 What Is The Difference Between Imac G5 And Tower?, Deciding whether to keep the iMac G5... |
 Tue 25 Apr 2006, 04:08
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I recently got a good deal on a 20" iMac G5 2.1GHz with SuperDrive (with free applecare).
Is there any difference between this and the Dual 2GHz PowerPC G5 tower? Is this iMac powerful enough to bust out with crazy animation, music and graphic design? Any help is very appreciated---thanks! (Oo) """ -emptyView >< |
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Tue 25 Apr 2006, 23:38
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Big difference, the towers will have two G5 CPUs or a dual core G5, that's like having two CPUs on one chip. the can hold more RAM, room for multiple internal hard drives, the ability to drive two monitors. It's a more powerfull machine than the iMac G5.
It is more powerfull than my current machines and I have now problems getting 32-48 track sessions with my Powerbook. But I compare the price to the current Macintel iMac models, if the difference is just a coulple hundred dollors the Core Duo imac is three to four times more powerful. Even the Core Duo mini is more powerful than the G5 iMac. 
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emptyView What Is The Difference Between Imac G5 And Tower? Tue 25 Apr 2006, 04:08
emptyView OK-- thank you for the reply. The poor iMac is sti... Wed 26 Apr 2006, 06:19 rickenbacker The Intel iMac can also drive a second monitor, sh... Wed 26 Apr 2006, 10:08 fishboisfo All things considered, I'd get a G5 quad tower... Wed 26 Apr 2006, 15:53 Bubowski I dunno...I have 2 iMac G5s (identitical twins)... Wed 26 Apr 2006, 20:12 gdoubleyou Here you go these benchmarks were posted yesterday... Wed 26 Apr 2006, 23:00 emptyView Wow-- i've been searching for information on t... Thu 27 Apr 2006, 00:44 lubu [FONT=Geneva][SIZE=1][FONT=Geneva]
Hello USA mac m... Thu 27 Apr 2006, 11:33 gdoubleyou I suspect that they will not make any more PPC aft... Sat 29 Apr 2006, 03:31
synfever Anything you buy now at this very second is obsele... Sat 29 Apr 2006, 03:58 |
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