both are liquid
cooled and many of those liquid cooled G5's had leak problems, but if
you can find one with the Panasonic liquid cooling system, they are
the better of the two liquid cooling systems and should be reliable.
I don't have exact figures about the performance of your PPC software
running through Rosetta on an Intel PowerMac to compare against those
two fastest G5 PowerMacs, but think I remember that the fastest Intel
PowerMacs were much faster, even when running PPC software through
Rosetta, than the best G5 systems could do. Rumor has it that Apple
is going to phase out the big tower PowerMac's in the near future, but
I don't know if that is true.
Since you have invested in your PPC software and the prices of G5
PowerMacs is falling through the floor so quickly, I would suggest you
look around for a Quad Core 2.5GHz G5 PowerMac to run it on. I have
seen them sell on eBay for as little as about $390 to $550 and the
dual 2.7GHz G5 PowerMac's for around $250 to $330. Your software does
not require MacOS9 does it? The dual 2.3GHz G5 is the upper limit for
G5 PowerMac's only if you want to avoid the liquid cooling systems and
stay with air cooled G5's.
On Nov 13, 2011, at 8:59 AM, Bill Connelly wrote:
Any one else have suggestions on a reasonably priced upgrade? Does
Rosetta work well, so that if I went Intel, I could still run all my
PPC apps? I know very little about the Rosetta idea. The Dual 2.3
GHz G5 sounds like the upper limit for PPC.
My art business is a bit slow in the Sales Department ...
Thanks for all the suggestions so far ... I decided to switch my DA
for my QS by trading hard drives and video cards ... using the QS
now for my daily work, and my DA for my display / connection to my
LED TV. Speed was not important to the TV and the QS is noticeably
faster for my daily music and visual arts work.
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