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I purchased a ”dual-dual” (”quad”) Mac Pro G5 with two 970MP processors, 8 GB of ECC RAM, PCI Express system bus, and two SATA HDDs in November 2005 (?). Contra
by qubex 9y ago
I purchased a ”dual-dual” (”quad”) Mac Pro G5 with two 970MP processors, 8 GB of ECC RAM, PCI Express system bus, and two SATA HDDs in November 2005 (?). Contrary to what many will tell you this machine was not water-cooled: that was the previous generation of G5s, which had multiple single-core processor chips clocked at higher frequency. This machine is air-cooled and varies between sounding like a thundering highway tuck and a jetliner on takeoff.
With a pair of CinemaDisplay 24” (?) it served as my main workstation well into 2009, and was a truly awesome machine and I keep it in working condition with OS X 10.7 for the purposes of nostalgia. It was by far the most performant-compared-to-prevailing-average machine I have ever owned (back at a time when such comparisons mattered).
- oneplane 9y agoBut 10.7 is not PowerPC-compatible! You probably mean 10.5?
- qubex 9y agoJust checked, you’re right, I have 10.5 on it.
- ozaark 9y agoI still use the Mac Pro (similar specs as mentioned - no trashcan) as a workstation today. Nothing too heavy, but it works for the basics. Crazy that a desktop from over 7 years ago can still upgrade to the same RAM as today's best 'pro' MacBook (16gig)