 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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Thu 8 Dec 2005, 16:54
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 16-Nov 05 From: Gainesville - US Member No.: 72,617 |
You can use any LCD or CRT monitor you want with the Powermac. The VGA adapter comes in the box, but if you want to add a second monitor you will need an additional ADC to VGA adapter...or you could opt for a better video card like the ATI Radeon 9800 SE which has one DVI (the same that's on the standard Powermac video card), one VGA, and an S-Video out.
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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 deaconblue You can never have too much RAM or hard drive spac... Sun 20 Nov 2005, 17:16 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
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