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Old 02-20-2008, 08:40 AM
birdhouse360360 birdhouse360360 is offline
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Default looking at getting powermac G5

I would be new to the mac side of things and i was wondering what all i need to be looking for when purchasing my new computer. would a gig of ram be good enough? what about ghz? 1.8? 2.5? just a few questions i had.
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Old 02-20-2008, 08:47 AM
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Default Re: looking at getting powermac G5

Check out this other recent thread on this subject,

http://duc.digidesign.com/showflat.p...part=1#1253979
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Old 02-20-2008, 09:01 AM
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Default Re: looking at getting powermac G5

Yea I checked that out early. hows the G5 working for you? You using tiger os?
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Old 02-20-2008, 10:47 AM
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Default Re: looking at getting powermac G5

The G5 running PT 7.3.1.cs6 on 10.4.11. has been very reliable. It's a great machine but, in the fast moving world of computing, it's getting a little 'long in the tooth' now. Hence my suggestion re an Intel Mac Mini if the budget cannot stretch to a higher end model.

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