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Got a free PowerMac G5. Now what?
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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1564218"><p>G5 towers can still do oodles of useful things, but because of security threads I would not connect one to the web anymore -- which of course limits their usefulness tremendously.</p><p></p><p>To put it mildly, XP has the same issues (only more so, because it was always insecure). Likewise, and yes I know millions run it, but I personally would not put an XP machine on the web even with anti-virus. All those "botnets" you hear about that coordinate scams and attacks? I'll give you one guess what the majority of those machines are running ...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1564218"] G5 towers can still do oodles of useful things, but because of security threads I would not connect one to the web anymore -- which of course limits their usefulness tremendously. To put it mildly, XP has the same issues (only more so, because it was always insecure). Likewise, and yes I know millions run it, but I personally would not put an XP machine on the web even with anti-virus. All those "botnets" you hear about that coordinate scams and attacks? I'll give you one guess what the majority of those machines are running ... [/QUOTE]
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