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Which Power Mac model do you call your own?
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After having been inspired by this attempt to pose this question, I have decided to ask it myself in a more thorough way.
This will be a nice way to see how the paradigm is shifting toward G5s, and how many crazy G4 holdouts like myself are still left to battle the new-technology horde.
I've left a "Single or Dual?" option next to machines that shipped in single and dual processor configurations. If you have one of those machines, please specify.
I myself have a Power Mac G4 'Digital Audio' which originally shipped as a single processor 733MHz machine. It now houses a significantly faster 1.47GHz G4 upgrade from GigaDesigns and is begging me to get it a Dual 1.6/1.73GHz 7447A G4 upgrade from GigaDesigns when they ship.
How about you?
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Like my sig says... Digital Audio G4 with a Giga Designs single 1.33GHz/2MB. I was gonna get the 1.467GHz, but found a 1.33GHz for $275 so oh well.
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revision b dual 2.0ghz g5. A nice step up from the 266mhz g3 imac that i had for the previous 5+ years.
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Of course, a dual 800 g4 with graphite apples
It's just asking for a dual 1.6 (get that sucker to 1.9) and a new video card
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Quicksilver 2002 single for me. currently at 800 mhz with 2 mb L3 cache (aftermarket card which doesn't let my computer wake up from sleep )
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Quicksilver 2001:
Dual 1.8Ghz 7447A CPU upgrade from GigaDesigns
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
1.5GB PC133 SDRAM
Pioneer DVR-109
200GB SATA 7200.7 Seagate Barracuda HD Mac OS X 10.3.8
2x160GB Seagate Barracuda HDs in a striped RAID array, Mac OS X 10.4
AirPort card
17" Acer LCD (AL1714) and 18.1" Mitsubishi LCD (NX85LCD)
EDIT: current as of April 4th, 2005
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I'm now waiting for a RevC G5, which will hopefully truly fix the issues that I've seen (or rather heard) in the Rev A G5's - namely high-pitched wines from the PSU which also get on the FireWire bus. This has not been 100% fixed and still exists on the Rev B models, but to a lesser extent. OK. Disabling nap may fix it, but those Rev A's run hot enough as it is . . .
These issues affect me as an audio 'pro', and don't affect the machines for other uses.
So that's why I'm still running a QuickSilver 1GHz DP, with 1.5GB RAM. A fine machine
I recently put a Sonnet 1.2GHz in a 466 Digital Audio. That was a cheap upgrade, and fan-less, and wow! Contemporary performance from a 4 year old Mac!
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Rev.A Dual 2Ghz G5 with 2 250gb internal hd's, a 250gb external hd, 1.5 gb ram, a 6800 Ultra pushing a 30" display. On my want list is a bit more ram and a nice set of speakers (but I can't decide between Logitech's and Klipsches).
I upgraded from a 600MHz G3 iMac (slot loading CRT) to my PowerMac. A bit of an upgrade.
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Dual 1.33ghz G4 2002 Quicksilver, 1.5 gigs ram, 420 gigs of hard drive space, RAID 0 on 2 160 gig drives, USB 2.0, Airport, PCI ide controller (not being used) and a lame geforce4mx.
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Original specs were:
G4 400 Mhz AGP
CDROM
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Adaptec SCSI card
100 MB Iomega Zip drive
17" Apple Studio monitor - dead
Upgraded specs are:
1 Ghz Powerlogix G4
1 GB SDRAM
nvidia Geforce2 (flashed pc card)
17" LCD
Maybe I'll upgrade to another video card? For some reason, this PowerMac doesn't like OS X 10.3 and I suspect it's b/c the video card wasn't originally for a mac.
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Rev B Dual 1.8 G5, 2 gig Ram, 9600Xt 128 graphics, 2 x 160 gig Sata's, big smile!
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Quicksilver 933/1.25GB RAM here. Added front panel USB ports and 3 drives.
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no dual replies allowed but we still have a B&W heavily upgraded plugging along as kids/computer-illiterate husband computer. If G5 updates appear soon my MDD is going to be downgraded to their machine. I'm holding a wad of cash here waiting for a new G5.
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Single G4 867 Quicksilver, see the sig! And what do you mean 'crazy G4 holdouts'? A G4 is hardly stone age tech! GORDYmac, which front panel USB ports do you have, and where from?
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Hi all,
It's been a while since I last chimed in, so here it goes. My dual is a PM G5 2x2 160gigHD, 2gig ram, ati 9800xt.
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Rev B PowerMac G5 2.0 Ghz Dual with
Radeon 9800XT 256MB BTO
2.5 GB RAM
Pioneer 107 DVD-R (Flashed)
BT Keyboard & Mouse
Formac ProNitron 22.880 22" CRT
Running:
10.3.8
Production Suite HD
Photoshop CS
Zero problems or complaints re: Fans or anything else except recent issue with Dr.Bott ADC/VGA adapter which hangs machine on wake from sleep. Annoying because I wanted to use G5 DVI to Video adapter on other output from Radeon. So my only issue is that the 9800 came with one DVI and one ADC connector rather than two DVI connectors. Still happy as a clam though! Previous machines were 800Mhz G3 iBook and original RevB iMac with Sonnet Harmoni (500Mhz) Quite a jump eh?
