I have an iPad, btw. I've reviewed it a couple times on LEM (Austin
Leeds, Apple Everywhere).
Well, we'll see about my school's G5. Our Mac tech is going to have a
look at it.
My HTPC that I'm building now is the shell of a 1999 Compaq Presario
Internet PC, coupled with a new mobo and a triple-co
On Aug 4, 2010, at 9:06 PM, Robert MacLeay wrote:
If you are paying 13 cents per kilowatt hour, two hundred dollars a
year. Every year.
This is an excellent point. I think this is one reason why laptops
have finally overtaken desktops in sales. When you add in the cost of
electricity over
Great point. But the price jump from mini to iMac is only $500 and
you get 2GB more RAM, a keyboard, a mouse and a 21" high quality
display. Eventually, I will need an Intel machine, but I believe that
entry level Mini should be more like $450-500, not $700.
On Aug 4, 2010, at 10:06 PM, R
On Jul 25, 11:25 am, "ah...clem" wrote:
> On Jul 25, 1:48 am, Kris Tilford wrote:
>
> > Anecdotal evidence says that the liquid-cooled G5 need to run
> > 24/7/365, and the more often they're shutdown the quicker they have
> > issues with the coolant causing corrosion and leaks. The coolant ne
On Aug 4, 2010, at 2:44 PM, John Carmonne wrote:
My PM G5 Dual 2.7 early 2005 is liquid cooled and has PCIx slots
Yes, I forgot about that one, so that means there are three of the
four possible combinations, the absent one being the single "dual-
core" air-cooled.
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You received this m
The only liquid-cooled are the "late 2005" G5's with PCI-e slots. All the
earlier G5's that have either PCIx or normal PCI slots are air-cooled.
>
>
> All the earlier G5's that have either PCIx or normal PCI slots are
> air-cooled. The "quad" is actually a "dual dual", and is the only 2.5GHz
On Aug 4, 2010, at 12:48 PM, Austin Leeds wrote:
In the meantime, my school's G5 DUAL (found out its not a liquid-
cooled quad) is having some heat issues. Hmm…
We've touched on this before, the term "dual" for G5 is ambiguous. The
problem is that there a two types of "dual" G5's. One has a
After evaluating the options, I'm still going with my rebuilt Compaq
Presario as an HTPC. However, my iMac G4 will be getting a sweet
upgrade (1 GB maxed out RAM + 500 GB hard drive + Mac OS X Tiger
Server) to turn it into a server.
In the meantime, my school's G5 DUAL (found out its not a liquid-
On Jul 25, 12:31 pm, Eric Herbert wrote:
> On Jul 25, 2010, at 12:16 PM, ah...clem wrote:
> That said, getting back to the OT and in regards to the OP,
> for the things he wants to do, it seems like a better use of
> time, space, and financial resources to get a computer the
> size of a CD wall
On Jul 25, 2010, at 12:16 PM, ah...clem wrote:
>>
>
> eric, - did you not read the original post?
>
>
> are you saying a used intel mini is going to radically outperform the
> late 2008 iMacs that Austin mentioned? don't think so. if you've got
> an app that utilizes altivec effectively, the
On Jul 25, 1:48 am, Kris Tilford wrote:
> Anecdotal evidence says that the liquid-cooled G5 need to run
> 24/7/365, and the more often they're shutdown the quicker they have
> issues with the coolant causing corrosion and leaks. The coolant needs
> to circulate in order to prevent the cor
On Jul 25, 2010, at 10:16 AM, ah...clem wrote:
> On Jul 25, 12:50 pm, Eric Herbert wrote:
>
>> With what you say you're doing with it, you're probably better off with an
>> Intel Mac Mini in all honesty. They've got a LOT more processing power, the
>> newer ones have better graphics power (d
On Jul 25, 12:50 pm, Eric Herbert wrote:
> With what you say you're doing with it, you're probably better off with an
> Intel Mac Mini in all honesty. They've got a LOT more processing power, the
> newer ones have better graphics power (due to not only a better graphics
> design than the 5 ye
On Jul 25, 2010, at 11:39 AM, Austin Leeds wrote:
> OK, so avoid the quad? I'll agree with the peppiness factor—it really
> does seem faster. How about a dual 2.5 or 2.3?
>
> I'm hooking this thing up to a 480i (?) CRT via SVID, so HDTV is no
> factor. The big demand here is compatibilty with ol
The quad is the best machine reliability wise as it has the good liquid
cooling system. Try and get one with a 6800 Ultra video card. I have a quad
2.5 and a dual 2.5, and the quad is much, much faster. The quad will beat
out a mac mini speed wise.
Sent from a computer running either the SPARC, Ita
OK, so avoid the quad? I'll agree with the peppiness factor—it really
does seem faster. How about a dual 2.5 or 2.3?
I'm hooking this thing up to a 480i (?) CRT via SVID, so HDTV is no
factor. The big demand here is compatibilty with older hardware, which
I believe the G5 would have more than a re
On Jul 25, 2010, at 8:44 AM, Austin Leeds wrote:
> Yeah, I know PPC is dead-in-the-water—all of my Macs (except for a 68k
> PowerBook 180) are PPC. Nonetheless, I'm not too worried about it—if
> it can word process, print, connect to our wireless hotspot, watch TV,
> and possibly turn our VHS and
On Jul 25, 12:48 am, Kris Tilford wrote:
> Also, PPC Macs are dead-in-the-water, so rebuilding your old PC into a
> Hack wouldn't necessarily be a bad idea. It may be pretty cost
> effective to leapfrog the liquid-cooled G5 in performance and also
> have Intel compatibility going forward, no
On Jul 25, 2010, at 5:41 AM, Eric Volker wrote:
> I'll generally echo what Kris has said regarding the liquid cooled G5's. An
> additional factor to consider is that the G5 you're using may be a quad-core,
> as opposed to the more common dual-core/dual-processor G5's. That would
> explain why
I'll generally echo what Kris has said regarding the liquid cooled G5's.
An additional factor to consider is that the G5 you're using may be a
quad-core, as opposed to the more common dual-core/dual-processor G5's.
That would explain why it's able to smoke the more recent iMacs, which
only have
On Jul 25, 2010, at 12:19 AM, Austin Leeds wrote:
Is there anything to look for when buying a G5 that would indicate a
problem (or a good unit)?
Anecdotal evidence says that the liquid-cooled G5 need to run
24/7/365, and the more often they're shutdown the quicker they have
issues with the
Hi all,
After what I've heard about the G5s, I was a little wary of the Power
Mac G5 my college bought for the music department (which I often help
with tech-wise). It's a liquid-cooled 2.5 Ghz – sounded cool in theory
but still, I was a little nervous.
Well, after a few months of no problems (an
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