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G5 - Should I buy?
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<blockquote data-quote="raction" data-source="post: 887564" data-attributes="member: 115244"><p>Ok, I want to get into Macs, but cannot justify spending $2499+ for a Desktop computer (I would rather have a Mac Pro rather than an iMac). I know the short answer would be a newer Intel based Mac Pro would be the best bet (but again - $$)</p><p></p><p>I have come across a guy that has this:</p><p></p><p>Power MAC G5:</p><p>Dual 2.0 GHz Power Mac G5</p><p>5.5 Gig of DDR SDRAM</p><p>ATI Radeon 9800 Pro Graphics Card</p><p>400 Gig of Hard Drive Space</p><p>Mac OSX 10.04.11 Operating System</p><p>iLife 08: iWeb, iTunes, iMovie, iDVD, Garage Band</p><p>iWork 08: Keynote Presentations, Pages (read and writes Word Documents and Excel Files), Number Accounting Software</p><p>Photoshop Elements</p><p>Final Cut Pro</p><p></p><p>Is this a good system? Would it still be plenty fast enough? What I am unsure of is whether or not they are dual core processors, or single core.</p><p></p><p>I know you all see emails like this all of the time, but I know you would be the experts. I am going to go see it run tomorrow (I only saw the hardware today, but couldn't test out). </p><p></p><p>What should I watch for? </p><p></p><p>I went back and looked and I already made my first Mac mistake - calling it a Mac Pro instead of Power Mac G5 - Doh!</p><p></p><p>Thanks much in advance</p><p></p><p>Rob Catron</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="raction, post: 887564, member: 115244"] Ok, I want to get into Macs, but cannot justify spending $2499+ for a Desktop computer (I would rather have a Mac Pro rather than an iMac). I know the short answer would be a newer Intel based Mac Pro would be the best bet (but again - $$) I have come across a guy that has this: Power MAC G5: Dual 2.0 GHz Power Mac G5 5.5 Gig of DDR SDRAM ATI Radeon 9800 Pro Graphics Card 400 Gig of Hard Drive Space Mac OSX 10.04.11 Operating System iLife 08: iWeb, iTunes, iMovie, iDVD, Garage Band iWork 08: Keynote Presentations, Pages (read and writes Word Documents and Excel Files), Number Accounting Software Photoshop Elements Final Cut Pro Is this a good system? Would it still be plenty fast enough? What I am unsure of is whether or not they are dual core processors, or single core. I know you all see emails like this all of the time, but I know you would be the experts. I am going to go see it run tomorrow (I only saw the hardware today, but couldn't test out). What should I watch for? I went back and looked and I already made my first Mac mistake - calling it a Mac Pro instead of Power Mac G5 - Doh! Thanks much in advance Rob Catron [/QUOTE]
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