MacBook -> PowerMac G5 or Mac Mini

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Hi MacHeads!

:D
first off: THANKS! Love this forum! <3 (you too! :D)

Okay, let's get to it:

I have a Late 2007 MacBook, and i love to play World Of Warcraft, but... My cute little white book just is'nt cutting it anymore. :(

So im thinking about getting:

A PowerMac G5
or
Mac Mini (the Nvidia 9400m version)

just untill i can afford a Mac Pro :)

Witch of those should i go for?
eBay prices are very close...

HELP!
 
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And BTW:

It even worth it?
Im torn here - buy a temp system, or just stick it and save up for that sweet sweet Ma Pro!
 
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I say go with a power mac g5. They can be had on ebay for around 500 in great shape. The new mac pro will cost you 3k. Big difference. If you get a dual core 2.5 with 4 gb of ram you would be set for a while. Good luck.
 
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I was thinking about that too!

And I actually found a quite nice one with 4,5 GB of ram today :)
I'll be looking into that... THANKS!!!
 

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Since I am not really into WOW, does WOW even run on a Power PC Mac?
 
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Yes it does. I have a PowerMac G5 Dual 2.0 and it runs WoW great! Highly recommend!
 
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I would not recommend buying a PowerPC Mac now. They are obsolete systems now, unsupported by Snow Leopard and most if not all new software.
 

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