Best G4 or Simple G5?

[pharrel]

Ey,
I would like to buy a G4 or G5.
But I have only enough money for the 'best' G4 or the
'simplest ' G5.
Which should I buy?

Greetz
Ro

[Merovingian]

What sort of G4? If it is the iMac, then go for the G5, and put more RAM in it. I'm assuming you haven't included the price of the monitor... m.

[pharrel]

I mean this:

Power Mac G5
Dual 1.8 GHZ

900MHz frontside bus/processor
512K L2 cache/processor
256MB DDR400 SDRAM
Expandable to 4GB SDRAM
80GB Serial ATA
8x SuperDrive
Three PCI Slots
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra
64MB DDR video memory
56K internal modem

$1999

OR

Power Mac G4
Dual 1.25 GHZ

2MB L3 cache/processor
512MB DDR333 SDRAM
80GB Ultra ATA drive
SuperDrive
ATI Radeon 9000 Pro
Mac OS 9 boot supported

$1774

Both without monitor

I will use my mac for webdesign, photoshop, flash, pinnacle hollywood fx (video), and stuff like that.

[Zapchud]

Get the G5, else you'll be slapping yourself bigtime every day until you sell it. Yes, it's that much better. :-)

[Gamblor]

One thing you might want to consider is getting a refurbed previous generation dual 1.8 G5 for $1800 from the apple store. That way you can spend the extra $200 on more memory-- because 256MB just isn't enough, especially for what you want to do with it.

[edit-- one thing though-- the wait on the refurbed 1.8's is 30 business days (!), so you should definitely take that into account.]

[pharrel]

Originally posted by Gamblor
One thing you might want to consider is getting a refurbed previous generation dual 1.8 G5 for $1800 from the apple store. That way you can spend the extra $200 on more memory-- because 256MB just isn't enough, especially for what you want to do with it.

[edit-- one thing though-- the wait on the refurbed 1.8's is 30 business days (!), so you should definitely take that into account.]


I am from Holland, and my English isn't that good.
So, can you tell me what you mean with refurbed previous generation? Is it a second-hand?
Can you give me the link to the page of the apple store where I can buy these, because I couln't find in the apple store.

Thanx in advance

[Londor]

I think the only european apple store that sells refurbished units is the UK one.

http://promo.euro.apple.com/promo/refurb/uk/

[pharrel]

I can't buy a refurbished mac because the dutch shop doens't have that and the UK one says this:

The Apple Store (UK) sells and ships products only within the mainland United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

What to do? :???:

[KingOfSomewhereHot]

Buy a new G5... or
eBay ? for a used one?

[Powerdoc]

Your question is a no-brainer : get the dual G5. It will kick the ass of any previous dual G4 and it will support more future generation of mac os X, than the G4.

For 60 $, I will suggest you to take the radeon 9600 XT video card option.

[daisygg]

Buy a little bit lower G5 form the reseller, like dual 1.6G. Put 1G momery. DDR400, 512K L2 and serial ATA give you much much better performance comparing to DDR333, 256K L2 and ultra ATA. No doult.

Originally posted by pharrel
I mean this:

Power Mac G5
Dual 1.8 GHZ

900MHz frontside bus/processor
512K L2 cache/processor
256MB DDR400 SDRAM
Expandable to 4GB SDRAM
80GB Serial ATA
8x SuperDrive
Three PCI Slots
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra
64MB DDR video memory
56K internal modem

$1999

OR

Power Mac G4
Dual 1.25 GHZ

2MB L3 cache/processor
512MB DDR333 SDRAM
80GB Ultra ATA drive
SuperDrive
ATI Radeon 9000 Pro
Mac OS 9 boot supported

$1774

Both without monitor

I will use my mac for webdesign, photoshop, flash, pinnacle hollywood fx (video), and stuff like that.

[daisygg]

It is really worth to take the radeon 9600 XT video card option


Originally posted by Powerdoc
Your question is a no-brainer : get the dual G5. It will kick the ass of any previous dual G4 and it will support more future generation of mac os X, than the G4.

For 60 $, I will suggest you to take the radeon 9600 XT video card option.

[Zapchud]

Originally posted by daisygg
Buy a little bit lower G5 form the reseller, like dual 1.6G. Put 1G momery. DDR400, 512K L2 and serial ATA give you much much better performance comparing to DDR333, 256K L2 and ultra ATA. No doult.

When did they start selling dual 1.6 giggers?

[pharrel]

Originally posted by Zapchud
When did they start selling dual 1.6 giggers?

Dual 1.6 doesn't excist, do they?
Does it makes a lot difference between 1.6 GHZ or dual 1.8 GHZ?

[Londor]

Get the dual 1.8
Also if you know someone who is a teacher or a student ask him/her to get the computer for you and take advantage of the educational discount (8%)

[Zapchud]

Originally posted by pharrel
Dual 1.6 doesn't excist, do they?
Does it makes a lot difference between 1.6 GHZ or dual 1.8 GHZ?

No, Dual 1.6 GHz G5s doesn't exist.

The difference between the single 1.6 and the dual 1.8 is that you'll like the 1.6, but love the dual 1.8. It's a lot of difference. In many situations, twice the performance.

[pharrel]

Originally posted by Londor
Get the dual 1.8
Also if you know someone who is a teacher or a student ask him/her to get the computer for you and take advantage of the educational discount (8%)

My sister is a student, she will buy it for me. :)

[3.1416]

G5, no question. I agree with the other comments to see if you can get a deal on a Rev A dual 1.8, but even if you can't the new 1.8 is easily worth the $200 difference over the G4.