My New Macintosh

[Flight 666]

Hi guys,
most of you know i dont have money to afford a new mac, so i checked out our brazilian "ebay" i founded this:

POWER MAC CPU G5
2.3GHZ
2GB RAM
HD 250
16x DL SUPER DRIVE
TIGER

for about 700to900USD

I Use to play altitude a Intel Imac 17' Dual Core 1.83 512RAM 160HD CD-R DRIVE Running Tiger

Soooo this is a older cumputer them my one right?
but it have a configuration WAY BETTER than my Imac, if i buy this CPU i will feel more power with this machine? or i will have some problems like..cant use the latest version of Firefox, Photoshop...etc...

I looking for something becouse i cant play altitude with lag frame..and lot of things i used to do its being really hard to do. thank u!

-Flight

it worth or should stay with my crap Imac.

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[Kennedy]

for $900 you could get a really good PC.

Seriously Flight those specs are terrible. 2 gigs of RAM? You need at /least/ 4, and I wouldn't buy anything with less than 8.

[Flight 666]

u cant buy a really good pc with 4 ram in brazil with 700-900 dollar.

edit: windows is faggot stuff.

[sunshineduck]

yeah we talked about this and i would build a pc and ship it to you for the money but it would be confiscated

that computer is a lot better than what you have, but isn't good at all for that price

[Flight 666]

Originally Posted by sunshineduck

yeah we talked about this and i would build a pc and ship it to you for the money but it would be confiscated

that computer is a lot better than what you have, but isn't good at all for that price

ya confiscated, they will say to me a price 50x more than what it real worths..if i say no it will be cremated.

but, if this G5 is way better than my imac, i think i gonna pick it.

[lakospeter91]

I wouldn't buy a PPC Mac if I were you, try to look for a used Intel machine with a price you can afford.

[Eto'o]

i heard about a new computer, low cost but it uses a lot of space



u need a big desk

[soccernamlak]

Originally Posted by Flight 666

ya confiscated, they will say to me a price 50x more than what it real worths..if i say no it will be cremated.

but, if this G5 is way better than my imac, i think i gonna pick it.

Don't buy it. PowerPC (the G5 Chip) is worse overall than the Intel chips.

EDIT: IF YOU STILL HAVE YOUR IMAC: In all honesty, I'd upgrade the RAM in your iMac to 4GB at least. Drop in a DVD Drive if you want. Upgrade the HD to a larger one if you need the space, SSD if you want the speed (but it'll be expensive).

Regarding processor:

http://www.everymac.com/systems/appl...o-imac-g5.html

Basically, at the time of release, programs were being written for Universal Binary (Both Intel and PPC); in which case the Core Duo wins. If they were written for older PPC Systems, the Intel would use a simulator (basically) called Rosetta, slowing it down, so PPC would win.

Altitude is designed for Intel machines. As OSX upgraded, so did its support for optimization of Intel processors.

Thus, Intel > PPC for pretty much all apps on the market.

In addition, the RAM is faster in the iMac.

Finally the graphics card is better in the iMac (assuming stock setup) as well: X1600 vs a GeForce 6600 in the Mac Pro




Anyway, the Mac Pro is a downgrade to the iMac, is overpriced by double (I can pick up one on Ebay right now for $350 USD free shipping), and runs a PowerPC Chip. Many programs are optimized if not written for Intel machines only. You don't want to force yourself into a situation where you can't even run newer programs.


I mean at that price point on Ebay:

$800

iMac

3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4GB (2x2GB) RAM
500GB Hard Drive
8x SuperDrive DVD Burner,
nVIDIA GeForce 9400M Graphics
21.5" LED Backlit 16:9 Widescreen Display
iSight Camera, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
802.11n Airport Extreme Wi-Fi
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard


That's for a 2 year old iMac; Core 2 Duo.



