PowerMac G5

Ham88 · 04-10-2010, 11:46 PM

Well, I'm currently thinking bout getting another desktop. Up until this point I've been using windows, though I do own a mac se

, I was just going to buy another windows machine, but then I saw this PowerMac G5 for $370, and I was wondering is a PowerMac G5 still workable in the mac world?

pholy · 04-11-2010, 07:05 PM

It's probably OK as long as you don't want to be right up to date. I don't think the next OSX upgrade will work on a G5, the current one won't on my G4-467MHz. But I'm still pretty happy, doing everything I want to do. Even an old OSX is more stable than a brand new Vista box. (I have no experience with W7.) It'll probably need more than the 1 Gb memory it's got on it; just don't buy Apple memory.

OTOH, you can find some nice new boxes at Tiger Direct for $400.

Fat Abe · 04-11-2010, 09:39 PM

It's an orphan computer. Nice if you get it with some dated but functional apps like Photoshop CS4 already installed, but iTunes for the iPad requires an upgrade to OS X 10.5.8 or higher. Ask the seller which OS version is installed (10.4, if it's a late version nib). You have to pay for Leopard (10.5). There is no official G5 support for 10.6. Apple wants you to know what side their bread is buttered on- new hardware.

04-10-2010, 11:46 PM	#1
Ham88 Zealot Posts: 134 Karma: 994 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Maine, United States Device: Ectaco Jetbook	PowerMac G5 Well, I'm currently thinking bout getting another desktop. Up until this point I've been using windows, though I do own a mac se , I was just going to buy another windows machine, but then I saw this PowerMac G5 for $370, and I was wondering is a PowerMac G5 still workable in the mac world?

04-11-2010, 07:05 PM	#2
pholy Booklegger Posts: 1,801 Karma: 7999816 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Device: BeBook(1 & 2010), PEZ, PRS-505, Kobo BT, PRS-T1, Playbook, Kobo Touch	It's probably OK as long as you don't want to be right up to date. I don't think the next OSX upgrade will work on a G5, the current one won't on my G4-467MHz. But I'm still pretty happy, doing everything I want to do. Even an old OSX is more stable than a brand new Vista box. (I have no experience with W7.) It'll probably need more than the 1 Gb memory it's got on it; just don't buy Apple memory. OTOH, you can find some nice new boxes at Tiger Direct for $400.

04-11-2010, 09:39 PM	#3
Fat Abe Man Who Stares at Books Posts: 1,826 Karma: 10606722 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: 50th State, USA. Also, PA, NY, CA, and elsewhere. Device: All of the Above	It's an orphan computer. Nice if you get it with some dated but functional apps like Photoshop CS4 already installed, but iTunes for the iPad requires an upgrade to OS X 10.5.8 or higher. Ask the seller which OS version is installed (10.4, if it's a late version nib). You have to pay for Leopard (10.5). There is no official G5 support for 10.6. Apple wants you to know what side their bread is buttered on- new hardware.

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