PowerMac G5 Box Size

[Mr. Anderson]

Ok, this isn't to find out if I have a G5 wrapped somewhere in my house as a Xmas present.

I'm possibly going to go to the Apple store in Chicago and buy a quad - if they have it and if I have room in my car for the box. The thing is I'll be picking up my mother-in-law at midway and my wife and kid will be there too. So I need to know the dimensions of the box to know before hand if I'll be able to fit it in my Honda Element. If it goes in the back I can always pile luggage on top....

So anyone out there with a G5 box sitting around, if you could measure it that would be great :D

Thanks,

D

[Roy Hobbs]

I am at work and don't have the box with me, but the box did fit in the trunk of my Audi A4.

So I really don't think you will have any issue in the Element

[doumbek]

dimensions : 23" x 23 1/2" x 15 3/4"

[Dont Hurt Me]

Just put ones of those folks on the roof or trunk;) Congrats I know you got to be excited. Could be the last of the PPC Powermacs. never know with Apple.

[mduser63]

I brought my G5 home in the '81 Toyota Corolla I had at the time. Not exactly a large car. Of course I didn't have anyone else in the car, and it was sort of a tight squeeze, but you should have no problem with putting one in your Element.

[Mr. Anderson]

Excellent, thanks guys - I'm going to go measure the space I have. The thing is, its winter, its chicago, so I can't even strap it to my roof :p

since the depth of the box is only 15 3/4" I'll be able to stand it up in the back and rearrange things if needed. We're also going to bring the Thule Luggage carrier since we're going to make our quarterly trip to Trader Joes and stock up. Needless to say the car is going to be packed :D

Now, all I have to worry about is convincing my wife that now is the time to buy the thing and if the Apple Store even has one of those in stock. We'll see :D

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[iGary]

Excellent, thanks guys - I'm going to go measure the space I have. The thing is, its winter, its chicago, so I can't even strap it to my roof :p

since the depth of the box is only 15 3/4" I'll be able to stand it up in the back and rearrange things if needed. We're also going to bring the Thule Luggage carrier since we're going to make our quarterly trip to Trader Joes and stock up. Needless to say the car is going to be packed :D

Now, all I have to worry about is convincing my wife that now is the time to buy the thing and if the Apple Store even has one of those in stock. We'll see :D

D

I always thought it was weird when people tell me how lucky I am to have a Trader Joe's just down the street.

[Mr. Anderson]

I always thought it was weird when people tell me how lucky I am to have a Trader Joe's just down the street.

When we were living in Old Town Alexandria (DC) we were those people :D

Trader Joes was on the other side of King St. from us, on our street.

They need to get one in South Bend or Fort Wayne. Driving 2-3 hours one way isn't fun.

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[iEdd]

WHATEVER you do, DO NOT strap it to the roof, strap the clothes or the family to the roof :p

[Mr. Anderson]

WHATEVER you do, DO NOT strap it to the roof, strap the clothes or the family to the roof :p

I'd have my wife drive and I'd ride on the roof before I'd put a new Quad G5 up there :D

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[iGary]

I'd have my wife drive and I'd ride on the roof before I'd put a new Quad G5 up there :D

D

Pick me one up if you find you have extra room. :D

Either that, or just leave your wife at home. Tell her I said it was OK.

[crazysaxchris]

why does everyone I know have to stock up at "trader Joes" ??? I've been there but I don't see what everyone raves about.

Hope the powermac will fit, that will just be a shame if it didn't!

[Mr. Anderson]

I'm not going to get one on Sunday - I'm going to get a BTO and wait until after MWSF - just in case there are some changes (doubtful - but I'd be quite annoyed if there was).

D

[Grimace]

The dimensions given above could be larger than the new boxes. The 1.8Ghz were packaged in the boxes that weren't as slim as the new. If that (larger) size fits, you're all set!

[Clix Pix]

When we were living in Old Town Alexandria (DC) we were those people :D

Trader Joes was on the other side of King St. from us, on our street.

They need to get one in South Bend or Fort Wayne. Driving 2-3 hours one way isn't fun.

