Only Single 1.6 GHz G5 Refurbished @ $1299 Is Back
Only Single 1.6 GHz G5 Refurbished @ $1299 Is Back.
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Thanks for the cheering on! I'm a little intimidated by my new machine but I love it. What a beautiful object this is. Really solid, formidable AND HEAVY TOO!
Unforunately, I have it back in its box in my car (boy my back hurts) and I have to take it back. When I scroll through a list of text the lines sorta wave or ripple horizontally, most notably on the bottom half of the screen. I reconnect my old G4 to my 20" Cinema Display and the text is perfectly solid when I scroll, so the issue relates to the G5. Apple Care had me move them further apart (no help), reset the Power Manager (no help) and then suggested I bring it in. What a bummer. Too bad it isn't a nice little powerbook cause schlepping this thing around is tough!
So far the machine seems faster dealing with images in the finder, opening new windows etc. The damn thing wouldn't let me load FCP 3.0 full version so I haven't had a chance to try that out yet. Apparently loading 3.0 on a G5 is an issue. (Anyone have a solution?) As far as noise goes it's not dead quiet but it's pretty quiet. It sounds like a machine with fans in it, but it doesn't sound like a machine with LOUD fans in it. I don't think noise is going to be a problem.
Be well, all.
Raoul
Multimedia said:Upgrading an old G4 is a really bad idea. When Tiger comes out this fall it is going to have even more G5 optimizations in it. FCP, Motion, DVDSP, Adobe CS Suite are all G5 optimized already. Don't try to "fix" your G4. That would be throwing good money after bad. The fix is in for G5's already. And the prices have never been lower than they are right now for an original field tested and proven Dual 2, 130 nm G5. And I'm a guy who was waiting for the 90 nm models to come out with every intention of buying a new one.
CCROO Get The G5 For Sure. If You Don't, You Will Regret Not Doing So Forever. This is a no brainer. I just bought a Refurbished "Old" Dual 2 for $1999 from Apple Friday morning. The fact that you can get one for $100 less is fantastic. UCLA is selling them to students and employees for $1799. This is an outstanding opportunity for all of us in the video editing space to "Go Pro". The dual 2.5 is another Rev.A. Apple didn't fix the FW800 throughput mistake in the "new" more expensive series. The new liquid cooling system needs to be field tested by others. So grab that 130 nm puppy and be grateful you had us to cheer you in the right direction and amazed at its performance capabilities.
One more thing. GarageBand BLOWS on all G4 Macs. You can not have enough power to run GarageBand properly. That is reason #1 to get the most G5 you can afford.
Thanks for the cheering on! I'm a little intimidated by my new machine but I love it. What a beautiful object this is. Really solid, formidable AND HEAVY TOO!
Unforunately, I have it back in its box in my car (boy my back hurts) and I have to take it back. When I scroll through a list of text the lines sorta wave or ripple horizontally, most notably on the bottom half of the screen. I reconnect my old G4 to my 20" Cinema Display and the text is perfectly solid when I scroll, so the issue relates to the G5. Apple Care had me move them further apart (no help), reset the Power Manager (no help) and then suggested I bring it in. What a bummer. Too bad it isn't a nice little powerbook cause schlepping this thing around is tough!
So far the machine seems faster dealing with images in the finder, opening new windows etc. The damn thing wouldn't let me load FCP 3.0 full version so I haven't had a chance to try that out yet. Apparently loading 3.0 on a G5 is an issue. (Anyone have a solution?) As far as noise goes it's not dead quiet but it's pretty quiet. It sounds like a machine with fans in it, but it doesn't sound like a machine with LOUD fans in it. I don't think noise is going to be a problem.
Be well, all.
Raoul
ccroo said:
Anyone else know about this issue? I can't afford FCP4 just yet (I'm running 3), and I want to be able to run FCP3 on my new G5 (when it comes in...) until I can afford 4! Has anyone other than ccroo had this issue?
hotwire132002 said:
A great guy over at 2-pop.com sent me this link:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61477
I'd reading it now...
Raoul
ccroo said:
You want MacSolutions memory. It's cheap and has a lifetime warranty with a high quality guarantee.
I Bought Generic 512 sticks @ $77 each x 4 = $308 Plus $1 Insured USPS Shipping
I Bought Generic 512 sticks @ $77 each x 4 = $308 Plus $1 Insured USPS Shipping. If you go through RAMseeker.com, you may find the lower price. It's the 512 DDR3200 NON-Kit price that yields $77 each. It's tricky to find and get to, but it's there. I am told by their sales person and by their technical support that they are "DEFINITELY" CL 2.5.ccroo said:
Did You Turn On Smooth Scrolling In The Appearances System Preferences?
Buy the FCP 4.5 Upgrade. FCP 3 Is Missing Many 4/4.5 Applications.
Did You Turn On Smooth Scrolling In The Appearances System Preferences?ccroo said:
Buy the FCP 4.5 Upgrade. FCP 3 Is Missing Many 4/4.5 Applications.
