Thanks for the advice, all very helpful. I'll probably stick with a G5 to keep the cost down.
Here's one I'm thinking of buying http://bit.ly/wVZsFk Model A1047 EMC 2061 Apple Mains Cable Running OSX Leopard 10.5.8 Spec of this Mac Dual 2.3 GHz G5 Processors ( NOT liquid cooled model ) 160 GB HDD SATA DVD-RW Pioneer 109 D (not tested for burning but works fine reading dvd's) 2 GB DDR PC 3200 RAM 128 MB VRAM Dual DVI output adapter needed for VGA or ADC 1 Ethernet port 3 USB 2 Ports 2 Firewire 400 Ports 1 Firewire 800 port Optical in and out Ports Sound in and out Ports 1 Headphone port Comes with Apple Mains cable Case is in reasonable condition but has a number of marks and scratches. Running OSX Leopard 10.5.8 iLife 09 On Feb 18, 8:55 pm, Illirik Smirnov <illir...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 athttp://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtmland our > > netiquette guide is athttp://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
