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New Mac Mini or Power Mac G5 2.3/5/7 model

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Freemaj

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Mar 10, 2009
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I really can't decide if I should buy a new mac mini for around 600, or just spend alittle bit more and get a Power Mac G5 2.3 or 2.5 ghz computer and just bump it up to 4 or 6 gigs of ram..
I believe I could find a 2.3ghz around for 600 refurbished and add some ram in it for cheap..

any advice?
 
remember the g5 is not an Intel machine so you can't install snow leopard on it. you can't use bootcamp or parallels or such either.
 
Freemaj said:
I really can't decide if I should buy a new mac mini for around 600, or just spend alittle bit more and get a Power Mac G5 2.3 or 2.5 ghz computer and just bump it up to 4 or 6 gigs of ram..
I believe I could find a 2.3ghz around for 600 refurbished and add some ram in it for cheap..

any advice?
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You didn't say what you'll be doing with it, but at this stage I can't really see any advantages with buying PPC.

What's the attraction with the Power Mac?
 
I recently upgraded from my G5 Radeon 9800 Pro to an '09 mini. The mini is faster in Aperture by far. Since it now has dual displays I was able to upgrade.

Unless you need the PCI expansion, eSata, more than 2 displays or many fast hard drives at once probably stick to the mini.

Also keep in mind the G5 will be drawing a lot more power, and avoid liquid cooled models because they leak causing major problems.

Definitely go for the mini.
 
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