 G5 Tower & Monitor V. Cheaper Imac G5, Is the tower worth all the dough? |
 Thu 17 Nov 2005, 18:52
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Quick thought and question for everyone:
I know the G5 tower is superior since it is a dual processor, however, a tower alone is expensive. Plus the fact that the monitor is separate (and starting at $800) makes it even more pricy. I have seen refurbished G5 towers on ebay for $1300 - $1500, is it worth shelling out the extra scratch for the tower and the monitor vs. a brand new iMac w/ lots 'o' RAM for appoximately the same price? If the tower is far superior, I will bite the bullet and save a little more money, if not I would love to get an iMac G5 ASAP so I can start playing around. |
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Sun 20 Nov 2005, 17:16
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 Junior Member  Group: Members Posts: 178 Joined: 27-Jan 03 From: Austin - US Member No.: 11,156 |
You can never have too much RAM or hard drive space on a computer being used for multi-media endeavors. The iMac is a great CPU, but it is a consumer product. It's RAM maxes out at 2GB. The Hard drive can be upgraded, but you will always be limited to one on the internal bus.
The PowerMac G5 limits at 8GB of RAM and two Serial ATA drives on the internal bus. It also has almost double the front side bus speed of the iMac making it far more efficient in processing multimedia information. If you can afford it, even with scraping by with an older CRT monitor for the time being, I'd recommend the tower since it will proivde you with better options for RAM and HDD, but also for PCI expansion, more monitor support, greater access to more DAW interfaces, etc. Hope this helps! peace, Deacon -------------------- |
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drewott G5 Tower & Monitor V. Cheaper Imac G5 Thu 17 Nov 2005, 18:52
slexer IMO the tower will be far better. However to save ... Thu 17 Nov 2005, 21:36 rickenbacker More powerful, better expansion, probably more RAM... Fri 18 Nov 2005, 15:07 gdoubleyou You can use any standard monitor with it I vote to... Fri 18 Nov 2005, 20:07 mortalengines It also probably depends on the app that you want ... Sat 19 Nov 2005, 06:47 hahaworld I disagree that the iMac is enough for Garageband.... Sun 20 Nov 2005, 13:52 mortalengines I may be incorrect on this one but I don't thi... Sun 20 Nov 2005, 20:26 rickenbacker It's true that you can't have enough RAM, ... Mon 21 Nov 2005, 11:42 deaconblue true, 2GB is plenty of RAM for most set ups, but, ... Mon 21 Nov 2005, 16:58 drewott Thank you everyone for your input. It sounds like... Mon 28 Nov 2005, 18:36 abcdaniel Hmm, I managed to get my Dual 1.8 G5 for about 110... Tue 29 Nov 2005, 00:16
Hearandnow You can use any LCD or CRT monitor you want with t... Thu 8 Dec 2005, 16:54 |
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