What to do with early 2005 PowerMac G5?

use it as a file/NAS server?

 

That's a horrible idea. It only has two drive bays, and is a huge power consumer and heat producer.

 

Use it as a video editor/security system


I have a dual 2.0ghz driving my camera system and keeping the video files at my place

 

Theoretically he could throw in 2 3tbs, and have quite a bit of space, I say media server, Hook it up to a TV. Hell, if you're in to editing use it as a render box in addition to your normal PC.

 

Put it in the guest room, File server, Folding box, web server.

 

PowerPCs cannot fold afaik. The client has been deprecated.

And I tried boinc on mine. The noise and heat was unacceptable.

 

How about a web server?

 

Make it pretty.

 

I just don't get the whole "light up a professional mac" thing. given my pc glows 8 different colours at night. but I just sorta feel as thou a mac is meant to be a mac

 

Porn!

 

In itself, that is not a bad machine by any means, but it is dated, and considering its power consumption, any 24/7 use is basically out.

Any possibility you could use it for the uses a 2005 G5 was originally intended for (DTP, Audio, Video etc.)

RGDS,

 

Google is your friend on any questions like this but I do belive that final cut express 4 still runs on that g5

 

2 was the last official one, 3 could be hacked on with Pacifist. And it isn't really hacking.

 

google "PowerMac G5 clustering video" and "compressor qmaster". Maybe searching for Xgrid is interesting for you, too.

Though here https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1435061?start=0&tstart=0 someone says Final Cut doesn't support ditributed rendering, you can maybe get a copy of Logic Studio 8 or 9. - and here someone says it's possible with Final Cut http://www.digitalproducer.com/arti...ter-in-Final-Cut-Studios-Compressor-3x-775135

Ah, see this http://www.dellanave.com/blog/2010/...qmaster-and-compressor-for-cluster-rendering/
there was a more elaborate one somewhere, but I do not find it, yet... ah, this http://visionstudios.ca/RenderFarm/RenderFarmleft.html