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Summary: Current Best Deal
Review: Apple pricing is different than PCs. Apple keeps prices fixed around $2000 for entry level, $2500 for middle and $3000 for high end for the PowerMacs These are starting prices for the different models. Rather than reducing prices, apple increases the features. This current middle of the line is so close to the high end model. (only real difference is .2 GHz processor speed). This makes this current mid box the best bang for the buck. Also, stay away from the single processor (1.6 and 1.8 GHz) machines. OSX is designed for 2, this ones got them both.
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Summary: What a superb computer!
Review: Buy this computer! It's simply superb in so many ways that a Wintel box isn't. I use both, but the excellence of this product is of a different order. And Amazon.com's price is the best around, as far as I can tell.
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Summary: Excellent computer
Review: First of all, this is an excellent computer-fast, nice to look at, excellent OS, and enjoyable to work with. Definitely worth the price (and if you configure a SIMILAR PC on the Wintel side, you'll obtain an excellent price/performance ratio)Secondly, the pure conjecture and shallowness of some of the statements made on these reviews, namely the performance of Adobe apps, the migration of users to the PC side as exhibited by the dropping Mac sales of certain apps, etc is not helpful and quite frankly false. Adobe quit producing some Mac apps, but also just put out one of the best suites on either platform- Adobe CS, which is optimized for the G4 and G5. You can search for "benchmarks" until your blue in the face, and you will find some in your favor. But even an exec at Adobe recently quipped that the G5 is the best and fastest platform for Adobe products (search macnn.com or one of those sites) Also, don't forget that Apple has developed a market leading crop of professional software as well, including the award winning Final Cut Pro (which has probably accounted for some of the "drop in Adobe market share" that was spoken of earlier). Take a gander at their website for more info. The only ding that I give the G5 is the wake from sleep issue. This is an issue that has affected both the Wintel side and the Mac side, and although I have not been hampered by this issue personally, it seems to be a significant blemish among the Mac community. The latest OS update (10.3.4) fixed the issue for many users though. Keep an eye on other Apple technologies as well, including Firewire (now a wireless spec) and how that may influence your workflow and efficiency.
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Summary: Excellent computer
Review: First of all, this is an excellent computer-fast, nice to look at, excellent OS, and enjoyable to work with. Definitely worth the price (and if you configure a SIMILAR PC on the Wintel side, you'll obtain an excellent price/performance ratio) Secondly, the pure conjecture and shallowness of some of the statements made on these reviews, namely the performance of Adobe apps, the migration of users to the PC side as exhibited by the dropping Mac sales of certain apps, etc is not helpful and quite frankly false. Adobe quit producing some Mac apps, but also just put out one of the best suites on either platform- Adobe CS, which is optimized for the G4 and G5. You can search for "benchmarks" until your blue in the face, and you will find some in your favor. But even an exec at Adobe recently quipped that the G5 is the best and fastest platform for Adobe products (search macnn.com or one of those sites) Also, don't forget that Apple has developed a market leading crop of professional software as well, including the award winning Final Cut Pro (which has probably accounted for some of the "drop in Adobe market share" that was spoken of earlier). Take a gander at their website for more info. The only ding that I give the G5 is the wake from sleep issue. This is an issue that has affected both the Wintel side and the Mac side, and although I have not been hampered by this issue personally, it seems to be a significant blemish among the Mac community. The latest OS update (10.3.4) fixed the issue for many users though. Keep an eye on other Apple technologies as well, including Firewire (now a wireless spec) and how that may influence your workflow and efficiency.
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Summary: Incredible slow for the price
Review: Firstly, I might get low "helpfullness" scores on this as Mac owners are a brand loyal bunch, and God bless us for it. I have owned Macs and PCs, and used both extensively in different work environments for design work, namely Photoshop, Quark and Illustrator. There is just no question in the world that, today, PC platforms offer the same or better speed on these applications for seriously less money. I have benchmarked professional Photoshop and Quark work and my $2400 g5 dual 1.8 is slower than our $1200 3gmhz Dell. (Don't confuse g5 with 5g, LOL) I won't even go into what Apple thinks it is doing offering a 64 mg video card on a high end machine. If you look at the price of their better cards, upgrading through them at purchase means you essentially get no allowance for not taking the original card. And what they think they are doing charging 2.5 times as much for memory upgrades (and lets face it this machine is a DOG with less than one gig.)! More stable operating system? No such luck. Wxperienced users will tell you the new OX is suprisingly crash prone. Ok then, Macs handle fonts better? nope. Worse than a PC. Again, I have loved Macs. But ask youself this.: Why are professional desingers steadily and increasingly moving away and to PCs? Just look at Adobe and Quark's sales. Their highest end productsx which are used by the pros, are being sold in an increasingly large proportion in PC format. Indeed the majority. It is no accident. Look at the various apple forums. Over the years the participants are clearly less experienced. The people who want the leading edge in computing abandoned the Mac (or visa versa) long ago. You see people talking about the "look" of the machine. The machine goes under your desk. With just part of the money you save buying an even more capable PC machine you can put a very sexy 20" lcd. (Want an example of gouging...look at MAC's lcd prices and tell me if ANY experiinced buyer would touch them. The casing look nice enough, sure, but they are twice the price and have some of the lowest refresh, brightness and contrast ratings on the market!
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Summary: not the speed demon they claim it to be
Review: I am a 3D animator and modeler. I run a number of high end programs and have had a chance to produce product on the PC,MAC and SGI. The mac is not as fast as the SGI or a PC with an AMD 64 bit cpu. The operating system on the SGI is much more stable than the MAC.
I have good luck with AMD running Mandrake 64 bit operating system. I would not purchase another MAC.
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Summary: silent and powerful
Review: I am using this computer for the first time: I write, use FCP and DVD Studio Pro, so I seek both serenity and silence (for writing) and power (much needed for compressing video). I find this the perfect combination. It is so silent as to be forgotten - try that with any other powerful computer - this is typing at night in a quiet room. And the power is just plain there without any fanfare. I love this thing. It is also beautiful and fits fine in the room. I find it an almost perfect device. I recommend it highly. I do not believe it will EVER crash, it seems compatible with all software.
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Summary: Astonishing Machine
Review: I've been running the Adobe Creative Suite Premium, and this machine is truly amzing; fast, fun and stable. It lives up to all its advertising claims... .
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Summary: apple G 5
Review: not having owned a G 5 but only drowled over my mac. addict magazine my question is why is the line of G 5 's rated lower than one of your featered G 3's ?
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Summary: The G5 does not support Virtual PC
Review: The G5 does not support Virtual PC. If you want to run dual operating systems, do not buy this computer! Now I'm stuck running two computers!
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