I have a G5 2Ghz DP and love it. I added a Gig of RAM and it's very fast compaired to my old G4/400. On May 30, 2005, at 5:25 AM, Geoffrey Loeffler wrote: > I am considering buying a G 5 tower, either a reman 2.5 which the > price drop is phenomenal, I have seen some as much as 35% off, of > course these probably have a year on them already, plus last for > about 4 hours on the apple site, but Apple still backs them for 3 > with A.C. > > A new 2.7 when I add all the extras, except RAM which I will not > buy from Apple, the price hits 10Gs by the time I am done . > > So, are you happy with the G5 towers or do you feel like it needs > one more generation or so to mature, what are the bad points you > have experienced, the good and surprising ones. > > If you bought in the last 12 to 18 months do you feel like you > should have waited as you have something that already is starting > to lag a bit or just keeping even with the video and photoshop work > which is what I will be doing . > > I know there is always something better and faster coming down the > pipe, but for 10k I would like to get a good 4 years out of it. > How does it look for upgrading, are the processors built and > located so they can be easily be pumped by a 3rd party when the > time comes. Or is it a tough or nearly impossible build > > I prefer a laptop but a G4 P.B. 1.6 is just not worth almost 5 K > when you add the upgrades that you would want apple to cover and I > need to get the job done I am stating. > > I have also read, coming soon to the new Macs will not have any > customer installable parts, so that will be a thing of the past. > > It's not so much the money, I just want to get a machine that is > going to be upgradable, not have major problems and not loud. > > I have basically been a lap top guy but those are mired in the mud > for now, so time to look elsewhere > > I have a Pismo and 2 iBooks 1.2 all 3 have a gig of ram in them > Oh yes my trusty 6100 NEWER G3 300, 256 megs of ram, that has run > from 1996 and still runs today, almost 24/7. I did have to replace > the pram battery twice. This is the dependability and upgradable > machine I need, even though it was PDS, considered crippled for > upgrades, 9.1 runs fine. > > How has Apple been with any repairs or problems that will not go > away, if any > > Thanks in Advance for any reviews. > Geoff > > > > > _______________________________________________ > G5 mailing list > G5 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g5 > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 >