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April 26th, 2005, 10:40 AM
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| PMG5 Buying Advice....help!
So I pulled out my money wrapper last night and emptied the coin jars and am ready to load up my credit card and finally buy a G5 powermac that I have been holding out on for so long. In deciding which model, I am a little unclear about the advantages of the PCI-X slots over PCI. I know that it has higher speeds and throughput but wondering what kind of difference that will really make? I think the only PCI card I would stick in there is a second video card for dual monitors. Coming from an 867 quicksilver, it will be a great boost regardless. Also, will iDvd movies on a dual layer dvd be playable in standard DVD players or PS2?
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April 26th, 2005, 11:04 AM
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Hey Pardus, early congratulations on the Powermac  Although there are countless fountains of knowledge lurking the forums at the moment, I'd recommend calling Apple 'Mac Experts' on 1-800-692-7753, I just read this on the Powermac page, saying "Need Advice on choosing your new Powermac G5?" and thought of you. Regards, Mo.
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April 26th, 2005, 11:16 AM
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You might want to wait a few days before making a decision... It looks like you're about to get an udate!
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April 26th, 2005, 11:30 AM
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Yes, I will be waiting for the new update in the next few days. I seem to fall into the "Not yet, the next update will be soo much better" syndrome and now it has been almost 4 years since my last desktop upgrade. Now that tiger is here it will be that much better plugging it in for the first time. Will have to wait and see i guess on the new specs but apple usually makes the lower end model miss something that makes you want to upgrade to at least the middle spec.
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April 26th, 2005, 12:35 PM
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Wait till the end of May, this way any bugs in Tiger will be cleaned up with the release of 10.4.1, and wait till the Dual 2.7's come out...
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April 26th, 2005, 01:11 PM
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i wouldnt think so mate because the xbox has a problem playing and ripping burned cds BUT the ps2 does read burned cds?? its probaly because microsoft are out of order
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