On Jul 25, 2010, at 12:19 AM, Austin Leeds wrote:
Is there anything to look for when buying a G5 that would indicate a problem (or a good unit)?
Anecdotal evidence says that the liquid-cooled G5 need to run 24/7/365, and the more often they're shutdown the quicker they have issues with the coolant causing corrosion and leaks. The coolant needs to circulate in order to prevent the corrosion problem. I don't know how you'd find one that's known to be running all the time. I might suggest one of the "early 2005" air-cooled G5 models as a safer alternative unless you can find a really nice liquid-cooled that's not been cycled too often. When they leak, they tend to die AFAIK.
Also, PPC Macs are dead-in-the-water, so rebuilding your old PC into a Hack wouldn't necessarily be a bad idea. It may be pretty cost effective to leapfrog the liquid-cooled G5 in performance and also have Intel compatibility going forward, not to mention no leak possibility.
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