I have found a deal on Craigslist for someone wanting to trade their PowerMac G5 for an iPad. But I'm not sure if its worth it, seeing as the G5 is so uncompatible now adays.
The G5 specs are as follow:
Dual 2Ghz
4 GB RAM
2 - 160GB HDD
Airport Card, Keyboard & Mouse.
Installed with Leopard 10.5
He also had a 23" Samsung Monitor, but IDK if I was getting that if I traded for the iPad.
Now, the issue I'm having with deciding is wether or not its WORTH giving up my iPad. I already have an iPhone and MacBook (White Unibody) but I think it'd be nice to have a powerful Mac Desktop. If I had the money, I would just go off and buy a nice new iMac, but I don't have that money. Trading straight across for my iPad seems like a great deal. Well I think it is.
What I'm really not sure about is how outdated is the G5 REALLY. I owned quite a few old G4s (eMacs, iBook) and they didnt do too well with Flash (but really, what does do well?!?).
If anyone who owns a G5 could tell me how well it does with Flash, mostly YouTube, that would be great.
If I did get the G5, I would certainly max out the HDDs eventually so I could store all my Photography and Videos. And then probably upgrade the RAM some too.
So, can you tell me, is a G5 PowerMac a good trade for a 1st Gen iPad?
--- Sorry if this is a long explanation, I'm not good at typing short and to the point questions ---
The G5 specs are as follow:
Dual 2Ghz
4 GB RAM
2 - 160GB HDD
Airport Card, Keyboard & Mouse.
Installed with Leopard 10.5
He also had a 23" Samsung Monitor, but IDK if I was getting that if I traded for the iPad.
Now, the issue I'm having with deciding is wether or not its WORTH giving up my iPad. I already have an iPhone and MacBook (White Unibody) but I think it'd be nice to have a powerful Mac Desktop. If I had the money, I would just go off and buy a nice new iMac, but I don't have that money. Trading straight across for my iPad seems like a great deal. Well I think it is.
What I'm really not sure about is how outdated is the G5 REALLY. I owned quite a few old G4s (eMacs, iBook) and they didnt do too well with Flash (but really, what does do well?!?).
If anyone who owns a G5 could tell me how well it does with Flash, mostly YouTube, that would be great.
If I did get the G5, I would certainly max out the HDDs eventually so I could store all my Photography and Videos. And then probably upgrade the RAM some too.
So, can you tell me, is a G5 PowerMac a good trade for a 1st Gen iPad?
--- Sorry if this is a long explanation, I'm not good at typing short and to the point questions ---