Smooth Scrolling Is An Option You Need To Turn On In Appearances Preferences
"Use Smooth Scrolling" Is An Option You Need To Turn On In Appearance Preference Pane to achieve Smooth Scrolling. It is not on by default on a new system. It's probably on on your G4. Without it on, scrolling is very jerky and not smooth.ccroo said:
ccroo said:
Answer this guys' question!
I wouldn't mind an answer either
Actually I believe you would choose the generic one.... Anyone?
I Have Posted 5 Times GENERIC
MA4064U/51 512mb APPLE POWERMAC G5 DDR 2/Q2V
PC3200 1.8GHZ AND DUAL 2.0 GHZ
512mb APPLE POWERMAC G5 DDR 400 PC3200
I Have Posted 5 Times GENERIC @ $77 per 512 module.PowerMacMan said:Answer this guys' question!
I wouldn't mind an answer either
Actually I believe you would choose the generic one.... Anyone?
MA4064U/51 512mb APPLE POWERMAC G5 DDR 2/Q2V
PC3200 1.8GHZ AND DUAL 2.0 GHZ
512mb APPLE POWERMAC G5 DDR 400 PC3200
OS X System Preference Pane "Apperance" Upper Left Corner System Preferences
OS X System Preference Pane "Apperance" Upper Left Corner System Preferences.ccroo said:
Then Finish On Old Mac And Start Next Project On G5
Then Finish On Old Mac And Start Next Project On G5.ccroo said:
hotwire132002 said:
There's also this from the Apple FCP Board:
The system ID lives in "YourHardDisk/Library/Application Support/ProApps/Final Cut Pro System ID on the previous machine copy it to the same location on the new machine.
"I am assuming that FCP 3/4 does not use the ethernet address of the prior machine to calculate the System ID, In which case you will need to do a complete clean install of FCP on your new dualie."
18004memory.com Is The Vendor
Click here for the link to ramseeker.com. then click on the 18004memory.com 512 $77 link for the cheap 2.5 latency quality Generic RAM.
Then choose the single 512 modules for $77 instead of the 2 x 256 kits for the lowest price. You have to navigate back to the Apple G5 memory page to find the 512 sticks for $77. By going from RAMseeker.com to 18004memory.com the price of all the ram is lowest.
I am starting to wonder in any of you read any of the previous posts.ccroo said:
Click here for the link to ramseeker.com. then click on the 18004memory.com 512 $77 link for the cheap 2.5 latency quality Generic RAM.
Then choose the single 512 modules for $77 instead of the 2 x 256 kits for the lowest price. You have to navigate back to the Apple G5 memory page to find the 512 sticks for $77. By going from RAMseeker.com to 18004memory.com the price of all the ram is lowest.
My Refurb D2 Came With The Airport Antennae & iLife '04 But Only 10.2.7 DVD Restore
My Refurb D2 Came With The Airport Antennae & iLife '04 But Only 10.2.7 DVD Restore. Calling to get a 10.3.3 restore DVD.
I have Panther. But I need a Panther Restore and G5 Hardware Test DVD.
Called and got the Fulfillment Department number 800.335.9258
If that fails then Sales Support Office 800.676.2775 Will Send 10.3.3 or 4 DVD Restore Disk Out.
That fellow who paid $1 to have the airport antennae sent out paid $1 too much. Any missing parts are supposed to be FREE.
Upon Boot Up Comes the PANTHER Welcome. Somebody forgot to throw in the Panther restore DVD. Bums me out cause I want to partition right away.
Then I get unbummed real fast by discovering the following:
BONUS! I got a 250 GB Maxtor HD by mistake! Net 233 GB. Whoopie!
It Purrs.
BONUS! I got 1GB (2 x 512MB) of RAM by mistake!
BONUS! I got a 8x DVD-R 24x10x32x CD-R Pioneer DVR-107 SuperDrive by mistake!
BUT System Profiler says "Disc Burning: Not Supported"
Wow! This is my Lucky Day.
Then after backing up extra applications, I partitioned and got 10.3.4 working great.
My Refurb D2 Came With The Airport Antennae & iLife '04 But Only 10.2.7 DVD Restore. Calling to get a 10.3.3 restore DVD.
I have Panther. But I need a Panther Restore and G5 Hardware Test DVD.
Called and got the Fulfillment Department number 800.335.9258
If that fails then Sales Support Office 800.676.2775 Will Send 10.3.3 or 4 DVD Restore Disk Out.
That fellow who paid $1 to have the airport antennae sent out paid $1 too much. Any missing parts are supposed to be FREE.
Upon Boot Up Comes the PANTHER Welcome. Somebody forgot to throw in the Panther restore DVD. Bums me out cause I want to partition right away.
Then I get unbummed real fast by discovering the following:
BONUS! I got a 250 GB Maxtor HD by mistake!
Net 233 GB. Whoopie! It Purrs.
