G5 PowerMac Get :D

Chuckles · 27-04-2009, 09:51

I was speaking to one of the helpdesk guys yesterday and it turns out they had a couple of G5 PowerMacs that had been cleared out of an office that got shut down.

Managed to bag one. It's only the 1.6Ghz model and had 768mb of RAM and an 80GB sata drive but luckily I've got 2GB lying round and home and I've shoved in a 1TB drive and am installing 10.5.6 now

The idea was to keep it in my spare room for a bit of browsing and work when I could benefit with a large screen rather than using my macbook, but primarily to stream Itunes media to my AppleTV and macbook.

Does anyone know how good the 1.6Ghz model is with a bit of RAM in it though? As it's in my spare room (studio) it'd be ideal to install Pro Tools on it and use it for recording and editing music. Not sure it'll be beefy enough though.

27-04-2009, 09:51	#1
Chuckles '09 sexual conquests: 4.5 Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,075	G5 PowerMac Get :D I was speaking to one of the helpdesk guys yesterday and it turns out they had a couple of G5 PowerMacs that had been cleared out of an office that got shut down. Managed to bag one. It's only the 1.6Ghz model and had 768mb of RAM and an 80GB sata drive but luckily I've got 2GB lying round and home and I've shoved in a 1TB drive and am installing 10.5.6 now The idea was to keep it in my spare room for a bit of browsing and work when I could benefit with a large screen rather than using my macbook, but primarily to stream Itunes media to my AppleTV and macbook. Does anyone know how good the 1.6Ghz model is with a bit of RAM in it though? As it's in my spare room (studio) it'd be ideal to install Pro Tools on it and use it for recording and editing music. Not sure it'll be beefy enough though. __________________

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