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mikerigel
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 Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 5:32 pm Post subject: 1.25Ghz mini against 1.6ghz G5 ? |
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I've been using my mini for almost 8 months now but i want something faster. Since i'm on a tight budget, i was looking at getting an "old" powermac G5 1.6ghz. They're pretty fair in price now.
But i was wondering how much of a performance i'm gonna see. 1.6ghz isn't that far from 1.25ghz. Now, I know we're talking about 2 completely different processor. I guess i just need to hear some real life experience between the 2...  )
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kes601
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| Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 8:06 pm Post subject: |
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| I use a dual processor G5 at work(one of the first models, don't recall the specs off the top of my head). Honestly, other than video encoding I don't see much difference in the speeds and the Mini that I have(1.5ghz). |
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TheBattler
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| Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 11:58 pm Post subject: |
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You're going to be hearing a lot of noise compared to the mini. Other than that it's only superiority the 1.6ghz G5 claims over the mini in terms of utility, upgrade possibilities, and generally a better computer all around. Not counting the 64 bit processor the G5 has which makes it a good acomplice to Mac OS X. Now I'm not sure where and If you can find the 1.6ghz G5 for under a $1,000 but the apple store sells refurbished 20'' 1.8ghz G5 Imacs for $1,149. Post a link to the G5 offer you found so we can compare the stats and I'm almost certain this and other Imac deals will beat it in terms of price.
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boxcar182
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 12:45 am Post subject: |
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You know, I was wondering about the G5 1.6 compared to the 1.25 too. Now see I need it for video editing and music recording. Do you think i need to get the G5 or just stick with my mini and buy and external HDD (I've got 6.5 Gigs left.)
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TheBattler
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 1:08 am Post subject: |
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| boxcar182 wrote: | | You know, I was wondering about the G5 1.6 compared to the 1.25 too. Now see I need it for video editing and music recording. Do you think i need to get the G5 or just stick with my mini and buy and external HDD (I've got 6.5 Gigs left.) |
How much money do you want to spend? A 1.6ghz g5 is going for around $900. The performance increase will not be worth it unless you're going to spend around an extra $300 for RAM. If I had $900 I'd get a refurb iMac which provides way more computer for the money.
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