BONUS! I got 1GB (2 x 512MB) of RAM by mistake!
BONUS! I got a 8x DVD-R 24x10x32x CD-R Pioneer DVR-107 SuperDrive by mistake!
BUT System Profiler says "Disc Burning: Not Supported"
Wow! This is my Lucky Day.
Then after backing up extra applications, I partitioned and got 10.3.4 working great.
Multimedia said:My Refurb D2 Came With The Airport Antennae & iLife '04 But Only 10.2.7 DVD Restore. Calling to get a 10.3.3 restore DVD.
I have Panther. But it's the principle of the thing.
Called and got the Fulfillment Department number 800.335.9258
If that fails then Sales Support Office 800.676.2775 Will Send 10.3.3 DVD Restore Disk Out.
That fellow who paid $1 to have the airport antennae sent out paid $1 too much. Any missing parts are supposed to be FREE.
Upon Boot Up Comes the PANTHER Welcome. Somebody forgot to throw in the Panther restore DVD. Bums me out cause I want to partition right away.
BONUS! I got a 250 GB Maxtor HD by mistake!
It Purrs.
BONUS! I got 1GB (2 x 512MB) of RAM by mistake!
BONUS! I got a 8x DVD-R 24x10x32x CD-R Pioneer DVR-107 SuperDrive by mistake!
BUT System Profiler says "Disc Burning: Not Supported"
Wow! This is my Lucky Day.
You did great but it sounds a bit like pushing it. Why complain about a CD you didn't get (which you already own) when you got such great free upgrades? Just kinda weird.
If you have 10.3.2 it will not show the DVR-107 as supported. It was 10.3.3, I think that introduced that driver. Just run SW update and you'll be straight.
Bump/Wave/Ripple in Display with G5 2.0
Dear Folks:
So I return my G5 2.0 (old version) and they verify this weird Bump/Wave/Ripple in the lower third of my 20" Cinema Display and give me a new one. I take it home and lo and behold it has the exact same problem.
I enabled "smooth scrolling" and it was no help. (Thanks for the suggestion.)
I wish I could describe this distortion... It's a clean distortion, no static or white noise. You scroll along a long list of text and it hits a bump, a jump on the horizontal plane, like a few lines of pixels suddenly move right and then back. Not acceptable in a mutimedia machine.
I showed the folks at the store how a good G5 scrolls text using the list of postings in the Apple discussions site as an example. Then we hooked up mine and the problem was obvious.
Thing is, they have about seven of these old 2.0's left. I've had two with this problem... Maybe it's the whole batch? What do I do? I want the old 2.0 with the better video card for the $1899 steal I got. I'm calling Apple Care in the morning and bringing the 65 lb sucker back.
Wish me luck! I wanna nice happy G5!
Raoul
Dear Folks:
So I return my G5 2.0 (old version) and they verify this weird Bump/Wave/Ripple in the lower third of my 20" Cinema Display and give me a new one. I take it home and lo and behold it has the exact same problem.
I enabled "smooth scrolling" and it was no help. (Thanks for the suggestion.)
I wish I could describe this distortion... It's a clean distortion, no static or white noise. You scroll along a long list of text and it hits a bump, a jump on the horizontal plane, like a few lines of pixels suddenly move right and then back. Not acceptable in a mutimedia machine.
I showed the folks at the store how a good G5 scrolls text using the list of postings in the Apple discussions site as an example. Then we hooked up mine and the problem was obvious.
Thing is, they have about seven of these old 2.0's left. I've had two with this problem... Maybe it's the whole batch? What do I do? I want the old 2.0 with the better video card for the $1899 steal I got. I'm calling Apple Care in the morning and bringing the 65 lb sucker back.
Wish me luck! I wanna nice happy G5!
Raoul
Complaint Was Written Before I Discovered Bonuses
10.3.4 fixed the DVR-107 Support. Thanks.
I was writing the post as the missing 10.3.3 DVD was all I knew about to begin with. I didn't know about all the Bonuses until I wrote the bottom part. Man that reinstall of 10.3.3 from a 1.5 GHz 17" PowerBook Restore DVD took no more than 10 minutes. Amazing! Anyone who thinks that a G5 is more power than they need should see how much faster web graphics show up. I am in G5 nirvana.neonart said:
10.3.4 fixed the DVR-107 Support. Thanks.
Anyone Have An Opinion On 2GB vs. 3 GB RAM?
Anyone Have An Opinion On 2GB vs. 3 GB RAM? I may have over ordered my RAM since my G5 surprisingly came with 1 GB.
Anyone Have An Opinion On 2GB vs. 3 GB RAM? I may have over ordered my RAM since my G5 surprisingly came with 1 GB.
Multimedia said:Anyone Have An Opinion On 2GB vs. 3 GB RAM? I may have over ordered my RAM since my G5 surprisingly came with 1 GB.
Depends on what you're doing.
That said, unless you're editing huge files or tons of videos, the extra RAM will probably be overkill.