Leopard Question reference G5 dp1.8ghz

Hey people I have a question. I have a dual G5 1.8ghz powermac with 8gigs of ram a nvidia 6800 DDL gt 256vram with a 500gig main drive and a 300gig second. I also have a G5 iMac 20in 2.1 ghz with isight with 2.5gigs of ram. a local mac rep said I might need to upgrade for leopard. he even offer a trade of both of these machines for a mac book pro core duo 2.16ghz. my question is will my current setup last me a few more years or should I just upgrade to keep up with the flow or technology. and as far as the 64bit leopard with my current machines be alright is there a future for ppc or will the intel stuff prevails and leave the ppc stuff as just paper weights. just wondering thanks for the help

Leopard should run better than smooth on those machines. In fact, its a tad bit faster than Tiger on a similar config. You have more than enough RAM and CPU power to last you at least another two years.

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The rumour is PPC support by Apple will be phased out around the time of 10.6 That's still a long time away. Even if it's true. So I agree with the above poster. Your 2 G5's still have a lot of life left in them. For a few years yet. And even after that they can still last even if apple don't support them.

I have an imac G3 with 10.3 And sure it can't do a few of the modern things but it's great for as a server/2nd machine in a pinch. So I think your 2 machines would be good in a certain capacity for I'd say 3-5 years.

Does the entering of intel chips make PPC chips a thing of the distance past and all the great thing said about PPC chips and OsX a lie. Does using the intel chip make the mac just another PC. And the marketing blitz removes all memory of the risc processors superiority and places the mac front row center of cisc processor fog.

the8thark said:

The rumour is PPC support by Apple will be phased out around the time of 10.6 That's still a long time away. Even if it's true. So I agree with the above poster. Your 2 G5's still have a lot of life left in them. For a few years yet. And even after that they can still last even if apple don't support them.

I have an imac G3 with 10.3 And sure it can't do a few of the modern things but it's great for as a server/2nd machine in a pinch. So I think your 2 machines would be good in a certain capacity for I'd say 3-5 years.

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Thank you Sir
All this marketing in support of the New Intel macs kind of got me worried

BigMu said:

Does the entering of intel chips make PPC chips a thing of the distance past and all the great thing said about PPC chips and OsX a lie. Does using the intel chip make the mac just another PC. And the marketing blitz removes all memory of the risc processors superiority and places the mac front row center of cisc processor fog.

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A lie? No. Good marketing? Perhaps.

The phase out of PPC support in 10.6 is only a rumor and mere speculation with no basis from Apple that I have found as of yet. In many ways the PPC is still a better chip architecture than x86/Intel, but the folks who make it don't give 2 hoots about the desktop market so Apple switched to a chip maker who does. In the end, the consumer wins.

Yes, with an Intel chip, the Mac IS just another PC, with some minor differences. Then again, even with the PPC, the Mac just another PC with minor differences as well. After all, it's OSX that makes the real difference.

Thanks, I like the PPC Chip, But I guess Technology Must move on.
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