[G4] Which Computer is Best?

Rich Northouse rnorthouse at wi.rr.com
Mon Jun 6 20:03:46 PDT 2011


I have both a G4 - 1.0 dual and a G5 - 2.0 dual. My experience is the  
G5 is faster for just all around work. It boots up much faster and it  
also transfers data to/from the hard drive faster.

I also prefer the fan structure of the G5. It has multiple fans and  
the OS turns them on and off depending on the work load being sent to  
the processor(s) -- i.e. more work -- more heat -- hence more fans.  
But usually, when not loading it down, it can get by with one fan a  
very slow speed, hence extremely quite. My vote goes to the G5.

Rich

On Jun 6, 2011, at 8:18 PM, OBrien wrote:

> On Mon, 6 Jun 2011 20:50:04 -0400, Richard Gray wrote:
>> ....there are a lot of fans in a G5 mac. I find the fans noisy.....
>
> My main Mac is a G5 (still have a couple of G4 Quicksilvers). I  
> bought it used (like new)...when I fired it up I was surprised how  
> quiet it ran. I think it runs more quietly than the Quicksilvers.
>
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> O'Brien
>
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