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Should I buy a Dual G5 Now or later?
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<blockquote data-quote="Emrys" data-source="post: 7876" data-attributes="member: 2"><p>If I had the money, I would definitely buy one. But that is just because computers are huge with me. Is this your main machine? Are you going to be relying on it for income? This is completely a personal choice, which many factors weigh upon.</p><p></p><p>Something about the drive bays. Do you really need an additional drive bay? The drives these days are absolutely huge. Just checked, and you can get 250 GB drives for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CompUSA" target="_blank">$230</a>, with free shipping. Less than a dollar a GB is a good deal. You can cut that up into multiple paritions if you need more seperation. I can tell you from experience, right now, I have 4 drives of various sizes dedicated to file storage, and it is not fun to keep up with. I would suggest one large HD, and a firewire/HD combo for additional space later. Of course this doesn't consider backup solutions.</p><p></p><p>Just looked at the VR display of the G5 : <a href="http://www.apple.com/hardware/gallery/pmacg5_jun2003_480.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>. It doesn't look like their is room in there for another drive bay anyway.</p><p></p><p>Lot of spare time today <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Emrys, post: 7876, member: 2"] If I had the money, I would definitely buy one. But that is just because computers are huge with me. Is this your main machine? Are you going to be relying on it for income? This is completely a personal choice, which many factors weigh upon. Something about the drive bays. Do you really need an additional drive bay? The drives these days are absolutely huge. Just checked, and you can get 250 GB drives for [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CompUSA']$230[/URL], with free shipping. Less than a dollar a GB is a good deal. You can cut that up into multiple paritions if you need more seperation. I can tell you from experience, right now, I have 4 drives of various sizes dedicated to file storage, and it is not fun to keep up with. I would suggest one large HD, and a firewire/HD combo for additional space later. Of course this doesn't consider backup solutions. Just looked at the VR display of the G5 : [URL='http://www.apple.com/hardware/gallery/pmacg5_jun2003_480.html']HERE[/URL]. It doesn't look like their is room in there for another drive bay anyway. Lot of spare time today :) [/QUOTE]
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