“Ask any Mac expert which system they would sell their grandmother for and they will have the answer out before you can say ’64-bit processing’ – and it has been my great pleasure to have that very system for a test drive. Apple’s top-shelf Mac, the Power Mac G5, is some seriously impressive hardware,” Chris Oaten writes for The Advertiser.
Oaten writes, “The review machine’s specs were: dual-2.7GHz G5 processors with a 1.35GHz front-side bus per processor, 2.5GB PC3200 DDR 400 RAM (512MB RAM is standard, expandable to 8GB), 250GB HD, 512K L2 cache per processor, 16x SuperDrive (DVD+R DL -comdual-layer, DVDR/CD-RW), three PCI-X slots, and ATI Radeon 9650 video card with 256MB DDR video memory. Drool.”
“This G5 is the ultimate Mac on offer from Apple now. It is pricey, sure, especially so when you start adding in the BTO options, but its performance is top-notch and Tiger (OS 10.4) is absolutely rock-solid. It is hard to imagine any professional user of graphics and video applications being less than satisfied with the dual-2.7GHz G5,” Oaten writes.
Full article here.
Let’s not forget the dual 1.8 G5’s out there in the market…..
It doesn’t run Windows
You mean “Windows doesn’t run” Sputnik…
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“It doesn’t run Windows”
Thanks Sputnik, for pointing out the number one reason to buy a PowerMac G5, not Windoze! Oh, weren’t we doing a top ten?
WM = can
as in, can the crap.
To even have the thought of putting Windoze on a G5 is like considering taking a real pig to the prom.
And, uh, I had the first post!! Woo-Hoo!!
the real sputnik puts that dumb trademark at the end of his post.
imposter!!!
btw, mighty mouse sucks guys. stick with the kensington mouse. seriously.
Does the “grandma” get pro-rated depending on age?
and….
both of mine are dead, is there still some sort of value (to science)?
My mac runs windows!…not that im proud of that…sigh…
i just purchased the dual 2.7 after waiting for ever for a quad MP, and I’m more than satisified. I own a large format print shop and everything is zillion meg layered PSD or PDF files, and my workflow/productivity has gone through the roof with this machine. I’m very pleased.
Oh, fer cryin’… If you’re gonna “do” Sputnik, at least put the “(c)” symbol at the end. If you don’t, you’re not even trying.
Worst. Sputnik. Ever.
As for this review, it’s not exactly timely is it? Why not review the iPod Shuffle why you’re at it? I hear it’s really small and doesn’t have a screen.
Wow – they finally noticed that Apple released a dual 2.7Ghz G5 in April. These web journalists are really quick.
talking about PPC macs is sooooo passée
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If IBM could make chips in a resonable timeframe, he’d be taking about the hyperfast 3.7Ghz Quad Powermac G5.
That machine is a beast.
Yawn…
Great. It’s fast. Faster than any other Mac. Kind of like reviewing a specific model car against the version with a smaller engine. It’s easy, requires little research, and has little opportunity to offend somebody else.
How does it compare to other computers running the same task? Here’s where you’ll get into murky water.