Who's buying a G5 1.8gig?
Im trying to decide between the single 1.8gig and the dual 2gig machines.
Ordinarily it wouldn't be a consideration, I'd get the dual, but just after spending a small fortune sending my kids to camp this summer and putting a new roof on the house, the extra $700 would be better in my pocket.
What I'd like to see are some tests between the two machines to see just how much more powerful the dual 2gig is over the single 1.8gig.
Has Apple published any tests between the 3 G5's being released in August?
Or would I have to wait until they are actually out there and read the tests from magazines, etc.
Ordinarily it wouldn't be a consideration, I'd get the dual, but just after spending a small fortune sending my kids to camp this summer and putting a new roof on the house, the extra $700 would be better in my pocket.
What I'd like to see are some tests between the two machines to see just how much more powerful the dual 2gig is over the single 1.8gig.
Has Apple published any tests between the 3 G5's being released in August?
Or would I have to wait until they are actually out there and read the tests from magazines, etc.
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it should be a fairly easy choice. do you need the dual 2Ghz? is the 1.8Ghz going to hold you back or slow you down enough that the extra 700 dollars for the dual 2Ghz would be made up in increased productivity time?
depending on what you do I guess it could but I'd say for most it wouldn't. And that 700 saved dollars sure could go to a lot of other things or you could put it into decking our your setup with the 5.1 speaker system and an iPod or a printer or whatever you might need.
I think i'd go for the 1.8 and then deck out my system to make it rock all-around. Although the dual 2Ghz sure does have its raw performing sex appeal
Maxtor 120GB SATA drive: $150
Total: $714
Done.8)
That's a whole 'nuther 2 gig 970 chip for an extra several hundred British pounds! It really does make the top of the line THE sweet spot.
As more and more aspects of programs and Apple's OS are refined for multi-processing that extra 2 gig 970 is going to pay enormous dividents.
Look at Apple's real world benches on multimedia apps from sound to photoshopping. That extra cpu really does the biz! And the G5 and the Mac OS aren't optimised yet!
If you are talking about 1.8 vs dual 2 gig. Maybe you'd better wait for Rev B and see what Apple does re: bump specs and cheaper prices.
I think it depends on demand. If demand is that high Apple finds it hard to ship...then you may stall and wait for a Jan' refesh.
I'm not sure I see these beasts shipping in quantity to Mid-September. Just a feeling. Look at that Aluminium finish...whatever plagued the Al books may prevent a similar ramp up of POWERMacs until they get going...
Get the dual 2 gig. You know you WANT to!
Lemon Bon Bon
I am.
I think i'd go for the 1.8 and then deck out my system to make it rock all-around. Although the dual 2Ghz sure does have its raw performing sex appeal
If you can't afford the extra '$700' 'dollars' then your mind is made up. Get the basic 1.8 and save 700 dollars. That's easy, then.
If money is that tight you aint going to 'deck it out' with that extra mulla saved.
I, of course, want the 'raw sex appeal' (understatement!)of the sweet spot dual 2 gigger, decked out with ram and a whopping graphics card with a nice sound system to kill the zombies on Doom III.
If Apple ships really late...they may push me to wait for a Rev B machine. It's up to Apple.
If they ship on time...I will likely crumble...gibber...
Lemon Bon Bon
[B]Im trying to decide between the single 1.8gig and the dual 2gig machines...
..., the extra $700 would be better in my pocket.
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I do not know if $100 makes any differnce but 1.8 vs dual 2gig also with the 2 gig you get a slightly better video card ($50). So your difference is more like $550.
I am trying to decide too and with that difference i'm leaning to the dual 2gig.
Drop in gads of RAM and you've still got money left over for a new iPod and an iSight!
If you take the 1,8 g, i will just recommand you to spend 50 $ more for the radeon 9600 pro.
The prize of the 9800 pro BTO has increase recently : 40 $ more. This card is too expansive. My advice if you don't have an immediate need for it. Save the 400$ , and wait for the next generation of ATI card : the rv 400 and his DDR2 and 200 millions tranistors GPU. I think that card will make a difference and will be perfect for new games like Doom 3. Even the current 9800 pro is not overweighted for such games.
The dual processors don`t always make things faster but like I said if you have 500 apps open all the time like I do it really really comes in handy. I dunno the massive pipes on the 1.8 alone should be able to take a couple of hundred apps at the same time though
1.8 if you dont use it to do professional work and understand it will get outdated *alot* quicker then the dual 2Ghz but still last a while
1.8 if you want to deck out the system
1.8 if you need the money
Dualie if you use it for professional work and want a computer that will last in competative speed and value *alot* longer then the 1.8Ghz
Dualie if you don't want to deck out your system
Dualie if you dont need the money because it is more expensive
i've decided on teh dual 2GHz cuz i need it to last me 4-5yrs, with up to 500GB (until the create bigger HD's) and up to 8GB of RAM gives me plenty of options while still having the fast processors...but i've posted this WAY to many times...sorry for those who have read my thinking more then once in a diff threads haha
Originally posted by scottiB
$564 will buy you 3GB of memory from crucial (6x512) to have a total of 3.5GB.
Maxtor 120GB SATA drive: $150
Total: $714
Done.8)
Now, what am I going to do with 3GB of RAM? It's not like I can bump up the application's memory allottment like in OS 9. I don't think every application I have running simultaneously would take 3GB of memory, for whatever.
So, how does that help?
Photoshop, Dreamweaver/Hydra IE Safari iChat iTunes. That alone maxes out my RAM 1.5GB and thats with out working on photoshop or hydra..
Unless you're working with enormous images or have set Photoshop to take 80% of your RAM allocation or something like that.
Originally posted by scottiB
$564 will buy you 3GB of memory from crucial (6x512) to have a total of 3.5GB.
Maxtor 120GB SATA drive: $150
Total: $714
Done.8)
Where do you find that price?
Get the 1.8 GHz.
Originally posted by I, Fred
I hate to be a heretic, but unless you are doing some serious processor intensive work (3D rendering comes to mind), the 1.8 GHz will do you fine, even up to and including heavy photoshoppery and gaming.
Get the 1.8 GHz.
yeah just like the 400MHz G4's huh?
you need to get the best you can comfortably afford because it will be oudated quicker the lower model you get...as u read above dual 2Ghz will last alot longe then 1.8
Originally posted by coolmac
What I'd like to see are some tests between the two machines to see just how much more powerful the dual 2gig is over the single 1.8gig.
Apple's Performance Page for the G5 has the comparisons:
http://www.apple.com/powermac/performance/
are you SURE that series of apps maxes out 1.5GB of RAM?
Oops, I only have 1.0GB of ram, Dunno how that typo happened.
I have noticed that after installing Apples CHUD tools my ram seems to be getting managed better, Apps seem to be releasing the RAM faster and using less of it. I dunno if it is apples CHUD that is doign this or not.