D

A friend of mine moved to Florida back in February. When she came back to this area to visit she flew in, but decided to drive home, so rented a van for the long trip back to Florida. Why? Well, one reason was so that she could load up with stuff from Trader Joe's. She misses it desperately!

OTB

[NYmacAttack]

A friend of mine moved to Florida back in February. When she came back to this area to visit she flew in, but decided to drive home, so rented a van for the long trip back to Florida. Why? Well, one reason was so that she could load up with stuff from Trader Joe's. She misses it desperately!

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Whats Trader Joe's? Never heard of it before.

[Mr. Anderson]

Whats Trader Joe's? Never heard of it before.
http://www.traderjoes.com/

really good, cheap groceries.

They have a wide range of things, wine (in some stores), nuts, dairy, cheese, sauces (Thai, Indian, Italian, etc.), breads, frozen items.

Basically they're better than most other stores in many ways and they do carry a few things you might find elsewhere, but their own label usually is best.

D

[tpjunkie]

How much stuff have you got in that element? With the seats in the way back down, we can throw two kegs in the back of my buddy's element and have room to spare (and 5 if we put down the middle row of seats)...anyway enjoy the quad, we just got some at work and they're beasts

[adk]

You're gonna have to put that quad in the front seat. with a massaging seat cover. And just think, if your wife divorces you for it and takes half of what you own, you still have 2 processors! :D :D :D

[generik]

You're gonna have to put that quad in the front seat. with a massaging seat cover. And just think, if your wife divorces you for it and takes half of what you own, you still have 2 processors! :D :D :D

The trouble is she might be real mean about it and slice each processor into half... :rolleyes:

[dornoforpyros]

BIG...the box is very, very BIG.

[generik]

Erm, just curious.. is the quad in a physically bigger casing compared to the dual cores or something?

[~Shard~]

Erm, just curious.. is the quad in a physically bigger casing compared to the dual cores or something?

Not to my knowledge, but someone please correct me if I am wrong....

[Mr. Anderson]

Not to my knowledge, but someone please correct me if I am wrong....


No, its the same form factor - its just what's inside the box that counts :D

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[~Shard~]

No, its the same form factor - its just what's inside the box that counts :D

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Does it ever! Yeah, there's a slight performance difference between the dual core 2.0 GHz and the quad... not quite the same... :eek: ;)

[macg4]

have fun with the new g5 man, im still enjoying my single 1.8gh g5 :)

[~Shard~]

have fun with the new g5 man, im still enjoying my single 1.8gh g5 :)

Yeah, nothing wrong with that machine. One of my friends is actually looking at picking up a dual 1.8 or dual 2.0 G5 (the originals) for himself, as they would definitely meet his needs and are still sweet machines, all things considered - especially the price you could pick one up for nowadays. I doubt you'll need to upgrade for a little while yet. :)

[Mr. Anderson]

So after having decided to wait for MWSF to make the buy, I didn't go to the store today and get the machine.

And it was a good thing - after packing the luggage and a trip to Trader Joe's with 4 wine boxes (only 2 full of wine - other slots had sauces and olive oils, etc.) and 7 bags of other goodies, there was absolutely no room in the car for the a G5 Box :D

I'm going to get the BTO G5 anyway - the whole 7800 GT issue is the key - if Apple had offered an upgrade kit I'd have less of a problem getting a store model, but I'm not going to wait on that to happen.

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[~Shard~]

So after having decided to wait for MWSF to make the buy, I didn't go to the store today and get the machine.

And it was a good thing - after packing the luggage and a trip to Trader Joe's with 4 wine boxes (only 2 full of wine - other slots had sauces and olive oils, etc.) and 7 bags of other goodies, there was absolutely no room in the car for the a G5 Box :D

Sounds like you ultimately made the right choice then. :) Yeah, it's probably always a good idea to wait until a big event like MWSF is over before making a purchase. Even in your case, where you know there will no updates to the PowerMac specifically, if nothing else you may get iLife 06 included for free by holding off on your purchase. :cool:

I'm going to get the BTO G5 anyway - the whole 7800 GT issue is the key - if Apple had offered an upgrade kit I'd have less of a problem getting a store model, but I'm not going to wait on that to happen.

It will be interesting to see how Apple handles issues like this when the Intel transition takes place...