5 Apr
2013
5 Apr
'13
11:28 a.m.
On 04/05/2013 02:21 PM, Zane H. Healy wrote:
I ran my G5 for a very long time for the same reason.
That's
what's truly sad: it's not that the computer isn't capable, but
the
browser is not! My family and I use dual G4 Powermacs, which are
wonderful machines. But once the browser protocols migrate from what
their browsers can support, they might as well be doorstops from my
family's perspective. -- Ian
The reason I upgraded from a 8500/180 to a G4/450 (2nd sold in the area,
such an early model it was running System 8.6), and then from the G4/450
to a Rev.0 dual 2Ghz G5 was due to the speed at which I could surf. The
reason I moved from the G5 to a late-2010 Mac Pro was because the G5
died after about seven years.
With both the G5 PowerMac and the Mac Pro, the most important aspects
were the amount of RAM and the number of HD's they can handle. In fact
when I bought the dual 2.4Ghz 4-core (8-cores total) Mac Pro, until I
took it above the stock 6Gb RAM, it was slower than the ancient G5. It
would be nice if Apple would sell systems with enough RAM to run the
OS.
There is NEVER enough ram to run OS X. That's the main reason why I
dumped it after so many years.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA