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Need advice on Quad G5
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Thats the big reason why. Machines already the better part of 5 years old; wouldn't trust the coolant much longer. It's not a matter of *if* the coolant will leak; it's a matter of when.
i think you could get 5 years out of it, i use my imac g3 350mhz alot, i admit the g5's are flawed but my g5 is six years old according to the stamp on the lcs and i have no leaks and my psu hasn't "blown up" yet
The secret for hardware living a long life is to use a voltage stabilizer on your setup. Every little variation in voltage or a brownout can really cause harm to components. Most people just use a surge protector and feel they are safe. All that will really do is stop your system from being fried if your house is hit by lightning. Most only handle 1000~ joules when at least 2000 is really needed.
I have a 2100 joules surge protector with a voltage stabilizer connected to it. Together they are worth only about $120 and worth every penny. Whenever my lights dim for whatever reason my computer does nothing. If I didn't have the stabilizer it would make that little blip on the screen I am sure many of you have seen where it seems the system almost shuts down but doesn't. Those variances in the voltage are the kind of thing that shortens the life.
Hardware will live a lot longer when it has constant clean power flowing through it. People spend 1500+ on a new computer and connect it to a crap $10 surge protector.
You definitely got a rare good machine then. Like I said though; it's only a matter of time until leaks start. In regards to leaky G5s; Apple eventually told us (in a roundabout way) they're basically all defective and it's only a matter of time before leaks start. Also eventually told us if a customer comes in with a leaky G5 don't touch it; just get them to directly call Apple. After calling Apple most of our customers were told that the G5s wouldn't be replaced or repaired due to the defective nature of the cooling unit; they were offered Mac Pros free of charge instead (some were left high and dry though). Awesome deal if you ask me.
I am one of those that plugs it into a crap £10 surge protector, i have actually heard of xbox's being fried while behind a surge protector, as for a voltage stabilizer i think i will look into that, i would hate to replace one of may macs, i have so Meany ppc macs
Those x-boxes must have had a typical surge protector with only around 1000 joules resistance. There are even a few from well known companies with as little as 500-600 joules.
To the OP- I bought the last rev dual core G5 when it came out. Very fast machine. I still have mine and have no intentions of replacing it any time soon. Mac Pros are still far too expensive. I edit video, use Adobe CS4 and on and on. My 2.4 black MacBook doesn't do as well at a lot of tasks. Disc burning, converting files and many other things the G5 simply does faster and better.
So the hour after I agree with the seller to purchase the computer, he sells it to someone else. So now I'm stuck with those $800+ deals on craigslist. Honestly, I really love PPC, and I'm not an intel fan at all, but there is logic to take into account. I could build a far more powerful system for slightly less than $800, and make a Hackintosh out of it....
Anyway, I really love hearing people that still use PPC, because I prefer it over intel. However, PPC is getting older and older, and there is truth in one of those posts above saying that a computer is a computer, one of these days you'll HAVE to put it down.
I just had a philosophical moment and was thinking...life is impermanent anyway, I don't NEED a Quad G5. I never really did, I mean how many of us really NEED new computers. So I'm not going to upgrade until it's really necessary, but thanks so much guys!
Anyway, I really love hearing people that still use PPC, because I prefer it over intel. However, PPC is getting older and older, and there is truth in one of those posts above saying that a computer is a computer, one of these days you'll HAVE to put it down.
I just had a philosophical moment and was thinking...life is impermanent anyway, I don't NEED a Quad G5. I never really did, I mean how many of us really NEED new computers. So I'm not going to upgrade until it's really necessary, but thanks so much guys!
That is quite an ******* move the seller made. To be honest, I miss the PPC days to (though these Intel machines are amazing no doubt, you'd be insane so say otherwise); and I totally understand why people continue to use the machines (still use my QS Dual 800 G4 as a somewhat limited file server, and boot up the B&W G3 from time to time and play OS9 games on it). Unfortunately I just don't see them as worth buying into these days. If you've had one for a long time great; but buying into one now I couldn't recommend in good faith (especially the liquid cooled models, I've seen far too many issues with them during my time as an apple repair tech; apple really did drop the ball with those machines).
As far as hackintosh goes; if everything works fine they're great machines. Can build a $1000 machine that out performs $3000+ Mac Pros. System updates can break the install temporarily until an update to OSX86 is put out. Installation can be annoying as well; but if you're tech savvy and know what you're doing it's pretty easy to set up with a bit of trouble shooting.