Thoughts on latest PM G5 upgrades?

[Pengu]

Two things:

If you hadn't picked it yet, the "middle" G5 ALWAYS gets crippled when it becomes the "low" model (the 2.0 isn't the lowest, but i don't consider the single 1.8 a competitor anyway.) buy a previous gen 2.0 and stick a DVR-109 in it, you get better than the current 2.0 for less (probably)..

what is really interesting: i paid ~$A2000 for a 20" in october last year. (educational pricing) now i can get the same thing for half the price (two price drops)..

makes me think about a second 20" for the g5...

[Ceroc Addict]

Originally Posted by martygraw1000

I am curious about any speculation you'd care to offer for when Apple will finally be able to deliver the long-delayed 3ghz G5 PowerMacs that Steve Jobs promised oh-so-many months ago.

It's not months anymore, it's almost a couple of years.

Latest speed bump is a very weak statement - almost not worth making. The upgraded Superdrives are bigger news.

Kap

[yanges]

what gets me is everyone says 'oh, it is only a 200mhz bump for the new 2.7gb machines'...

so when they go to 3gb machines, it will only be a 300mhz bump...

i think that speed gets over-rated sometimes....

and i do not see what is wrong with the sp1.8 if you really do not have the need for dual processors...

i can get a sp1.8 with 512mb ram, Radeon 9600 XT video card w/ 128mb ram and 160gb hard drive for $1528 with an educational discount! pretty good deal!

i am gonna get me a new G5 by this summer [we will see what is available then] to supplement my dinosaur, my trusty Cube

[mindbend]

Grabbed a DP 2.7 today. I'm keeping a list of observations as I go through it and reinstall everything. I'll post tomorrow probably.

I'm pretty critical and demanding so don't expect a lot of "OMFG, it's the greatest thing ever!"

[Pengu]

they're available already!?

[snapper]

I had suspected that breaking the 3.0 gigahertz barrier would be long in the making when they had anounced the dual 2.5. So I grabbed the dual 2.0 revb since I was not too interested in being an early adopter of a liquid cooled machine. Prior to owning a PM, I was using a powerbook TI 400 mhz and compared to that this PM processing power is incredible.I am using this machine to edit videos in FC Express, Photoshop and a bit of protein folding. I can actually run all three simultaneously with decent output. My point is 2.7 gigahertz duals are a lot of machine for anyones needs. For most people's use it's overkill. Much like driving a dragster on city streets. Granted that some program's minimum requirements has increased ,such as iChat for Tiger to name one, it hasn't outpaced the speed increases by IBM. 3.0 will come soon enough and by the time it comes,hopefully there would be a need for it

[Valeriu]

I have the impression that the new boxes are just overclocked versions of the 'old' models with a different video card and new optical drive.
The old 1.8Ghz has no PCI-X slots - same as the new 2G.
All the others 2.3 & 2.7 have 3 PCI-X slots, so I presume that the upgrade went this way:
1.8>2
2>2.3
2.5>2.7
Stand to be corrected!

[Pengu]

it's nothing to do with overclocking them. as i said before, and as has been the case since the first G5s came out (Single 1.6, Single 1.8, Dual 2.0):

If you hadn't picked it yet, the "middle" G5 ALWAYS gets crippled when it becomes the "low" model...

The 1.6 had PCI, four RAM slots. When they went to Dual 1.8, 2.0 and 2.5s, it was the 1.8 with the PCI and four slots. now they're at 2.0, 2.3 and 2.7, it's the 2.0 that has PCI and four ram slots. i think it's "good" in a way for us as consumers, as it means my October built Dual 2Ghz G5 isn't considered to be a "bottom feeder"... it gives some product value to things in future (so long as you buy them when they have the extra "features")