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Apple Computing Products:
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Mac Mini vs. Power Mac G5?
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<blockquote data-quote="Zoolook" data-source="post: 1561783" data-attributes="member: 21101"><p>The Mac Mini is far faster, and a much better bet for the long term as well. The G5 was a great machine in its day, but that day was 10 years ago (for your model). In theory it could still be a decent work horse for some things, such as audio recording or as a server running older software, but it's limited by only being able to run Leopard as the latest OS, cannot run any of the latest applications that are Intel only (such as FC Pro, Logic 9 or X, any of Adobe's latest offerings or the latest most secure web browsers).</p><p></p><p>If I had more time and room, I'd get a G5 just as a hobby, but it's not a great investment as a primary Mac.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zoolook, post: 1561783, member: 21101"] The Mac Mini is far faster, and a much better bet for the long term as well. The G5 was a great machine in its day, but that day was 10 years ago (for your model). In theory it could still be a decent work horse for some things, such as audio recording or as a server running older software, but it's limited by only being able to run Leopard as the latest OS, cannot run any of the latest applications that are Intel only (such as FC Pro, Logic 9 or X, any of Adobe's latest offerings or the latest most secure web browsers). If I had more time and room, I'd get a G5 just as a hobby, but it's not a great investment as a primary Mac. [/QUOTE]
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