On Apple's website you can pickup this beauty:

Refurbished iMac 21.5-inch 2.5GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5
Originally released May 2011
21.5-inch LED-backlit glossy widescreen display
4GB memory
500GB hard drive
8x SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
AMD Radeon HD 6750M graphics with 512MB memory

Built-in FaceTime HD camera


That's a 2011 model. $1000



Heck, for $700:

Refurbished MacBook Air 1.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Originally released October 2010
11.6-inch LED-backlit glossy widescreen display

2GB memory

64GB flash storage
NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics
FaceTime camera



All those would blow the doors off of that PowerMac G5.




Anyway, long story short: many, many better Macs out there for far less than the G5. The G5 is a pretty sweet looking desktop (I have a G4 myself), but not worth that sort of money nor would I recommend it for any gaming use. And the iMac is the better computer between the two.

[soccernamlak]

As an aside, I just checked out Apple's website for Brazil: Holy hell are the computers priced high! The US MacBook Air Base model is $1000USD; R$ 3000 for Brazil which is ~ $1750 USD. That's ridiculous. No wonder you aren't looking at a new Mac.

[Flight 666]

**** off ima stay WITH MY 512 RAM IMAC 17 and wait till i have money to buy a new mac.

[classicallad]

Originally Posted by Flight 666

u cant buy a really good pc with 4 ram in brazil with 700-900 dollar.

edit: windows is faggot stuff.

Flight didn't you say you were a pilot? Even if pilots aren't that well payed in Brazil surely you can stop off, convert some money and buy one somewhere else?

In any case Altitude requires bugger all to run so i doubt it would make an ounce of difference what you were running it on. If you want an enjoyable altitude experience, move to the usa.

[soccernamlak]

In all honesty though, best upgrade you can do with Mac OS X is RAM Upgrade. Mac OS X has always been a bit RAM unfriendly; even 2GB should see a world of difference.

Actually, apparently 2GB is the max your computer can support.

PC2-5300 DDR2 SO-DIMM. Get 2x1GB sticks. No more than $25 USD.

[classicallad]

I say we start a 'Flight needs a good mac' fund and the highest donator travel over for a wee holiday to good 'ol Rio!

[sunshineduck]

i think flight said he only does domestic flights

[Ajuk999]

Don't go back to PowerPC, you will not be able to play Alty better and programs like Photoshop and whatever else will not run as well.

[classicallad]

Originally Posted by sunshineduck

i think flight said he only does domestic flights

Yeah, i just mean if you want something bad enough you can make it happen.

[Flight 666]

I have a friend he works with PC maintence, ima ask him if he can install the new rams, i found on brazillian ebay 2GB 1X2 RAM for 100USD, i gonna stick with this.

When i type my serial in this site http://www.appleserialnumberinfo.com/Desktop/index.php

shows i can upgrade it till 2gb.

[Tekn0]

Originally Posted by soccernamlak

As an aside, I just checked out Apple's website for Brazil: Holy hell are the computers priced high! The US MacBook Air Base model is $1000USD; R$ 3000 for Brazil which is ~ $1750 USD. That's ridiculous. No wonder you aren't looking at a new Mac.

That's not surprising. Macs are always more expensive outside the US, even in EU they're much more pricey in comparison... avoiding saying anything more to not start more Mac vs PC lamewars.

[idk]

Originally Posted by Flight 666

I have a friend he works with PC maintence, ima ask him if he can install the new rams, i found on brazillian ebay 2GB 1X2 RAM for 100USD, i gonna stick with this.

When i type my serial in this site http://www.appleserialnumberinfo.com/Desktop/index.php

shows i can upgrade it till 2gb.

100 USD for 2GB RAM? Is this component only for Macs? If so, I really feel sorry for you Mac lovers Do you also need specilized personell to install those memories?

I get 4x4GB (plus its Corsair latest ones!) for that kind of money in Sweden, 16GB is like a server machine. Have you ever heard of Linux?