New Model: Powermac G5 1.8ghz SINGLE processor?!

[Myles]

Why go back to single processor?

[NoisyCricket]

I dunno.. but i'm half-thinking of getting one over an iMac..

Single Processor PowerMac G5

• 1.8GHz PowerPC G5
• 600MHz frontside bus
• 2GB DDR400 SDRAM (PC3200) - 4x512
• 160GB Serial ATA - 7200rpm
• ATI Radeon 9600 XT w/128MB DDR SDRAM
• 56k V.92 modem.
• 8x Super Drive (DVD-R/CD-RW)
• Apple Keyboard & Apple Mouse - U.S. English
• Mac OS X - U.S. English

Subtotal $2,174.00

magkano kaya to dito sa Pinas..?

[quicksilver]

Originally posted by NoisyCricket
I dunno.. but i'm half-thinking of getting one over an iMac..

Single Processor PowerMac G5

• 1.8GHz PowerPC G5
• 600MHz frontside bus
• 2GB DDR400 SDRAM (PC3200) - 4x512
• 160GB Serial ATA - 7200rpm
• ATI Radeon 9600 XT w/128MB DDR SDRAM
• 56k V.92 modem.
• 8x Super Drive (DVD-R/CD-RW)
• Apple Keyboard & Apple Mouse - U.S. English
• Mac OS X - U.S. English

Subtotal $2,174.00

magkano kaya to dito sa Pinas..?

don't forget to add the cost of the display to your total cost.

[NoisyCricket]

hehehe oo nga eh. bad trip. monitor even more expensive than cpu.. unless you use the monitor that comes with your current PC hehehe

[Henjie]

NoisyCricket: if you can find a brand-new (or even 2nd hand) 1st gen. single-proc 1.8GHz Power Mac G5, that's a better machine than the current single-proc 1.8GHz Power Mac G5.

1st gen.
FSB: 900MHz
Stock RAM: 512MB (2 x 256MB)
RAM slots: 8 (8GB max RAM)
HDD: 160GB SATA
Optical drive: 4x SuperDrive
Video card: 64MB nVidia GeForce FX 5200 Ultra
PCI slots: PCI-X (2 x 100MHz; 1 x 133MHz)
Ports: 1 x FW800; 2 x FW400; 3 x USB 2.0

Current
FSB: 600MHz (same as that of the 1.8GHz iMac G5)
Stock RAM: 256MB (2 x 128MB! WTF? Uberweak)
RAM slots: 4 (4GB max RAM)
HDD: 80GB SATA
Optical drive: 8x SuperDrive
Video card: 64MB nVidia GeForce FX 5200 Ultra
PCI slots: vanilla PCI (3 x 33MHz)
Ports: 1 x FW800; 2 x FW400; 3 x USB 2.0

And whatever you do, don't buy RAM from the Apple Store. ;-)


~Henjie

[potemkin]

hmmm...whats the advantage of getting this powermac over an imac g5?

[Eric]

If I were in the market for a new Mac, I'd seriously consider this over the iMac G5. What's the advantage over the iMac? Expandability.

[Henjie]

Originally posted by potemkin
hmmm...whats the advantage of getting this powermac over an imac g5?

What Eric said, expandability.

Current 1.8GHz Power Mac G5
- 4GB max RAM, dual-channel memory interface
- upgradeable video card
- PCI slots
- space for 2 internal hard drives
- Firewire 800
- Gigabit ethernet
- ability to use your preferred CRT or LCD monitor/s

1.8GHz iMac G5
- 2GB max RAM, single-channel
- video card soldered on the mobo
- no PCI slots
- space for only 1 internal hard drive
- No FW800
- 10/100 ethernet
- built-in LCD display


~Henjie

[NoisyCricket]

thanks for all your input, Henj (again), man. Weird..

I was at Senco this afternoon. Just realized that all this time, they were just across the street pala :lol:

They have the lowest prices so far (believe it or not), and if you upgrade parts like your mem and your hd.. they can absorb the original ones... COOL!

The Product Consultant there said every 6 months... that's about the time it takes Apple to make their current models faster, better, cheaper.

I don't know if I can wait another 6 months hahahaha :lol: :evil: