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The Apple Power Macintosh G5/1.6, along with the Power Macintosh G5/1.8 and Power Macintosh G5 2.0 DP, is a member of the first Mac series to use the 64-bit PowerPC 970 (G5) processor, and consequently are arguably the first "desktop" computers to use 64-bit chips. In addition to higher clock speeds, the PowerPC 970 (G5) has a "new execution core that features massively parallel computation for an unprecedented 215 in-flight instructions", and the Power Macintosh G5 uses a new system architecture as well. Together this combination results in major speed gains compared to earlier Apple systems. The Power Macintosh G5/1.6 features a 1.6 GHz PowerPC 970 (G5) processor with an optimized AltiVec "Velocity Engine" vector processing unit, and 512k level 2 on-chip cache, and shipped configured with 256 MB of 333 MHz PC2700 DDR SDRAM, an 80.0 GB (7200 RPM) Serial ATA hard drive, a 4X DVD-R/CD-RW "SuperDrive", and a NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra (AGP 8X Pro) video card with 64 MB of DDR SDRAM. In addition to including FireWire "400" and "800", ADC, DVI, support for AirPort Extreme (802.11g) and Bluetooth 1.1, the Power Macintosh G5 also introduces USB 2.0 (on the Mac) and optical digital audio in/out. On first glance, the case looks similar to the case introduced with the "Blue & White" Power Macintosh G3 series crossed with a postmodern cheese grater, but it is actually a completely different design. The "anodized aluminum alloy" Power Macintosh G5 case is divided into four different thermal zones with nine computer-controlled fans for optimum cooling, and features a removable side panel for easy access to internal components.Read full review
Well, I bought PowerMac because as an upcoming music producer who uses PT HD as software, it is not compactible with PC...besides, many reviews I read about G5 were very positive, so I decided to buy it. So far it's been good, easy to set up and very user friendly. But so far I am unable to connect it to the internet, however, it is doing the work I bought it for. What I don't like about it is the fan, it's too noisy and heating. The monitor is cool, I like it's build-up, color and the apple logo is very cute, the tower also has a nice shape and well designed one of the reasons I like it. As compare to PC they both weigh almost the same. same number of usb ports as my PC. Overall, I like this machine eventhough I am still learning and getting used to it.
The G5 machines are the fastest way to run ancient legacy programs. And using OS X 10.2.7 to 10.4 it's able to run MacOS 9 programs including well behaved 68000 based programs. These machines are prefect for a 100 USD price for legacy access. But don't expect to run anything modern, the G5 may have a fast clock speed, but a $100 tablet/phone running Android will not only run circles around it, but it's much lighter and is current. The G5 is all about the legacy software. Of course, there is always OS X 10.6 on Intel for running PowerPC OS X binaries
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This is a very good upgrade for the Apple tower it replaced. It's solidly built and rugged, having survived a drop off some sort in which the box came apart slightly and one corner of the casing separated a little from the main tower. The "genius bar" at a local Apple store took care of this and checked it over and found no internal damage, fortunately. The technician at the same store also fixed a compatibility problem in which the OS was not recognizing the system software in the hard drive. I bought (from the same store) an iWork '09 program to compensate for what was lost in the system fix. So far the unit is doing all I expect it to do with lots more RAM, ROM, and bus speed, and for a lot less than what a new tower would cost me.
I love everything about thie MAC Tower. I will never buy another PC EVER AGAIN!It even worked with all of my PC parts, printer, mouse, wireless, and keyboard. The only thing that was a bit difficult was figuring out how to open the CD/DVD cause my keyboard is not an Apple keyboard, but I figured out that if you open iTunes and go to tools then hit the eject button, it works just fine. That's the only thing that took some time to figure out. Other than that, it's super fast and super awesome. Thanks so much!!!
