Apple PowerMac G5 Promo

[xilefian]

I have one of these sitting in my room. Need something to do with it.

[supercooldude2121]

@xilefian Sell it to me

[xilefian]

@supercooldude2121 how much are you willing to pay?

[JackBandicootsBunker]

Seems Apple has commited a mistake while comparing the chips here. The G5 chips were so Server-intended, that they shouldn't have been compared to the Pentium 4s of the day, but rather the XEON chips of those days (Back then Intel was starting to make of Xeon a stand-alone platform, and not Pentium dependant, like the previous Pentium II Xeon and Pentium III Xeon solutions).

[LittleBIGRacer]

@JackBandicootsBunker The G5 was supposed to be an all-around chip, that could be used in both the consumer products (iMac G5) and the high end users (Mac Pro G5) and the Servers (XServe G5). The lower end G5s worked better than the Pentiums, high end G5s better than the IV Xeons.

[JackBandicootsBunker]

@LittleBIGRacer Yep, the G5 was supposed to be on all Apple products, which wasn't achieved because of thermal and performance problems. After all, Apple wanted this chip to reach the 3Ghz mark... Guess they contradicted themselves after they explained the (in)famous "Megahertz Myth".

[almann1117]

LOL- IBM got screwed when apple went to intel.

Looks like that next-gen prototype got killed!

They have several of these at my school, and are using them with mac os X server 10.3.9 in order to host the school's gradebook. They use Xserve for the school's website and web-side grades access. all I can say is that working with these computers and learning how to administer both apple and PC servers has been quite educational for me. And this ad makes me want one ^-^

[JackBandicootsBunker]

@almann1117 It depends on how you see what happened to IBM. IBM didn't suffer the loss of Apple that much: they were already providing chips for the three current gen consoles. Plus, the PowerPC developer branch got separated from IBM, and is now selling the POWER technology, which will power the WiiU.

The one that suffered was Apple, and Motorola too. They transformed their chip branch into Freescale semiconductor. Nowadays that company has no share inside the smartphone market.

[JackBandicootsBunker]

@almann1117 Why Apple suffered the termination of the AIM Alliance? Because that meant turning themselves in to Windows and Intel. Apple didn't get a better profit since the transition to Intel, specially with the Mac Pro, which is this PowerMac's successor. Xeons suck, same should be said with Opteron. The best supercomputers on Earth are powered by RISC chips, not CISC ones. And Server tasks, as far as I know, are better performed on RISC architecture.

[GreenMan893x]

That Ed Catmull guy kind of looks like Leon from Roseanne haha

[GreenFont]

What kind of misinformation were they spreading here.. 64-bit processing is only a benefit for 64-bit apps, and the OS needs to be 64-bit compliant too, Tiger couldn't have been because Leopard wasn't even fully 64-bit. So the 64-bit CPU wouldn't make a difference.

[PublicNoiseAZ]

Does anyone know where i can get that monitor please on this advert. just the monitor

[acyberghost]

@PublicNoiseAZ Its the apple cinema display. the smaller ones are called apple studio displays. these monitors use a connection called adc, which was only used in later powermac g4's and early powermac g5's. The displays arent too incredibly expensive (cant buy them new anymore) but you cant use it on just any computer unless you get a dvi to adc adapter which costs more than a whole new monitor.

[brainslay3r]

@acyberghost Buy the monitor & adapter in a bundle. That's the only way it'll be worth buying the studio display.

[Dalman40]

Got a great PowerMac g5 for $50 at a garage sale. Win.

[ChrisVaughn85]

@Dalman40 Not fair....:(

[Skismom02]

pixar

[kometdehallivand]

It's still incredible that the Power Mac G5 can be seen on eBay for upto a thousand dollars, FIVE entire years after it was discontinued along with its processor family before the switch. Their resale value is still very impressive.

[TheXGgamer]

@kometdehallivand yeah the stupidity of the people that buys them is incredible...

[videoproducer100]

@TheXGgamer - while I'd never buy a 1000 dollar G5 (that is pretty stupid), I'd buy a G5 PowerMac up to $200 (must be a dual G5). I'd love having one of these workhorses, even though PowerPC is history.

[sephiroth671]

what happened to g5 LOL!

[Mister707Gamer]

In 2005, my Quad G5 cost me $7,000. Now, the same configuration can cost $1000 or so on Ebay.

Mine has the Quad 2.5 GHz with 16GB of RAM and 500GB Hard drive.

I still use it today for iMovie and editing. It's a great machine

[vancar6]

i want one.

Allthough i have a macbook pro and love it.

I just love the geekieness of the powermac

[viking396]

The crow Apple had to eat when they went to Intel instead of the G6 must have been hard to swallow. Almost as bad as when they turned to Microsoft to help save them in '97. Finally though, they are worth buying since they now run both OSX/Leopard and Windows.

[diond408]

mm 4TB Today on 3.2GHz

[diond408]

8GB Of 400mhz my macbook has 4GB of 677MHz

[MacBookGuy91]

Mine has 4GB of 1.07GHz

[darkaether121]

@MacBookGuy91 no it doesn't.

[MacBookGuy91]

@darkaether121 What?

[MacBookGuy91]

@darkaether121 1067 MHz = 1.07 Ghz