redbaron's Review of Apple Power Mac G5 Computer
2nd Nov 2003
Overall Rating
- Value for money
- Quality
Fast, quiet, reliable
Bad Points
Large, lack of much int. expansion. No OSX Server for it yet.
General Comments
The long-awaited Apple Power Macintosh G5 1.6GHz is out. Having test driven the 1.6GHz it is marvellous. It really is very quick and outperforms a G4/1.25GHz visibly. This is really the machine OSX was made for. Installations and shutdowns are far faster and with the reliability of IBM processors hopes for the future of the G5 are high. I was disappointed that it only takes 1 further serial ATA drive but with the cost of FW drives it doesn't really matter that much. With it being a 64 bit processor the memory required is in pairs and the G5 takes up to 8GB which should be enough for anyone for the next couple of years. I would like to get my hands on the dual processor 2GHz model which is a good sign. I have tried to fault it and throw SW stuff at it but I can't but have the impression that this is a serious machine that lives up to the high expectations of what it should do. Sure it's large but you get used to it and it does grow on you.
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