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opinion on G5 purchase
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<blockquote data-quote="Aptmunich" data-source="post: 876148" data-attributes="member: 3850"><p>The next version of OS X (due out this autumn) is dropping PowerPC support, so if your into hardware that's about to be obsolete, go ahead <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>I'd go for a mac mini if you have a good display or splash out a bit more and get an iMac if you don't. Both will offer better performance than the G5 and will be a lot more future-proof as well.</p><p></p><p>There's this enduring myth that graphic designers absolutely need a tower. If you're doing high-end stuff, you do need a lot of RAM. But the current generation consumer machines can handle a fair bit of RAM as well and an older, slower tower isn't going to perform as well CPU-wise.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aptmunich, post: 876148, member: 3850"] The next version of OS X (due out this autumn) is dropping PowerPC support, so if your into hardware that's about to be obsolete, go ahead ;) I'd go for a mac mini if you have a good display or splash out a bit more and get an iMac if you don't. Both will offer better performance than the G5 and will be a lot more future-proof as well. There's this enduring myth that graphic designers absolutely need a tower. If you're doing high-end stuff, you do need a lot of RAM. But the current generation consumer machines can handle a fair bit of RAM as well and an older, slower tower isn't going to perform as well CPU-wise. [/QUOTE]
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