Re: ADC to DVI Adaptor

Trickster, Wow, G5 is certainly a different league than G4, also regarding graphic card prices! Then the best option (for little money) indeed seems to be the ADC adapter... Or, maybe, a PCI graphics card for the second screen, but those could also be expensive, if you want to make best use of the

Which used Mac to buy?

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.

Re: Which used Mac to buy?

On Nov 13, 2010, at 12:33 PM, Tom wrote: 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? IMO, absolutely the latter; all of those apps should work on an

Re: Which used Mac to buy?

On 2010/11/13 12:33, Tom so eloquently wrote: 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. I don't think you are going to get a whole lot of improvement in rendering times with even a G5 DC 2.3, it

Re: G5 Dual processors not bad?

On Nov 12, 2010, at 10:43 AM, John Carmonne wrote: I have a PM G5 Dual 2.7 that I just replaced the heat sink on. It had leaked and I was able to catch it before it did any real damage. After I did the installation I booted ASD 2.5.8 and the Calibration page said that calibration wasn't

Re: Which used Mac to buy?

Hello Tom, Adobe CS1, CS2, CS3, have problems with 10.6 Snow Leopard. Adobe CS4 and CS5 have no problems with 10.6 Snow Leopard. Also, regarding Intel Macs, there is speculation that 10.7 Lion will drop support for the Core Duo Intel CPU Macs, because they are only 32 bit processors. So, you

Firmware updates?

Hi All Were the firmware updates included in software updates from Apple? I'm wondering because the boot ROM on my PM G5 is 5.2.4f1 and the offering on the Apple firmware download site is 5.1.5f2. This is also true on my TiBooks. Did Apple discontinue to offer the boot ROM's? Or am I checking

G5 PM temps

Now that all's well on my PM G5 Dual 2.7 with new heat sink I want to know what to think about temp ranges on the CPU's. The limit says 181.4F they are running at 141.F to 162.F while on the net burning a CD along with Mail running and a radio program on and transferring a 1GB file via

Re: Which used Mac to buy?

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,

Re: Which used Mac to buy?

Whats so bad? Cleaning up the Mountain Dew is FUN! Get a used C2D Mac Mini. Sent from a computer running either the SPARC, Itanium, or PowerPC architecture. On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 2:52 PM, John Carmonne carmo...@aol.com wrote: On Nov 13, 2010, at 11:33 AM, Tom wrote: After several years

Re: Which used Mac to buy?

Tom, An easy rule of thumb is: if you do not do intensive video work, you can make do with PPC. Which is obviously not your case. Go Intel, my friend, and see those rendering times come down A LOT. As far as I can see, a used Core 2 Duo iMac won't cost much more than a tricked out G5, and it

Re: Which used Mac to buy?

I have not had any problems with CS3 on a MacBook Pro. On 11/13/10 3:25 PM, Bruce wrote: Hello Tom, Adobe CS1, CS2, CS3, have problems with 10.6 Snow Leopard. Adobe CS4 and CS5 have no problems with 10.6 Snow Leopard. Also, regarding Intel Macs, there is speculation that 10.7 Lion will drop

Re: Which used Mac to buy?

Thanks much, everybody. Well, you've convinced me that I need to move up into the Intel world for the sort of work I do, but I think I'll have to get a tower rather than an iMac or Mini, because I'd like to just switch my two 1 TB hard drives from the G5 into the new machine, and I'd also like to

Re: Which used Mac to buy?

I believe PowerMax has systems in your budget. www.powermax.com On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 16:57, Tom tba...@nmia.com wrote: Thanks much, everybody. Well, you've convinced me that I need to move up into the Intel world for the sort of work I do, but I think I'll have to get a tower rather than

Re: G5 Shutdown issues

On 2010/11/07 23:35, Kris Tilford so eloquently wrote: I'd try doing a Safe Boot to reset the System cache files, and see if that helps? I ran into this issue again today and the Safe Boot seemed to resolve it, though I don't expect it to be a permanent fix. Thank you for the suggestion

What should I use

All, I'm here struggling on what I should do. I currently have a PowerMac G4 QuickSilver Dual 1Ghz, 1.5 GB RAM, Standard Video Card that I have been using as a server. It currently has Mac OS X 10.4.11 Server on it. However, I'm worried that Tiger is getting dated. The costs of Leopard

Re: Which used Mac to buy?

On 11/13/10 4:57 PM, Tom wrote: Thanks much, everybody. Well, you've convinced me that I need to move up into the Intel world for the sort of work I do, but I think I'll have to get a tower rather than an iMac or Mini, because I'd like to just switch my two 1 TB hard drives from the G5 into the

Re: Which used Mac to buy?

M Christol wrote: I have not had any problems with CS3 on a MacBook Pro. == On 11/13/10 3:25 PM, Bruce wrote: Hello Tom, Adobe CS1, CS2, CS3, have problems with 10.6 Snow Leopard. Adobe CS4 and CS5 have no problems with 10.6 Snow

Re: What should I use

On Nov 13, 2010, at 7:53 PM, Albert Carter wrote: I'm here struggling on what I should do. I currently have a PowerMac G4 QuickSilver Dual 1Ghz, 1.5 GB RAM, Standard Video Card that I have been using as a server. It currently has Mac OS X 10.4.11 Server on it. However, I'm