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Originally Posted by Hughvane  What about a G5 tower machine? The dual-processor 1.8 GHz sells 2-hand here for US$950. One of these is on my long-term shopping list, they come down steadily in price as people move to the 'must have' models.  |
If I'm going to spend that much money, I might as well go a little further and get an Intel Mac. As it stands, even some of the Power Macintosh G5 systems are having reliability problems. Check MacinTouch and you'll see what I mean. It's a shame that such a nice processor was scarred by such crappy design all for the sake of form.
If the PowerPC 970 really needed the cooling, Jobs should have conceded from the get go or just stuck with the G4 until it was time for the big switch.
Besides, my father bought a nice dual 867 MHz Power Macintosh G4 for only $299 from Mac of All Trades. It only cost him more (about $75 bucks more) because he had to pay sales tax since both my father and MoAT are in Florida and he wanted it shipped ASAP. They also had a 1 GHz MDD (single CPU) for less than that ($249).