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.

leowyatt · 27-04-2009, 10:10

nicely done. Bargain there.

Feek · 27-04-2009, 22:33

No idea how useful it'll be but once Snow Leopard hits, any residual value it has will drop because it won't be able to run it. I'd imagine as a media server it'd work very well though.

Chuckles · 27-04-2009, 23:54

Runs like a dream

I picked up another 2GB to take it to 4 for good measure and a 10k raptor drive for the boot disk and Leopard runs ace on it.

Pro Tools seems like it'll run fine and I reckon this will do ace for a web browsing/office and music station.

I'm gonna give CS4 a run now although I'm less confident about that

Chuckles · 28-04-2009, 00:13

Here's a pic of the new spare room/studio setup

Mark · 28-04-2009, 00:20

Is that bright enough for you?

Chuckles · 28-04-2009, 00:23

Sunglasses FTW

iPhone camera FTL

Joe 90 · 28-04-2009, 04:01

surely you can change the CPU on a mac?

and don't them beasts have multiple socket boards?

Chuckles · 28-04-2009, 10:10

They did do dual and even quad G5's I think, but unfortunately you can't swap the chips round because of the different revisions on the motherboards.

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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Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	No idea how useful it'll be but once Snow Leopard hits, any residual value it has will drop because it won't be able to run it. I'd imagine as a media server it'd work very well though. __________________

27-04-2009, 23:54	#4
Chuckles '09 sexual conquests: 4.5 Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,075	Runs like a dream I picked up another 2GB to take it to 4 for good measure and a 10k raptor drive for the boot disk and Leopard runs ace on it. Pro Tools seems like it'll run fine and I reckon this will do ace for a web browsing/office and music station. I'm gonna give CS4 a run now although I'm less confident about that __________________

28-04-2009, 00:13	#5
Chuckles '09 sexual conquests: 4.5 Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,075	Here's a pic of the new spare room/studio setup __________________

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Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Is that bright enough for you?

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Chuckles '09 sexual conquests: 4.5 Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,075	Sunglasses FTW iPhone camera FTL __________________

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28-04-2009, 10:10	#9
Chuckles '09 sexual conquests: 4.5 Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,075	They did do dual and even quad G5's I think, but unfortunately you can't swap the chips round because of the different revisions on the motherboards. __________________