just got a deal on a dual 1.8 G5 powermac
i just got a deal on a dual 1.8 G5 powermac..should i do it?
demo(NEW) with warranty $1199......... i have been thinking about upgrading to the new dualcore macs,but the pci express stuff (nothing out there 6-8 weeks at least)and who knows how buggy it will be.... and the options look like an additional $2-$3000 to configure pci express properly,(with no knowledge of reliability) so i am thinking i can put in 4 gigs of ram and have a decent machine until 2nd run of quads are here and the pci express stuff gets sorted out or hold out until 2nd run of macintels are here,
dual 1.8 $1199 +ram use existing pci stuff or
dual 2.5 $2299 +ram use existing pci
dual 2,7 $2650 +ram use existing pci
Quad $3100 + ram but $2000-$3000 for pci express solution
besides the price differences .i am concerned w/reliability,,,,my system crawls now as it is ,will i have a big jump going to a dual 1.8? will a jump to the dual 2.7 be worth more than 2x the price?
i know the quad SHOULD be amazing but the new technology and 1st run and the cost has me nervous,what i don't want is to be a guineau pig for Apples test run for macintel and find its a buggy flawed obsolete product 12-18 months from now.......... any comments ,suggestions? thanks
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Quicksilver dual 1 gig, 1.5 gig ram,10.39. DP4.52 ,
RME fireface,
tc powercore/pci, native inst,ew,ik synths/vi's, Vdrums, Akai Z8 ,XP30 , musical fid dac21,mf xcans, shunyata powercords and conditioners,richard gray....numerous harddrives (3 fw buss)
demo(NEW) with warranty $1199......... i have been thinking about upgrading to the new dualcore macs,but the pci express stuff (nothing out there 6-8 weeks at least)and who knows how buggy it will be.... and the options look like an additional $2-$3000 to configure pci express properly,(with no knowledge of reliability) so i am thinking i can put in 4 gigs of ram and have a decent machine until 2nd run of quads are here and the pci express stuff gets sorted out or hold out until 2nd run of macintels are here,
dual 1.8 $1199 +ram use existing pci stuff or
dual 2.5 $2299 +ram use existing pci
dual 2,7 $2650 +ram use existing pci
Quad $3100 + ram but $2000-$3000 for pci express solution
besides the price differences .i am concerned w/reliability,,,,my system crawls now as it is ,will i have a big jump going to a dual 1.8? will a jump to the dual 2.7 be worth more than 2x the price?
i know the quad SHOULD be amazing but the new technology and 1st run and the cost has me nervous,what i don't want is to be a guineau pig for Apples test run for macintel and find its a buggy flawed obsolete product 12-18 months from now.......... any comments ,suggestions? thanks
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Quicksilver dual 1 gig, 1.5 gig ram,10.39. DP4.52 ,
RME fireface,
tc powercore/pci, native inst,ew,ik synths/vi's, Vdrums, Akai Z8 ,XP30 , musical fid dac21,mf xcans, shunyata powercords and conditioners,richard gray....numerous harddrives (3 fw buss)
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Edit It seems the issues with Tiger are with the single 1.8G5 so I say why not...
Originally posted by Thereubster
the dual 1.8G5 has problems with 10.4 doesnt it? some kind of power or sleep related hardware bug? Better do some more research first...
Hm, it looks like the single 1.8 GHz G5 to me.
Originally posted by kgdrum
and wait for 2nd generation macintels late 2007-2008,i don't want to overpay for an unproven beta(dualcore as well as pci express) and wait for the dust to settle,and the prices as well as the options to be more clear..............
It's going to be a long time before there's a mac faster than a quad G5. I'm skeptical at best that the first generation of Intel PowerMacs will even compare to the Dual 2.7 G5. In that sense, it's a safe investment. It will also carry a high resale price for a long time, as it's the platform of choice for people developing industrial/embedded apps for the PPC. (which is still alive and well, especially considering the gaming industry)