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Best use for an old G5 tower

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Ant.honey

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Oct 14, 2008
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I have an old G5 dual 1.8 with 8 gigs of Ram (only 6 shows up lately). What do you think, other than using it as a music/media server for the home (I'd have to get an Airport card for it), is the best use for it - or should I just sell it and get whatever I can get? Space is limited as I live in NYC.
 
Like I tell everyone who asks this, the G5 is big, uses a lot of power, and generates a lot of heat. I'd sell it and buy a Mini with the proceeds.
 
If you had a computing need that wasn't being met and you needed another computer to fill you would know that on your own.
 
Ant.honey said:
Thanks guys. I don't need it.
Now to find someone who does need it
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You need 100 posts to place ads in the market place here but you're only 20 away I see in your profile. If you can find 20 different interesting things to say around the forum you can use it. :) More realistically though.. I would use Craigslist.

I guess they want to avoid new members that are only interested in the marketplace so the make the 100 post minimum rule.
 
zen.state said:
You need 100 posts to place ads in the market place here but you're only 20 away I see in your profile. If you can find 20 different interesting things to say around the forum you can use it. :) More realistically though.. I would use Craigslist.

I guess they want to avoid new members that are only interested in the marketplace so the make the 100 post minimum rule.
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You need 250 posts to access the marketplace.

http://guides.macrumors.com/Help:Marketplace_Rules
 
yep, I'm at about 180 posts. I think the whole 250 posts to access the marketplace is a bit extreme, but what do you do? :(
 
I took the side off of a dead G5 and files down all the posts and screw holes. Now it's a floor height laptop desk. Gf's 15 year old was using it and she liked it
 
Ant.honey said:
I have an old G5 dual 1.8 with 8 gigs of Ram (only 6 shows up lately). What do you think, other than using it as a music/media server for the home (I'd have to get an Airport card for it), is the best use for it - or should I just sell it and get whatever I can get? Space is limited as I live in NYC.
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I'd hook it up to your TV and get a wireless game controller and throw in a good graphics card. Emulators ftw. Seriously a g5 dual 1.8ghz and 6gb ram should run even ps2 flawlessly. Also dolphin, the GC/wii emulator runs like a charm on a ppc.

Of course, you'd need an internet connection to download those LEGAL BACKUPS from YOUR MACBOOK PRO. I'd just get a mac usb wifi n card, look on amazon.
 
If it was not for space constraints, i'd say: Sell the innards (logic board(s), CPU, Ram etc.) as spare parts and build a serious hackintosh into that housing...
 
Space and power consumption are a consideration, but if I had a tower I'd throw a bunch of hard drives in and make a software RAID backup solution and NAS device out of it.
 
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