Buying A G5- Advice Please |
Fri 10 Mar 2006, 22:09
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 03-Jun 05 From: Paris - FR Member No.: 66,400 |
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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Wed 15 Mar 2006, 11:10
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Maniac Member Group: Members Posts: 645 Joined: 17-May 02 From: Broughton Member No.: 4,705 |
The current PPC G5s are extremely fast and will be fine for another couple of years at least - and probably beyond.
However, when the first Intel PowerMacs arrive, they should be much faster, simply because increased clock speed is not really possible with the PPC models any more (witness the non-appearance of the fabled 3GHz G5) which is why Apple has switched. Simple as that. If you have a current or recent model PowerMac G5 (anything from the last year or two), you've got a plenty powerful machine capable of almost every audio task. Max out the RAM (anything from 4Gb to 16Gb) if you need a speed boost. |
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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
edge100 Just to follow up on my previous post, I decided t... Mon 13 Mar 2006, 22:32
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
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
edge100 Just to follow up on my previous post, I decided t... Mon 13 Mar 2006, 22:32
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
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