Opinion on Power Mac G5 I am looking at

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I have a chance to purchase a Power Mac G5 with the following for $375.00

Snow leopard 10.5
Processor: 2x PPC 2.3 Ghz (Dual single core processors)
RAM: 2 GB DDR2
Hard Drive: 250 GB
Video Card: NVidia GeForce 6600 (256MB, Dual-DVI)

I am a PC person looking to convert to Mac, I was looking to put this in my finished basement next to my server so that when I go down I don't have to take my Windows laptop. I want to run Corel or Illustrator and do some work with scanning photos. Will this machine do what I want it to do without being a disappointment. I had two Dell's that were 4+ years old and they were impossible to work with and slower then crap.

I intend to purchase and new 27" i7 iMac by the end of the year but wanted to get started on a Mac sooner.

thanks. Joe
 
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A Dual Core G5 is worth about that sort of money IF it comes with the original system discs and the Leopard black install DVD. Memory is about minimum needed for Leopard. As a suggestion see if the bucks will run to an Intel model Mac Pro or iMac as PowerPC architecture, which the G5 is, is finished.
 
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If you are heading to an Intel machine, my 2 cents would be to not but the G5.

The G5 is PPC, has some bad motherboards and the software you have to buy will need to be several versions old to load on the PPC platform and probably will not install on your new Intel.
 

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The machine should do what you need it to do for now, but just remember, if you purchase any apps for it that are for Power PC, they are not going to work on your new iMac with Lion.
 
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In my opinion that's not a very good deal.. I bought my G5 for $300, and it's the quad core model, 8GB of ram, 800GB HD, max graphics card, etc. I'd say that's about a $200-$250 machine you have there, but if you're willing to spend the money, it should do what you need without any problems.
 
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I wouldn't even consider it. It is an obsolete piece of equipment with no support and no new software. If you are looking to get into the mac world that isn't the way to go. Just buy your iMac a little sooner.
 
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Thanks to everyone for the advise, will pass on this, thanks.
Joe
 
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Also, not sure what you meant by "Corel" but whatever it was if they don't have a Mac version it wouldn't run of course, and if they DO have a Mac version it would be unlikely to run on a G5.
 

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