New PowerMac to me

Dude, my main machine is a G4. It is enough power for modern web browsing, youtube (even in HD), photoshop, web design, audio production, etc. You got a dual G5. Do the math... Imho, everything is a matter of getting the right apps for your computer.

Welcome to the PowerPC world, unsupported by Apple, supposedly obsolete, but in reality only flash sucks.

 

Since you are new to the mac world, and to the mac PPC world, here are some apps you totally need to have:

-Tenfourfox : it is an unofficial PowerPC Firefox branch, since Firefox is now intel only. Last official mozilla firefox was 3.6. Get version 8, I've heard v. 9 is a bit slower atm)

---Search the web for "Java PPC latest version", "Flash mac PPC latest version", and install them both manually. No browser will ask you to download them because they are unsupported.

---Go in tenfourfox, select the URL bar, type in : about:config
---say "yes" to the dialog box, and then search for "plugins" on the page
---find "tenforfox.plugins.enabled" and double click on it. Value will switch to "enabled". That way you get flash, java and other plugins back working. You will never have to do this again, even if you update tenfourfox.


Must have Firefox addons: All regular firefox addons are compatible with tenfourfox. Tenfoufox 8 IS Firefox 8 on an Intel mac. Get "DownloadHelper" to download flash videos, and//or "FlashVideoReplacer" to replace flash videos with quicktime. If you have enough horsepower, the old Flash should work though (but forget HD with flash).


-Safari : comes with the OS, update it, useful to open pages that don't display proprely with firefox (doesn't happen very often)


-MacTubes : The very best way to watch youtube on a PowerPC mac (and maybe on any Mac). Don't forget to go in the menu and select "player : quicktime". That way you can watch youtube HD on your computer. If it lags, download and play video with VLC.

-VLC : PPC still supported, get latest version, it plays stuff twice as fast compared to Quicktime player (meaning no lag).

-Itunes : well yeah, thats strange but Apple still offers the latest itunes version for PPC.


Other suggestion:

-CorePlayer : only if you struggle with HD videos. 20 bucks, don't buy if you don't care

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Most games before 2007 should work fine on your computer. There are still new games but it is mostly opensource stuff. I'm not worried you will find good games for your kids.

 

G5's are gorgeous machines, 150 for one, is an amazing price. I'm looking to get one in a couple of months and have had my eye on them for a while.

As to graphics cards, I like the look of the 9800

Or if you're on a tighter budget, check out the 6600

And welcome to the Macintosh world!

 

You've got Dual Processor G5, not the Dual Core as you have GF FX5200 Basic difference between them is that DP are AGP based, DC are PCIe.

If graphics card is stock one, you have this exact model: http://support.apple.com/kb/SP67.

So, 9800 below is OK for you and it's a very good card (but that price is horrible ), 6600 is for Dual Core only.

If flashing PC card doesn't scare you, check this site out: http://themacelite.wikidot.com/start

Going this route you can save some money which can be invested in RAM.

 

You did get a good price. I bought a dual 1.8 a year ago for $200. It's a rock solid machine, and should give you years more of good service. Congratulations!

 

since your new to PowerPC Macs, I recommend you check out http://www.powerpcusers.com/ - it has plenty of good info for getting started with PowerPC Based-Macs.

 

Plug!

No but I recommend going there too, great site

 

I'm not finding it...

iPod/iPhone users.

 

From Adobe's website (archived old versions)

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/142/tn_14266.html


Download this:

(Released 11/10/2011) Flash Player 11.1.102.55 (174 MB)

It includes folders for all platforms but you should find the mac .dmg pretty easily.

 

Another GB of RAM will probably give you a few benefits, I'd stick in a bigger hard disk and replace the video card with a Radeon 9600 XT, don't bother going much higher than than unless you want to play games like Doom 3, even then though the CPU on your Mac is a fairly limiting factor for more modern games.

 

If memory serves (though it's been a while), software update will tell you. In any event, for a machine of that age, the odds are excellent that a previous owner has already done the installation. I wouldn't worry about it if I were you.

 

FW updater won't let you install wrong one.

 

New power mac to me too!

Hi Ive just got a G5 late 2005 2.3 dual core with 6600 256 mb graphics.
I'm wondering where i can get hold of some good games to play, doom etc.
Also can you run windows on ppc with Q? Ive tried but no joy!

 

Automatic software update does not show/give you a message!

But, the firmware-updater will tell you, if you need to install.

Here is one for Uniprocessor G5 (ask native speakers, if that means single core) http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1395
Here is another one for non-uniprocessor http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1395?viewlocale=de_DE
Don't use version 1.1, it is for 1,8GHz G5 only.

 

Care to share the link?

 

any doubts that you still have, have a read on powerpc on my faq,it may help you =)

 

The aluminum keyboard is one of the best I've ever used. Wired is the best though.