How good is a Dual 1.8 G5 3.5gb ram ++

[Appleboy1717]

I think every MacMini from 2006 and newer is faster or much faster. And while being much faster its also MUCH more power efficient and less noisy. The latest MacMini can be equipped with 8 GB of Ram, so RAM shouldn't be a Problem and when Apps with OpenCL support finally come out, speed and efficiency will increase even further.

Yes, but there is still no graphics card in the mac mini which makes a little limited, but I will admit that the intel has made a mark..I have a MBP so I am not against intel or anything, but I do like my G5

 

[goMac]

Yes, but there is still no graphics card in the mac mini which makes a little limited, but I will admit that the intel has made a mark..I have a MBP so I am not against intel or anything, but I do like my G5

Yes there is. It has a 9400m.

 

[Appleboy1717]

Yes there is. It has a 9400m.

Yes, but thats integrated. not stand alone

 

[OrangeSVTguy]

Well I just switched over to Intel yesterday trading my 2.3 DC G5 with 4.5gb for a new 2.26 Mini with 2gb and the performance is very noticeable and I'm still running off my USB 2.0 drive until I get a faster 500gb for the Mini.

The Mini is near silent and the only thing I hear is my USB drive. With 2gb of memory, the 9400m has 256mb of memory and even though it's integrated, it's still more powerful than the 6600with 256mb that was in the G5. I still miss my G5 but I just wanted something smaller and quieter since I have this in my room.

 

[Appleboy1717]

Well I just switched over to Intel yesterday trading my 2.3 DC G5 with 4.5gb for a new 2.26 Mini with 2gb and the performance is very noticeable and I'm still running off my USB 2.0 drive until I get a faster 500gb for the Mini.

The Mini is near silent and the only thing I hear is my USB drive. With 2gb of memory, the 9400m has 256mb of memory and even though it's integrated, it's still more powerful than the 6600with 256mb that was in the G5. I still miss my G5 but I just wanted something smaller and quieter since I have this in my room.

Yes, my 2.66 macbook pro with 4gb ram is pretty snappy, I will admit. The G5 is not that bad though, and for its age, I think it holds it own pretty well.
I have heard a lot about the mac minis and people liking them. Sorta like a laptop without a screen, and nice a small. How do they hold up on the heat issue?

 

[Max(IT)]

Yes, but there is still no graphics card in the mac mini which makes a little limited, but I will admit that the intel has made a mark..I have a MBP so I am not against intel or anything, but I do like my G5

Sure, but the 9400M is way faster than a 5200 and even faster than a 9800Pro

 

[Max(IT)]

Yes, my 2.66 macbook pro with 4gb ram is pretty snappy, I will admit. The G5 is not that bad though, and for its age, I think it holds it own pretty well.
I have heard a lot about the mac minis and people liking them. Sorta like a laptop without a screen, and nice a small. How do they hold up on the heat issue?

What heat issue are you speaking of ?

 

[Appleboy1717]

What heat issue are you speaking of ?

Well, it isn't really an issue, I just noticed that a lot of apple laptops and iMacs logic boards seems to go and they always run pretty warm wheras desktops have a pretty nice airflow and always seem to last longer. Also, do the mac minis come with 7200rpm drives?
They are a great little computer for the money though, don't get me wrong.