Professionals need superior tools to produce designs, music, high-definition video or the next scientific breakthrough. The Power Mac G5 line extends as far as you require. Two... more
Hard Drive: 1 x 160 GB - standard - Serial ATA-150 - 7200 rpm
Optical storage
Type: CD-RW / DVD-R - IDE
Read Speed: 32x (CD) / 10x (DVD)
Write Speed: 24x (CD) / 8x (DVD)
Rewrite Speed: 10x
Monitor
Monitor Type: None.
Graphics controller
Type: AGP 8x - plug-in card
Graphics Processor / Vendor: ATI Radeon 9600 XT
Video Memory: DDR SDRAM
Installed Size: 128 MB
Digital Video Standard: Digital Visual Interface (DVI)
Max Monitors Supported: 2
Audio output
Type: Sound card - integrated
Input device
Type: Mouse, keyboard
Telecom
Modem: Fax / modem - integrated
Max Transfer Rate: 56 Kbps
Protocols & Specifications: ITU V.90, k56Flex, ITU V.92
Manufacturer's product description
Professionals need superior tools to produce designs, music, high-definition video or the next scientific breakthrough. The Power Mac G5 line extends as far as you require. Two 64-bit G5 processors, room for up to 8GB of main memory, pro performance graphics cards and ultrahigh-bandwidth system architecture will give you more results than systems costing twice as much. The Power Mac G5 comes with a graphics card installed in an AGP 8X Pro slot for a maximum bandwidth of 2.1GB per second. That's a good thing, because the Power Mac G5 uses its graphics card to accelerate the entire system. Powerful graphics give Quartz Extreme the power to display Mac OS X features - such as drop shadows and ripple effects - seamlessly. Your graphics card does the heavy lifting so the G5 processor can crunch numbers at the same time. With 64-bit power and high-bandwidth architecture, the Power Mac G5 alleviates the limitations and bottlenecks of the traditional PC - opening up a wealth of possibilities for 2D and 3D designers, video and audio producers, scientists, researchers and game developers and players. A dual-independent frontside bus architecture, an advanced system controller and high-speed, high-capacity memory combine to make the Power Mac G5 one of the fastest PCs ever built.
Networking
Networking: Network adapter - integrated
Data Link Protocol: Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet
Advantages Fast processing power, efficient, robust build, and elegant design. Disadvantages Most software packages still use 32 bit processing, so 64 bit power not properly utilized.
...An amazing machine no question. For editing, photo manipulation, sound mixing, real time rendering for special effects software, the G5 is the best computer you can buy currently. But you do need to add enough ram, enough hard disk space and a nice area in your abode to fit its size. 2 gigs of ram means the G5 is super fast when using software like Final Cut pro, and the consumer graphics package, Motion responds amazingly with its real time previewing and photoshop seems to have no lags when you try and paint all over the screen!
You will have to purchase a monitor which will set you back 500 pounds and a back up hard drive is always a good idea, but its worth it.
The G5 will not outdate as quickly as the last couple of ranges of imacs as it's upgradable in all ways possible, except of course the way it looks, but in my opinion...
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My favourite computer
Review of ApplePowerMacG5 - PPCG52.5GHz by
macrobiotic
taken from ciao.co.uk
Advantages a thing of beauty, does not crash and easy to protect from viruses Disadvantages not enough gaming software is written for the Mac OS
...I have a Windows PC, but I only use it for gaming. When it comes to using the internet or work, I always use the G5. It is gorgeous to look at and works like a dream. It is fast, realiable and intuitive to use. And because most viruses are written for Windows I feel safe from infection when I'm using the internet (although I do run anti-virus software, just to make sure). Whereas the slightest upset will crash my Windows PC, on the G5, if an application goes wrong, it doesn't affect the whole machine and it's easy to quit the offending app and start it up again without having to restart the computer and sit through endless disk-scans. OS updates are easy to schedule and unobtrusive. The G5 is a tool that lets me get on with my work instead of distracting me with constant errors and issues....
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