PowerMac and Mac Pro similarity.

[Quad 2.5 G5 =)]

I posted a thread on the similarity of the PowerBook G4 and the non-unibody MBP here- https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/696361/

Now I am wondering if, when somebody sees your PMG5, they mistake it for a Mac Pro.

They might not, because of the howling fans, the buzzing that sometimes happens, the 1 Optical Drive tray thing and the Liquid Cooling.
On a side note, Does anybody have more than one PowerMac?
Example- Dual 1.8 G5, Dual Core 2.0 G5. Dual 1.42 G4, 450 MHz. B&W.

 

[Tesselator]

"PowerMac". Just any machine with that name? I have 8 or 10 of them. Not in service at all though.

 

[CaptainChunk]

People can easily mistake a PMG5 from an MP being that they use the same case design (at least externally). But there are also slight cosmetic differences on the front panel:

1. The MP has cut-outs for two internal optical drives; the PMG5 only has one.

2. The USB and FW ports are oriented horizontally on the MP; they're oriented vertically on the PMG5.

Comparison image.

But not that an average joe user would know that.

 

[Quad 2.5 G5 =)]

"PowerMac". Just any machine with that name? I have 8 or 10 of them. Not in service at all though.

Any PowerPC G-series or PPC 601-604, so any one.
I think that the older PowerMacs were called "Power Macintosh", for example-
"Power Macintosh 9600", "Power Macintosh 6520"

 

[Dr.Pants]

I think my brother here a few minutes ago, with very limited knowledge of the Macintosh lines, thought that my Power Mac G5 was not different at all from the MacPro. He left before I could explain it to him, so I guess there is always next week. I'm sure he would know the difference, say, when I turned it on.

 

[nanofrog]

I think my brother here a few minutes ago, with very limited knowledge of the Macintosh lines, thought that my Power Mac G5 was not different at all from the MacPro. He left before I could explain it to him, so I guess there is always next week. I'm sure he would know the difference, say, when I turned it on.

Would he be able to tell the difference between the innards?

 

[Dr.Pants]

Would he be able to tell the difference between the innards?

I would hope. The huge G5 on the inside would be a major tip-off, and fortunately my brother is literate. I was originally making a reference to how fast the fans blow on this thing, but they've toned down over the past few hours. 47 degrees C on a low load? I did not think it was possible. Or is that warm?