Hi!
My poor dual 2.5 G5 went 'pop' last night as the PSU gave up.
I've done a bit of reading round on this already, and know I could get a replacement (pre-owned) psu for around £90 or so. I haven't investigated yet if a repair might be possible on the existing unit (I know how to solder and how a PSU works).
I don't really feel the need for 10.6 or 10.7 or more recent software; CS3 and 10.5 does everything I need. However, I have a bunch of PC parts that I picked up with a view to Hackintoshing a while ago and never got anywhere with. Parts are all fine for Hackintosh use, but currently running W7. I ended up doing a job in Lightroom with it last week cos the G5 was bigger than I wanted to carry round the country (work had to be on site) and I was gobsmacked at how much quicker the 2.8GHz C2D with 4GB ram and W7 munched through 1500 NEF files applying adjustments, spotting and rendering down to high res JPGs than my G5 would have been.
My question is, therefore, should I even spend any money on fixing the G5 or just put the cash toward an intel iMac? I'd much rather have a MacPro for the options of being in a proper box, but they're a lot more money than I want to spend...
I'm of the opinion that while a hackintosh might be a cool toy, it's not something you would want as a stable work box, or am i being prejudiced here?
If I ditch the G5 that only leaves me my trusty MDD if the hack went wrong, and while I love it, it's a bit slow (and loud!!!) these days...
My poor dual 2.5 G5 went 'pop' last night as the PSU gave up.
I've done a bit of reading round on this already, and know I could get a replacement (pre-owned) psu for around £90 or so. I haven't investigated yet if a repair might be possible on the existing unit (I know how to solder and how a PSU works).
I don't really feel the need for 10.6 or 10.7 or more recent software; CS3 and 10.5 does everything I need. However, I have a bunch of PC parts that I picked up with a view to Hackintoshing a while ago and never got anywhere with. Parts are all fine for Hackintosh use, but currently running W7. I ended up doing a job in Lightroom with it last week cos the G5 was bigger than I wanted to carry round the country (work had to be on site) and I was gobsmacked at how much quicker the 2.8GHz C2D with 4GB ram and W7 munched through 1500 NEF files applying adjustments, spotting and rendering down to high res JPGs than my G5 would have been.
My question is, therefore, should I even spend any money on fixing the G5 or just put the cash toward an intel iMac? I'd much rather have a MacPro for the options of being in a proper box, but they're a lot more money than I want to spend...
I'm of the opinion that while a hackintosh might be a cool toy, it's not something you would want as a stable work box, or am i being prejudiced here?
If I ditch the G5 that only leaves me my trusty MDD if the hack went wrong, and while I love it, it's a bit slow (and loud!!!) these days...