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Apple Power Mac G5 Desktop M9031LL/A (1.80-GHz PowerPC G5, 512 MB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, DVD-R/CD-RW Drive) | List Price: $2,100.00
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Platform: Macintosh, PowerMac, Mac OS X
Brand: Apple
Binding: Personal Computers
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Features: - 900MHz Frontside Bus
- 160GB Serial ATA Hard Drive
- SuperDrive - 4x DVD-R / 8x DVD Read / 16x CD-R / 10x CD-RW / 32x CD Read
- NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra graphics with 64MB of DDR memory
- 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet
The G5 does not support Virtual PC [Posted on 2004-02-13]
The G5 does not support Virtual PC. If you want to run dual operating systems, do not buy this computer! I'm stuck running two computers now.
Outstanding performance with no compromises [Posted on 2004-03-15]
I've been running my 1.8 Ghz G5 24/7 for about a month now. It serves as my primary work machine and as a database-driven webserver. It also serves as a wireless basestation, sharing it's ethernet connection to the net wirelessly. It has performed flawlessly and quickly since the beginning. I have only ever needed to restart it after updating system software. I have 1.5 GB of RAM, which really opens the throttle. It is quiet, too, which makes working in the office a pleasure. You won't be disappointed.
Add $130 to your price... [Posted on 2004-04-08]
Note that this model ships with the 10.2 version of the OS rather than the latest (and much improved) 10.3 version. There's no upgrade. You'll probably want to buy the full version of the OS (retail $129). Otherwise an impressive, quiet machine.
Softimage and other top companies drop mac os! [Posted on 2004-05-03]
Aplle has lost both battle and the war to Linux and Windows!
should come with a pack of cigarettes [Posted on 2004-07-26]
Even if you don't smoke, you might want a "hit" after playing with this super-sonic speed demon. My boss ordered this computer as a "surprise" for me to replace my aging G4. If I had been let in on the surprise, I would have asked for a dual processor, but I'm not complaining.
If you've got the $, you'll want to get the dual processor, because all future OS X apps are moving in that direction - especially when Tiger (OS 10.4) debuts in Spring 2005.
Having a DVD-R and a CD-R that reads the 800MB CDs is sweet. The machine is relatively quiet and simply gorgeous to behold - a true example of industrial art.
The grille helps to circulate air to cool the hot CPU. The only 64 bit computer a mere mortal can afford at this time... Apple has once again raised the bar to previously unthinkable heights.
This is a machine that will still be a workhorse 5 years from now - you can't say that for any PC on the market. PCs are ready for the "old age home" by age 3 nowadays, but Macs keep truckin' on.
I still have an old G4 at home that is over 5 years old and I probably won't move on up to a G5 (or G6!) for another year or two - and that will be more for selfish reasons that true necessity.
A true plus is the addition of frontal ports which supplement the rear ports. How wonderful to have a headphone jack in the front! Hallelujah!
My less than perfect rating stems from no way to forceably eject a stuck CD. Older models let you use the old "paper clip" trick to eject a disk that wouldn't mount, but your only shot is to reboot while holding the mouse button down - and that won't always work - in which case you have to take the machine to an authorized Apple Technician.
The metallic door where the discs go in is super sexy, as is the whole machine.
The handles are a bit hard to hold comfortably - Apple should have included some plastic molded (and removable) handle cushins or something.
The case doesn't show scratches like plastic does and the screened Apple logo is so classy. All they need now are dual chrome exhaust pipes and a cup holder to make this baby drool worthy!
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