the Mac Pro is nice and all, but the fact remains that Intelness adds significant to the price. Hereabouts, a pristine dual 2.5 G5 sans RAM, video, and HDD (since personal preferences matter so much, when our little circle swaps machines we do so like this) can be had for ~$100; that means the whole shebang can be under $200 depending on the amount of RAM you want (if you're like me and have a lot of 256 and 512MB sticks lying around, 8 slots means that you can have plenty using a bunch of small sticks in matched pairs of capacity, not speed or brand). On the other hand, a dual 2.5 Mac Pro from the first gen is easily triple that, with no more than 50% increase in performance (most of which is due to DDR2 RAM) -- -- Illirik Smirnov
Chaotic Neutral since 1997 "A Charisma of 28 will seduce the dragon on a 14 or higher... 20? Oh well, I suppose you get the treasure." They see me rollin, they hatin; patrollin, tryin to catch me rollin nat one Ron Paul // Jello Biafra 2012: For A Better America= Proud member of the Enloe HS Debate Team: "At Least Someone Placed" On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 8:25 AM, JohnCarmonne <carmo...@aol.com> wrote: > > On Feb 17, 2012, at 8:16 PM, Joshua Lewis wrote: > > > > > The second hand Mac pros are way better than the G5. > > > > The Mac pros have better reliability They run cooler and quieter than > > the Powermac G5. > > > > They have Intel processors which mean it can run the latest mac os x > > and latest programs and boot camp windows. > > > > Im not saying that you shouldn't buy a Powermac G5 but any second > > hand mac pro 2006 or later would be a better choice its more cost > > effective wise than the G5. > > > > > > > The thing you do give up with the Mac Pro is the ability to run Tiger and > Classic. Otherwise the Mac Pro is a nice machine. > > > John Carmonne > Yorba Linda CA > 92886 USA > MacPro 2.66 Quad Nehalem > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for > those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power > Macs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list > -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
