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What are others doing with their G5 Tower?

Lil Chillbil said:
Why not just buy, a imac intel, I got mine for $125
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The only imacs I've seen in that price range are the ones with bad lcds. That is the route I'll go when I run into something that I can't do on a PPC (throw one under a desk and use an external monitor).

So far, I'm OK with my old macs to run my old software.
 
Why don't you just keep it, it doesn't cost you anything and selling will likely gain you very little.

Mostly you never know when you might need a back up.
 
GermanyChris said:
Why don't you just keep it, it doesn't cost you anything and selling will likely gain you very little.

Mostly you never know when you might need a back up.
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This is why I kept my G4 Tower for years after getting the G5, but the reality is I never used it. The only time I used it was just before I sold it on eBay and amazingly it still worked 10 years after it was built. It was SLOW but I was able to re-install Tiger for the buyer.

And right now I feel the same thing will happen with my G5, it already feels slow compared to my new iMac, even my mums 2011 15" MBP feels so slow compared to this beast.

So right now if I can't find a use then I might list it on eBay in the coming months.
 
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ickystay said:
The only imacs I've seen in that price range are the ones with bad lcds. That is the route I'll go when I run into something that I can't do on a PPC (throw one under a desk and use an external monitor).

So far, I'm OK with my old macs to run my old software.
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Thats actually the setup I have in my room, its a 17 inch with lines going down it that I simply slammed under a desk running a 23inch cinema display beautifully. Served me well enough to run a small special ocasion film company from it and save up to get my current pro. All i'm saying is that you have no idea how much your missing if you are still using powerpc.


Even Gotfrey for gods sake went intel 6 months ago, I did 5 months ago and we both made threads such as "I am sticking with powerpc for as long as I can who with me" and "post your PowerPC setup"
 
Zeke D said:
That was one of the reason Jagex pissed me off. When they required java 6, I had a machine that was as powerful as any windows machine you could purchase, but couldn't do runescape or even facebook.

Both my G5s get regular usage.
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When was this, my Sawtooth was runnin RS albeit a bit choppy until 08 when I switched to Intel.
 
Goftrey said:
It was purely a case of money. I had the cash so I went Intel. If the G5 does what you need it to do then there's no need to upgrade.
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I have a recording of you saying that you had a choice between a g5 quad and a imac c2d and you chose the c2d because you wanted compatibility :p
 
Lil Chillbil said:
you had a choice between a g5 quad and a imac c2d and you chose the c2d because you wanted compatibility
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Scenario; You have £300 to spend on a machine. You can pick up a 9 year old tower, which is powered with obsolete hardware that can only run an operating system that came out 6 years ago & has been completely unsupported for 3. You can also pick up a 5 year old, sleek all-in-one desktop that is powered by current hardware, runs a supported operating system & also gives the opportunity to run Windows natively (which is a feature I need). If you have the money the sensible option is to go with the option that gives you the most productivity. In my case it was the iMac. However, someone could quite happily go out, buy a quad-core G5 & live with it well in to the future because they don't care about 'iToys', or being able to run the latest version of Final Cut but care more about have a 2tb scratch disc, along with a nice boot-drive SSD or having 16GB RAM over the mere 3GB you can put in the iMacs.
 
Goftrey said:
Scenario; You have £300 to spend on a machine. You can pick up a 9 year old tower, which is powered with obsolete hardware that can only run an operating system that came out 6 years ago & has been completely unsupported for 3. You can also pick up a 5 year old, sleek all-in-one desktop that is powered by current hardware, runs a supported operating system & also gives the opportunity to run Windows natively (which is a feature I need). If you have the money the sensible option is to go with the option that gives you the most productivity. In my case it was the iMac. However, someone could quite happily go out, buy a quad-core G5 & live with it well in to the future because they don't care about 'iToys', or being able to run the latest version of Final Cut but care more about have a 2tb scratch disc, along with a nice boot-drive SSD or having 16GB RAM over the mere 3GB you can put in the iMacs.
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Scenario: Guy in Wales takes a guy in Cali wayyyy to seriously ;)
 
Goftrey said:
Scenario; You have £300 to spend on a machine. You can pick up a 9 year old tower, which is powered with obsolete hardware that can only run an operating system that came out 6 years ago & has been completely unsupported for 3. You can also pick up a 5 year old, sleek all-in-one desktop that is powered by current hardware, runs a supported operating system & also gives the opportunity to run Windows natively (which is a feature I need). If you have the money the sensible option is to go with the option that gives you the most productivity. In my case it was the iMac. However, someone could quite happily go out, buy a quad-core G5 & live with it well in to the future because they don't care about 'iToys', or being able to run the latest version of Final Cut but care more about have a 2tb scratch disc, along with a nice boot-drive SSD or having 16GB RAM over the mere 3GB you can put in the iMacs.
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That is what I am into why I sticked it out with my powermac quad. There is no need for me to go up the OS version number. The applications I use are still relevant and does its job well to meet my computing needs. I don't game and presently, I don't need Windows in my life.

I have a late 2009 C2D mini with max out RAM to 8GB doing nothing in my bedroom, while my PM quad does everything that I need to do.

I am updating my iPhone over the air and backing up thru icloud, there is no need for me to sync it with latest iTunes whatever it is.

I guess i did not miss anything with the latest and the greatest.
 
One of my G5's is stored safely in my wardrobe (who needs clothes anyway?) until I need it, the other one still stands under my desk but unplugged for the time being. So the answer to the question is: not much. But nothing is set in stone.
 
jpcoelho said:
Sorry for the misinformation, I was not aware of different behaviour between the 2011 and 2012 Mac Mini... my experience is with a 2011 version.
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Are the Mac mini 2012 and Macbook Pro 2012 Thunderbolt specs different in some way?
I have just successfully connected a Mid-2012 13' Macbook Pro to an Apple ADC Studio Display, with an Apple ADC->DVI adapter and a DVI-> MiniDisplay Port adapter... if the specs for the Mini are the same, it must be possible to connect the old plexiglas cinema displays to current Mac Minis!
 
jpcoelho said:
Are the Mac mini 2012 and Macbook Pro 2012 Thunderbolt specs different in some way?
I have just successfully connected a Mid-2012 13' Macbook Pro to an Apple ADC Studio Display, with an Apple ADC->DVI adapter and a DVI-> MiniDisplay Port adapter... if the specs for the Mini are the same, it must be possible to connect the old plexiglas cinema displays to current Mac Minis!
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The 2012 Mini's do not work with the older acrylic ADC displays. There have been a few threads about that on here, all with the same result.
 
Intell said:
The 2012 Mini's do not work with the older acrylic ADC displays. There have been a few threads about that on here, all with the same result.
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Ok, thanks for the info... but are you aware of any difference between the Mini and the MBPro that explains the difference?
 
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