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rnicoll · Aug 24, 2003, 07:24 PM

I've already got a 1.6Ghz on order, but my resolve is breaking. I had originally planned on using it for games, but can't help but think about the fact that it'll be sitting next to my XP 2400+/Radeon 9700 Pro PC, so games are either going to not need CPU/graphics significant, or be better on the PC...

To be honest, most of the work I do is development, in Java, and I've got a 700Mhz iBook that's fast enough for that (but the screen size is driving me nuts). I want to get a G5, they're pretty any shiny, but I'm slowly realising that spending �400 I can't really afford to spare, on speed I don't need, is a little ridiculous.

So please, persuade me I need a G5. Maybe the Apple store are the sort of people that send goons around to kneecap you if you cancel? Can someone give me a convincing reason that the apocolypse will happen if I buy a G4? On a more serious note, anyone think its worth me buying a 1.6Ghz G5 over the 1.25Ghz G4s?

Eug Wanker · Aug 24, 2003, 07:28 PM

It sounds like you don't need a G5, esp. if you don't want to spend the money.

NYK Ace · Aug 24, 2003, 07:54 PM

Porn will load faster

Im surprised they dont put this on the G5 web site

Conscript · Aug 24, 2003, 07:55 PM

bottom line is if you need to be convinced, you don't need it...and why would you ever by a mac for games?

AssassyN · Aug 24, 2003, 08:00 PM

It honestly sounds like you do not need it for what you're doing considering you've got a powerful PC for your gaming fix. I'd cancel it and get a G4 system that fits better in your budget; it's more than powerful enough for your tasks.

rnicoll · Aug 24, 2003, 08:13 PM

Let me correct the games comment. I was buying a fast Mac, for games. I really shouldn't have broken, and bought the PC, I should have saved and bought a dual 2Ghz instead. However, I live and learn (or die trying). I'll call Apple in the morning, thanks a lot for everyone's input.

Link · Aug 24, 2003, 08:32 PM

lol. Just sell that PC and your ibook and get a dual 2ghz and cinema 20" :drool:

NYCFarmboy · Aug 24, 2003, 08:41 PM

At this point the main benefit of the G5 will be Photoshop render times, and working with digital movies in Final Cut/iMovieetc.

If not doing movies or photoshop, then a G4 will be just fine.

However the resale value of the G4 may not be as much as the G5's. There are going to be A LOT of used G4 towers up for sale over the next 2 years as people upgrade to G5s.

Xaaron Swiftblade · Aug 24, 2003, 08:49 PM

Cancel the g5 and a pick up a 20" or 23" Cinema display, DVIator, and a switcher. Hook both your pc and your ibook up and you'll be good to go! (Although, the 20" + the 17" is the same price as the 23" - food for thought)

RooneyX · Aug 24, 2003, 10:08 PM

Don't get nuffink until you see the new monitors, keyboards and mice and the machine comes with Panther preinstalled. Otherwise your costs will rack up and you'll have a Power Mac with an eMac keyboard and a Cinema Display with no aluminum casing.

jcadam · Aug 25, 2003, 01:40 AM

Keep the G5. 'cuz pr0n just isn't the same on a 32-bit machine.

rnicoll · Aug 25, 2003, 04:39 AM

Hooking the iBook up to a bigger display - great idea, but it still only outputs at the same resolution, which is what I meant by size. I do a lot of different things at once, so need as much desktop area as I can get. Its also not my iBook, its on loan from work. Some people get cars, I get laptops - the point being I can't sell it.

So, I've changed the order. My new G4 should be here in a little over a week. Oh, in particular, having bought a lower spec, I'll probably upgrade in a relatively short period of time (15-18 months), and hopefully pick up a G5 just as they really mature as a platform.

hyteckit · Aug 25, 2003, 10:48 AM

Like lots of computer games? Get a fast PC.

I do lots a web development. MacOS X is just freeBSD running apache. Cool stuff. I'm going with a Mac. In fact I just bought myself a Dual 1.25GHz G4. I don't need a damn G5.

benb · Aug 25, 2003, 07:00 PM

Are you up to your eyeballs in debt, or just to you nipples? Because if its your nipples, you need a G5.

gbafan · Aug 28, 2003, 01:50 PM

Originally posted by benb:
Are you up to your eyeballs in debt, or just to you nipples? Because if its your nipples, you need a G5.

This is all the convincing I needed. Since my eyeballs are covered in debt and my Mac is a slow G4/533, the G4 1.25ghz is my best option.

Charge it!

rnicoll · Aug 30, 2003, 03:52 PM

My G4 was shipped Thursday, and will hopefully arrive Monday...

hyteckit · Aug 30, 2003, 04:12 PM

What the hell?

I placed my order of for a Dual G4 1.25GHz on 8/20. I won't ship until 9/4. How you get your G4 so quick? Must be the base model.

moki · Aug 30, 2003, 04:35 PM

Originally posted by rnicoll:
So please, persuade me I need a G5. Maybe the Apple store are the sort of people that send goons around to kneecap you if you cancel? Can someone give me a convincing reason that the apocolypse will happen if I buy a G4? On a more serious note, anyone think its worth me buying a 1.6Ghz G5 over the 1.25Ghz G4s?

If you can afford it, I always recommend a dual processor machine for any multitasking operating system like MacOS X.

If you're planning to purchase a machine you're going to keep for a number of years, pick up a nice dual 2GHz G5. If you don't need extremely high performance and a machine that will last for many years, pick up a dual G4.