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Mac Pro 3.0, ATI 5770 1GB VRAM, 10GB, 2xVelociraptor boot RAID, 4.5TB RAID0 storage, 30" & 20" Apple displays.
2 x Macbook Pro's 17" 3.06 4 GB RAM, 256GB Solid State drives
iMac 17" Core Duo 1GB RAM, & 2 iPhones 8GB, and a Nano in a pear tree!
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rev a dual 1.8
my sister has a dual 1.25
my parents have a sawtooth 400
until last year my sister had a 6116 and parents either used the (then mine) sawtooth or a now-defunct 6200
thinking about getting my parents a mini... it'd make us all modern computer owners again, but it'd break us away from all owning powermacs...
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I have four macs, but the work horse is a G4 400 AGP...
but now the wait is over, I am getting a G5 2x2, I don't want to wait any longer, since I've done it for the last 15 months...
Hopefully this week I'll get my G5
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Sawtooth G4 with a 1.5GHz GigaDesigns, 1GB PC100, Radeon 8500, which will become a Radeon 9800 once I get it flashed...it does everything that I need and then some...
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eMac 1.25GHz | 1.5GB PC2700 | 250GB Maxtor HDD | 8x LiteOn DVD+-RW
Sawtooth 1.5GHz | 1GB PC133 | 120GB Maxtor HDD | 40x CD-RW (external) | 16x DVD-ROM | Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB
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My sig has my current set-up.
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Mac Pro 8-Core 2.26GHz Xeon | 12GB RAM | 2.5TB HDD | ATI Radeon HD 4870 | 24" LED Cinema Display
Mac mini [Unibody] 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo | 8GB RAM | 500GB Seagate Momentus XT Hybrid HDD | 24" LED Cinema Display
MacBook Air 1.6GHz Core 2 Duo | 4GB RAM | 256GB SDD
Too many accessories to list...
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See Sig
I am in the market for a new machine . . . or more like wishing for a new machine.
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Mac Pro - 12 GB RAM - 30" & 23" Displays - 10.7.1
MacBook Pro - 2 GB RAM - 10.6.8
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by fuzz:
[B]Original specs were:
G4 400 Mhz AGP
CDROM
ATI Rage video card
Adaptec SCSI card
100 MB Iomega Zip drive
17" Apple Studio monitor - dead
Upgraded specs are:
1 Ghz Powerlogix G4
1 GB SDRAM
nvidia Geforce2 (flashed pc card)
17" LCD
My original specs match thosde of fuzz, but ha! MY studio monitor (with handy USB ports built in) is still alive and well. A year ago I upgraded the processor to 933 MZ, which helped enormously. Coulnd't upgrade the video card (though I bought a modest upgrade on ebay) because the monitor wouldn't work with it, unforunately. So I'm still using the original Rage card. Life goes on. I'd LOVE an LCD screen, but just don't want to spend the cash at the moment.
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I forgot to mention, though, that in addition to my 2000 gigabit ethernet machine, I DO also have a Rev A 12-in PB.
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Lovely G4 MDD 1,25 single, 1,25 GB RAM, stock ATI 9000 Pro
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PowerMac G4 Quicksilver / 733Mhz
640MB SDRAM
1x40GB HD, 1x60GB HD, 1x120 GB HD
12xDVD+/-RW
GeForce2 MX
Mitsubishi Diamond Plus 73 17-inch CRT
Mac OS X 10.3.8
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PM G5 Dual 2.5, 3.5GB RAM, 160GB & 250GB HDs, Formac 17" FPD, 20" Dell 2005FPW
TiBook 867 1GB RAM, 80GB HD, Formac 20" FPD
PM G4 Dual 450; 1.25GB RAM, 30GB & 80 GB HDs
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Be happy.
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Almost 5 year old Sawtooth 400 (bought March 22, 2000!), upgraded to 900MHz OWC chip with 2MB L3 cache, 1 GB RAM, flashed Radeon 8500, 3 7200RPM 120GB internal HDs, one 200GB external, Pioneer A06 burner.
Thing runs like a champ.
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2001 Quicksilver G4/1.42GHz (Sonnet upgrade card)
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Radeon 8500
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G5 Dual 2.0 Rev1 here.
I absolutely love it.
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Rev B (or 2) dual 2.0GHz G5; a nice upgrade from my dual 450GHz Gigabit G4.
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I have a lovely G4 400Mhz Gigabit Ethernet model.
