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Powermac G5 - Still A Good Computer?
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<blockquote data-quote="Kittihawk" data-source="post: 1376001" data-attributes="member: 240267"><p><strong>Reuse better than recycle or throw away</strong></p><p></p><p>There is of course the environmental issue of throwing away a computer with hundreds of components, some with traces of rare earths and gold not to mention the energy consumed making and transporting it or even the huge amounts of electricity involved in the production of the aluminium casing or yet again the human hours put in by an underpaid 'developing world' workforce that in some ways we can at least respect by using their products carefully. </p><p></p><p>What I would like from this thread is a few ideas to reuse the old G5 power pc tower in a modern office e.g. as a sever for media - this seems to be a good discussion of using the G5 PowerPC as a server:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvpL2_3MUeo" target="_blank">An inexpensive web/file server: Apple Power Mac G5 - YouTube</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kittihawk, post: 1376001, member: 240267"] [b]Reuse better than recycle or throw away[/b] There is of course the environmental issue of throwing away a computer with hundreds of components, some with traces of rare earths and gold not to mention the energy consumed making and transporting it or even the huge amounts of electricity involved in the production of the aluminium casing or yet again the human hours put in by an underpaid 'developing world' workforce that in some ways we can at least respect by using their products carefully. What I would like from this thread is a few ideas to reuse the old G5 power pc tower in a modern office e.g. as a sever for media - this seems to be a good discussion of using the G5 PowerPC as a server: [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvpL2_3MUeo]An inexpensive web/file server: Apple Power Mac G5 - YouTube[/url] [/QUOTE]
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