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I Love My Mac

My "new" Power Mac G5

By: DreamsForTheFuture
Written on November 9th, 2012
So I just got a new Mac last month.

It is a 2003 Power Mac G5 Dual 2.0Ghz with 2GBs of RAM. I have it hooked up to a 20" Apple Cinema Display (the Acrylic ADC LCD monitors). This was the top of the line model of the first release of the Power Mac G5 and it is in near mint condition. It may be nearly ten years old but this thing is a beast and does everything I need it to. Head and shoulders over my venerable G4. I remember drooling over this computer when they were brand new back in 03 and I have always wanted one. I got mine second hand for $160 and it is more computer then I will ever need for awhile. I love my old mac.
By: DreamsForTheFuture
Age: 31-35 , Male
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    I bought a mini mac which is new. My first mac. It is great and doesn't have the errors windows PC's have. But am amazed at your purchase! What a good deal! Well played!

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      Thanks. :) I agree. Macs are great. I actually switched after working as a Windows PC repair tech. After a day of fighting with Windows I wanted something that just works.

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      lol, that says it all!

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    well, that's a pretty good price for an excellent machine!

    I've always had Macs. I run two well-specified G4s with a Mitsubishi crt monitor for serious stuff and they do everything I need them to do. The machine I'm typing this on is an early G3 iMac which cost £10 roughly 3 years ago. The build-quality is superb. I do all my surfing on it. I'm puzzled that more people don't explore used kit - although older stuff won't run some recent software.

    Maybe in another 10 years I'll upgrade to a G5:)

    Nov 9, 2012
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      Cool. :) I love old macs. My old main machine was the "budget" 1ghz Fw800 MDD. It just recently started to get long in the tooth for my needs and when I saw the G5 for such a bargain price I jumped on it. The biggest reason I wanted to upgrade though was because the G5 uses SATA harddrives and new IDE drives are getting harder to find especially at a reasonable price.

      Nov 9, 2012
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      I have another oldie as a spare surfing machine - an eMac. When this iMac fizzles out or blows up I'll be pleased to make the switch. I'm fairly well-off for storage - one of the G4s has two extra harddrives giving - I think - 750gb of space. The only drawback with this stuff is it takes up so much room. the boxes are one thing, crt monitors another and sometimes I do dream of a clear-out and maybe a fancy laptop...maybe when my current kit has bit the dust.

      Nov 9, 2012
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    SpiceZ
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    Yay for you!

    I got a refurbished mid 2007 mac mini a few years ago! Love it still....and my next computer will be, another mac, most likely another mac mini.

    Nov 9, 2012
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      I think I will have to look at refurb macs next time round! Sounds like a good plan!

      Feb 27
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