 Buying A G5- Advice Please |
 Fri 10 Mar 2006, 22:09
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Hi,
I'm selling my dual 867 G4 mdd and will get a G5. As I'm not swimming in dollars, I'm thinking of getting the 2X2Ghz G5, with 2 gig ram and two internal drives. I heard that Apple are working on the next g5 with Intel chips, do you know when they're due and if I should wait for these? Thx Jean |
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Mon 13 Mar 2006, 22:32
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Just to follow up on my previous post, I decided to go with the Dual Core 2.0 G5 over the Intel iMac.
In the end, I couldn't justify waiting for all new software. Logic is great, but it wont cut it for me by itself. I need RMX, BFD, Absynth, B4, Live, Vintage Warmer, URS, and Reason. All of these will run at the same speed on the Dual Core G5 as they do on the iMac, but they'll do it NOW. Plus, the G5 has the following advantages: Free internal SATA drive bays Up to 16GB RAM PCI Express slots, for next gen audio/vid cards Digital audio IN and out (which I can use as an aggregate device with my audio interface for a nice send/return loop with my external reverb) The G5 is everything the Intel iMac is, and so much more. I would wager that it will be at least 3 years before the major manufacturers stop making PPC binaries all together. There is just too huge an installed base to give up on them totally. If it were one year from now, and the Powermacs were replaced by the Merom-based MacPro, I'd give it a second thought. But by then, software will be out. I need a computer now, so I'm going with the Dual Core G5. |
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djanogil Buying A G5- Advice Please Fri 10 Mar 2006, 22:09
edge100 This is a tough one.
With computers, there's ... Sat 11 Mar 2006, 00:50 djanogil Yeah I know it's a tough one..
Thing is I can... Sat 11 Mar 2006, 09:53 mortalengines Just to throw my two cents in. I hear nothing but... Sat 11 Mar 2006, 22:41 lepetitmartien We can suppose the next models to take over the G5... Sun 12 Mar 2006, 02:58 UP Multimedia If the new G5's are all they are said to be...... Sun 12 Mar 2006, 06:49 emgcarra Thanks everybody...Now I know that there is a lot ... Sun 12 Mar 2006, 17:02 UP Multimedia Smart choice... On the G5 Dual... Can't go wro... Tue 14 Mar 2006, 14:04 gdoubleyou I expect universal support will be around for 4-5 ... Tue 14 Mar 2006, 19:58 lepetitmartien On my side i expect about 2-3 years of support for... Wed 15 Mar 2006, 05:58
rickenbacker The current PPC G5s are extremely fast and will be... Wed 15 Mar 2006, 11:10 |
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