[G5] Buy a G5 Powermac

[Kunga]

FYI. I just resurrected an old 1999 B&W PowerMac G3 running @ 500 MHz  
next to my new dual 2.5 (liquid cooled) PowerMac G5 I got last week  
at Fry's new for $1999. When I put the G3 to "sleep" nothing shuts  
the fan down. It keeps whirring away at a fixed speed that is very  
white noisy - not obnoxious, but nonetheless seriously loud white.  
Next to it is the G5 making almost no noise when active other than an  
occasional fan acceleration sound and always running fans at variable  
speeds and when you put it to sleep it goes totally silent with no  
fans running at all. In my opinion, overall, the liquid cooled G5  
runs way more silent than the old B&W G3. I think Apple is continuing  
to improve how quiet their computers run.

k

On Jun 10, 2005, at 5:59 AM, Freeman, Colt wrote:

> Buy that G5 Powermac, I've got a brand new dual 2.3 so I'm running  
> with twice the heat you would and I've had no problems at all. Of  
> course it raises the room temperature a little but why pay what we  
> pay if there is not a good cooling system along with it? The design  
> of the fan's and the flow of air through the entire case out the  
> back works very well.
> -Colt