Have any of you ever even worked in food prep? Haven’t y’all heard of a Microplane? ::headdesk::
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If you could only use one PowerPC chip
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Have any of you ever even worked in food prep? Haven’t y’all heard of a Microplane? ::headdesk::
The PowerPC forum is all about being resourceful and giving technology new leases on life. Why go out and spend $5 on a kitchen utensil when you can instead use your 15-year-old workstation to shred cheese?
It's this kind of out-of-the-box thinking that has solidified this forum and its members as the more intelligent beings present in our realm, and I for one am glad to be a part of that.
The PowerPC forum is all about being resourceful and giving technology new leases on life. Why go out and spend $5 on a kitchen utensil when you can instead use your 15-year-old workstation to shred cheese?
It's this kind of out-of-the-box thinking that has solidified this forum and its members as the more intelligent beings present in our realm, and I for one am glad to be a part of that.
I see none of you have ever seen the “have any of you ever seen a chicken?” sketch from Arrested Development.
The G4 has finally pulled ahead in the poll, after the G5 leading for a while.
I have never used a G5 system, so I just have no attachment to them I guess. And late G4's were actually better overall CPU's than early G5's IMO.
I have never used a G5 system, so I just have no attachment to them I guess. And late G4's were actually better overall CPU's than early G5's IMO.
That is undoubtedly the work of my excellent previously raised points in defense of the G4.
Since the original question was "if you could only use one..." i'd hands down say G5. Ok, i'd be limited to a desktop tower, but my G5's smoke my G4's in every category. Boot time, web browsing, video encoding, etc. Sure the G4's can do most anything the G5's do, but they just do them slower.
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I really love the G3s, the iMacs especially, but if I could only use one? G4, definitely. There are such a wide variety of them, from the lower end Graphite Power Mac G4s and Titanium PowerBook G4s, all the way to the aluminum PowerBook G4s and the MDDs and Mac Minis. So much good variety still and so much available power.
I really love the G3s, the iMacs especially, but if I could only use one? G4, definitely. There are such a wide variety of them, from the lower end Graphite Power Mac G4s and Titanium PowerBook G4s, all the way to the aluminum PowerBook G4s and the MDDs and Mac Minis. So much good variety still and so much available power.
Video posted of you shredding actual hard cheese on your MDD this coming weekend or this take is moot.
Here's a great idea... open a PowerPC-themed pizzeria, and offer the cheese in both MDD and G5 grate.
I voted for the G4, because it's the only option that would give useful performance (for my workload) in both mobile and desktop options.
I do love a G5 but ruling out mobile use is a no-go
I do love older kit too (and still have a useful G3 in service) but using anything pre G4 becomes a hindrance to productivity for me for all but the most low-level tasks.
I do love a G5 but ruling out mobile use is a no-go
I do love older kit too (and still have a useful G3 in service) but using anything pre G4 becomes a hindrance to productivity for me for all but the most low-level tasks.
I voted G5 because it was the most powerful one, and still usable for a large portion of modern workloads today, especially, when you max-out the RAM, and put an SSD boot drive in.
But I would like to point out that the G4 is just as good for some things, and there are actually companies(NXP Semiconducter) that still produce G4-derived chips.
Now, if there were a G4 system that natively supported more than 2GB RAM and had SATA support, I would have voted for G4.
But I would like to point out that the G4 is just as good for some things, and there are actually companies(NXP Semiconducter) that still produce G4-derived chips.
Now, if there were a G4 system that natively supported more than 2GB RAM and had SATA support, I would have voted for G4.
The 2GB of ram thing I can agree with. Some G4s will physically accept 4GBs but only see 2GB (Like the MDD). You can get SATA cards for all G4 desktops however.