$300 seems fine (It's more than one would cost in the States, but I know
that everything technical's prices in the Kingdom are determined by
dropping the dollar sign and adding a pound sign), but make sure that the
2GB isn't, say, 8x256MB (as such a configuration would make upgrading more
difficult).
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Illirik Smirnov
Chaotic Neutral since 1997
A Charisma of 28 will seduce the dragon on a 14 or higher... 20? Oh well,
I suppose you get the treasure.
They see me rollin, they hatin; patrollin, tryin to catch me rollin nat one
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On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 11:45 AM, Avid_Fan spe...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks for the advice, all very helpful.
I'll probably stick with a G5 to keep the cost down.
Here's one I'm thinking of buying http://bit.ly/wVZsFk
Model A1047
EMC 2061
Apple Mains Cable
Running OSX Leopard 10.5.8
Spec of this Mac
Dual 2.3 GHz G5 Processors ( NOT liquid cooled model )
160 GB HDD SATA
DVD-RW Pioneer 109 D (not tested for burning but works fine reading
dvd's)
2 GB DDR PC 3200 RAM
128 MB VRAM Dual DVI output adapter needed for VGA or ADC
1 Ethernet port
3 USB 2 Ports
2 Firewire 400 Ports
1 Firewire 800 port
Optical in and out Ports
Sound in and out Ports
1 Headphone port
Comes with Apple Mains cable
Case is in reasonable condition but has a number of marks and
scratches.
Running OSX Leopard 10.5.8
iLife 09
On Feb 18, 8:55 pm, Illirik Smirnov illir...@gmail.com wrote:
the Mac Pro is nice and all, but the fact remains that Intelness adds
significant to the price. Hereabouts, a pristine dual 2.5 G5 sans RAM,
video, and HDD (since personal preferences matter so much, when our
little
circle swaps machines we do so like this) can be had for ~$100; that
means
the whole shebang can be under $200 depending on the amount of RAM you
want
(if you're like me and have a lot of 256 and 512MB sticks lying around, 8
slots means that you can have plenty using a bunch of small sticks in
matched pairs of capacity, not speed or brand). On the other hand, a dual
2.5 Mac Pro from the first gen is easily triple that, with no more than
50%
increase in performance (most of which is due to DDR2 RAM)
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Illirik Smirnov
Chaotic Neutral since 1997
A Charisma of 28 will seduce the dragon on a 14 or higher... 20? Oh
well,
I suppose you get the treasure.
They see me rollin, they hatin; patrollin, tryin to catch me rollin nat
one
Ron Paul // Jello Biafra 2012: For A Better America=
Proud member of the Enloe HS Debate Team: At Least Someone Placed
On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 8:25 AM, JohnCarmonne carmo...@aol.com wrote:
On Feb 17, 2012, at 8:16 PM, Joshua Lewis wrote:
The second hand Mac pros are way better than the G5.
The Mac pros have better reliability They run cooler and quieter than
the Powermac G5.
They have Intel processors which mean it can run the latest mac os x
and latest programs and boot camp windows.
Im not saying that you shouldn't buy a Powermac G5 but any second
hand mac pro 2006 or later would be a better choice its more cost
effective wise than the G5.
The thing you do give up with the Mac Pro is the ability to run Tiger
and
Classic. Otherwise the Mac Pro is a nice machine.
John Carmonne
Yorba Linda CA
92886 USA
MacPro 2.66 Quad Nehalem
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