[G5] G5 Tower

[Zane H. Healy]

I've got a dual 2Ghz as well, I've had it for over 18 months now, and 
it replaced a G4/450 AGP.  Other than the fact that I suspect the 
bearings on the fan on the Video card (at least I think it has a fan 
on it) are going, I've been quite happy with the system.  I'm also 
sitting at 1.5GB, and I've replaced the 160GB drive with a 300GB 
drive and a 250GB internally.

My next upgrade will probably be 2GB more RAM, as at 1.5GB, the 
system is always starved for RAM, though part of that is how I use 
the system.  I'm expecting the system to speed up quite a bit with 
3.5GB RAM, as most of the slowness I see is related to swapping.

			Zane



At 6:58 PM -0400 5/30/05, Robert Hazelrigg wrote:
>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
>>
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