Dual 2.3 PowerMac G5 Buying Advice

[tpmidd]

I'm currently in the market to replace my aging Mac Mini with a Dual 2.3 PowerMac G5 for a great price from someone local. I'm wondering:

a) How well are these machines running?
b) Is spending 700-800 on a PPC machine worth it at this point?
c) Would it be more advisable to bite the bullet and spend $1100 on a new macbook?

Any help would be greatly appreciated, I've got a unique opportunity to get a good deal but I'm not sure how well the PPC's are going to hold up.

 

[GoCubsGo]

Keep in mind that G5 will not run Snow Leopard. However, it will handle Leopard fine.

Is it worth it? You tell me. What do you do with your machines? Is this just so you can have a power mac or do you need it for a reason?

 

[tpmidd]

Well I do the normal web browsing, email, document creation etc. But lately I've been trying to do some more photo editing / manipulation etc. after buying a new camera, and the mini really bogs down switching from picture to picture, etc. and anything with a lot of video it's awful. I tend to multi task alot and keep most programs often, which doesn't help the mini. I want a powermac because I've had a mini, an old ibook, and an eMac and need a more powerful pro level machine.

Was it confirmed that Snow Leopard does not support PPC, I might have missed that.

 

[flyguy206]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-Dual-core...4cea3f9cfc&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14#ht_500wt_1182

 

[GoCubsGo]

Well I do the normal web browsing, email, document creation etc. But lately I've been trying to do some more photo editing / manipulation etc. after buying a new camera, and the mini really bogs down switching from picture to picture, etc. and anything with a lot of video it's awful. I tend to multi task alot and keep most programs often, which doesn't help the mini. I want a powermac because I've had a mini, an old ibook, and an eMac and need a more powerful pro level machine.

Was it confirmed that Snow Leopard does not support PPC, I might have missed that.

Was it confirmed? Seriously? Yes, it was confirmed. Steve Jobs gave a keynote and that was one of the many ways it was confirmed. No offense but any thread on this site about SL will tell you this. I would make stuff up but this isn't something I made up.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-Dual-core...4cea3f9cfc&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14#ht_500wt_1182

How truly unhelpful linking to your auction.

 

[flyguy206]

Was it confirmed? Seriously? Yes, it was confirmed. Steve Jobs gave a keynote and that was one of the many ways it was confirmed. No offense but any thread on this site about SL will tell you this. I would make stuff up but this isn't something I made up.



How truly unhelpful linking to your auction.

It is not my auction