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Building a low budget G5
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<blockquote data-quote="Germany_chris" data-source="post: 1367808" data-attributes="member: 221089"><p>If you start looking at a Mac Pro the earliest I'd look for is 3,1 that way you have the 64bit EFI. 1,1 and 2,1 both have 32bit but with that restriction you've now eliminated low budget. The reason for the 64bit EFI is future expandability Apple may use that as a cut off point to eliminate older macs it's already a hang point with some video cards. </p><p></p><p>If it was my money I'd wait for the mac pro refresh and pick up a single processor Mac Pro.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Germany_chris, post: 1367808, member: 221089"] If you start looking at a Mac Pro the earliest I'd look for is 3,1 that way you have the 64bit EFI. 1,1 and 2,1 both have 32bit but with that restriction you've now eliminated low budget. The reason for the 64bit EFI is future expandability Apple may use that as a cut off point to eliminate older macs it's already a hang point with some video cards. If it was my money I'd wait for the mac pro refresh and pick up a single processor Mac Pro. [/QUOTE]
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