768MB RAM
20GB HD
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DVD
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SCSI PCI card
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Smurf box, maxed out to G4-650/1GB/1.2GB of storage on a Tempo ATA/100 card, extra fans and CDRW
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Personally I find it hilarious that you have the hots for my gramma. Especially seeins how she is 3x your age, and makes your Brittney-Spears-wannabe 30-something wife look like a rag doll who went thru WWIII with a burning stick of dynamite up her a** :)
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Hello,
I have a Rev A 2003 DP G5 2.0GHz, OEM Radeon 9800 Pro, 2GB Ram, M-Audio Revolution 7.1 PCI. Dreaming about a X800XT upgrade.
This setup has been totally rock solid and problem free except three programs having issues with the Revolution card in software over the years.
My previous Power Mac was a 2002 DP 1.0Ghz Quick Silver and a Blue & White G3 400. I also have a DP 450 Gigabit on loan from work.
Thanks
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Quicksilver Dual 1.0 Ghz machine, 1.5 megs of ram, 275 gig HD, USB 2.0 Card, Panther, Dual Monitors, and running great!
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Where's the Power Mac G4 Cube in this poll?
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Originally posted by Hanul:
Where's the Power Mac G4 Cube in this poll?
Yikes G4 is absent too..
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Knew I forgot something. Just added a Cube option.
I'm not going to add a Yikes! option because the Yikes! is nothing more than a gray B&W.
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I like chicken
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Meow Mix, Meow Mix
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Rev B G5
200 gig and 160 gig HDs
1.25 Megs RAM
ATi 9600 XT
Original 22" Cinema display
I loves me my G5. It's a great machine, and of all the Macs I've owned, and I've own a ton of them, it's my favorite desktop.
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I've had a QuickSilver DP800 since April 2002.
I upped it to 1.25GB RAM, have three 120GB drives in it, and updated the superdrive from the stock 2X to a 4X. I also have a PC flashed Radeon 8500.
I need it to last another year or more before I buy a G5. I'm waiting for Jobs' magic 3GHz machines.
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As seen in signature,
G4 dual 533 digital audio, OSX 10.3.8, 1.12GB RAM, 2x 40gb, LG DVD-RW, 17' Philips CRT on original GeForece2 MX and 15" NEC LCD on ATI 128 rage PCI card
my fourth mac after these beauties, love those portable notebooks
500 12"snow ibook,
867 12" powerbook
1,33 12" powerbook
this tower runs like a champ and always impresses me when it starts up every day, runs all day with a boatload of things going at the same time and never breaks a sweat. Will most likely change 2nd hd to 120gb and install USB2 PCI card and then start saving for upgrade to next tower.
Probably upgrade --> MDD 1.25 dual, imac g5 flat panel or G5 tower 1.6 or 1.8 solo.
Any comments on best option here????
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G4 PB 1ghz 15", 60gb, 256ram, super, Wifi
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I like chicken
I like liver
Meow Mix, Meow Mix
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I voted with my rev 1 dual-2.0ghz G5 in mind, but I'd like to send much love out to the G4 Cube still sitting on my shelf.
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Although I have an iMac with the latest Mac OS X (as well as a Window XP laptop that I need for work), the computer I use most often is an old Power Mac. I think it's because I feel comfortable with Mac OS 9 and it has two displays (primary at 1152x870 and other at 1024x768). For your "office" apps and typical Internet uses, it is more than adequate. And it just keeps on working... (thanks Apple).
It's actually so old that it was not technically one of the choices! So I selected the closest one, which was "Power Macintosh PCI/G1-G2 (7500 - 9600)." Mine is "Nubus" and not "PCI."
Power Mac 8100 (AV/80) with a 300-MHz G3 (NewerTech) and many other enhancements.
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My primary Mac is a Sawtooth G4/450 upgrade with an OWC Mercury Extreme 1.5GHz, 2GB memory, 160GB Seagate, Pioneer DVR-108, and the original ZIP drive. Still have the stock Rage-128 video card in it, but will change it out eventually.
Runs great! Dreamweaver MX 2004 is still a tad pokey on it, but everything else is just dandy :-)
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Currently I have:
PowerMac G4 Quicksilver 2002 / dual 1GHz
1.5GB RAM
1x160GB HD, 1x80GB HD, 2x200GB HD (RAID 0), 5x300GB (RAID 5)
ACARD 6880M IDE RAID Controller (RAID 0/1/10)
SIIG USB 2.0/FireWire 800 Combo Controller
eRAID 5 System (connected via FireWire 800)
Pioneer DVR-108
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
Philips 200P3 1600x1200 20" flatpanel
Mac OS X 10.3.8
PowerMac G5 Rev B / dual 2.5GHz
2.5GB RAM
1x160GB HD, 1x400GB HD
Pioneer DVR-108
ATI Radeon X800XT
Apple Cinema Display HD 23"
Mac OS X 10.3.8
Plus a slew of additional USB/Firewire peripherals too numerous to mention.
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