Re: Low Power G5

2012-04-26 Thread Douglas Mencken
My G5 Dual 2.7 idles at 310 Watts plus the AC required to keep the room inhabitable Are you the one who bought x86 mac and realized it is just another PC, isn't you? My G5 Quad (2xDual core) 2.5 G5 eats less than 10 watts on idle. And I measured it via UPS it is plugged into. How you did your

Re: Low Power G5

2012-04-26 Thread Cameron Kaiser
My G5 Dual 2.7 idles at 310 Watts plus the AC required to keep the room inhabitable Are you the one who bought x86 mac and realized it is just another PC, isn't you? My G5 Quad (2xDual core) 2.5 G5 eats less than 10 watts on idle. And I measured it via UPS it is plugged into. Is that

Re: Low Power G5

2012-04-26 Thread JOHN CARMONNE
On Apr 26, 2012, at 10:26 AM, Douglas Mencken wrote: My G5 Dual 2.7 idles at 310 Watts plus the AC required to keep the room inhabitable Are you the one who bought x86 mac and realized it is just another PC, isn't you? My G5 Quad (2xDual core) 2.5 G5 eats less than 10 watts on idle. And I

Re: Low Power G5

2012-04-26 Thread John Carmonne
On Apr 26, 2012, at 1:10 PM, Cameron Kaiser wrote: My G5 Dual 2.7 idles at 310 Watts plus the AC required to keep the room inhabitable Are you the one who bought x86 mac and realized it is just another PC, isn't you? My G5 Quad (2xDual core) 2.5 G5 eats less than 10 watts on idle. And I

Re: Low Power G5

2012-04-25 Thread JOHN CARMONNE
On Apr 23, 2012, at 8:50 AM, Douglas Mencken wrote: about trying to shoehorn my future G5 into a Mac Pro case Well, Mac Pros are already in the case of Power Mac G5, slightly modified (2 optical drives). Anyway, if you do want Low Power PowerPC ;), I'd recommend getting Late 2005 Power Mac

Re: Low Power G5

2012-04-23 Thread Douglas Mencken
about trying to shoehorn my future G5 into a Mac Pro case Well, Mac Pros are already in the case of Power Mac G5, slightly modified (2 optical drives). Anyway, if you do want Low Power PowerPC ;), I'd recommend getting Late 2005 Power Mac G5 model and under-clocking it to, say, 1.2GHz (it would

Low Power G5

2012-04-22 Thread Old G4
Hello All: I need your opinions on the following: My G4 MDD is nearing the end of its miserable life (bad power supply, power manager system, starting problems, etc.). I want a G5 PowerMac for internet, video encoding, a little Halo and Star Trek, etc., but I _need_ the least power draw

Re: Low Power G5

2012-04-22 Thread Mac User #330250
-- Original message -- Subject: Low Power G5 Date:Sunday, 22. April 2012 From:Old G4 grizzledgia...@gmail.com To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com My G4 MDD is nearing the end of its miserable life (bad power supply, power manager system, starting problems, etc

Re: Low Power G5

2012-04-22 Thread Stephen E. Bodnar
On 4/21/12 7:27 PM, Old G4 wrote: Hello All: I need your opinions on the following: My G4 MDD is nearing the end of its miserable life (bad power supply, power manager system, starting problems, etc.). I want a G5 PowerMac for internet, video encoding, a little Halo and Star Trek, etc., but I

Re: Low Power G5

2012-04-22 Thread Eric Hall
Hi Grizzled,  I think you could probably get a used Intel Mac mini for less then then $350 fairy easily. They come up on the LEM swap list frequently. You can post there and see what people have. You may be pleasantly surprised.   If I was you, that's how I would go. Very good power to current

Re: Low Power G5

2012-04-22 Thread John Ruschmeyer
On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 11:27 PM, Old G4 grizzledgia...@gmail.com wrote: I plan to use a 9800 XT or Pro (I have 3) and am also interested in what those draw, as I might also use a flashed RIVA TNT. Sorry if this is a silly question, but is the Riva TNT OSX-compatible or are you talking about

Re: Low Power G5

2012-04-22 Thread Wayne Stewart
If you want to save power then a G5 really isn't going to do it, you'd have to go to intel. A Mac Mini or MacBook don't draw a lot of power. You didn't say but I'm guessing you want to be able to use some older apps. You're not likely worried about PPC OSX apps as they'll work up to 10.6. More

Re: Low Power G5

2012-04-22 Thread Roger Faulkner
Are you looking for a tower or iMac? On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 8:27 PM, Old G4 grizzledgia...@gmail.com wrote: Hello All: I need your opinions on the following: My G4 MDD is nearing the end of its miserable life (bad power supply, power manager system, starting problems, etc.). I want a G5