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At least by the time it came to the G4 Cube, they had at least adjusted the clock speeds to stop a repeat of this. I used to have a Dual G5 PowerMac and when y

At least by the time it came to the G4 Cube, they had at least adjusted the clock speeds to stop a repeat of this. I used to have a Dual G5 PowerMac and when you have that thing going at full speed, it was LOUD! I suspect that absolutely bugged Jobs to no end could have been a big point that lead to the Intel transition. I get the desire to have fanless computers, they are neat but you have to aware of the limits. Look at the M series Apple chips and it makes so much sense to be fanless.

grecy 2y ago
> I suspect that absolutely bugged Jobs to no end could have been a big point that lead to the Intel transition. I'm sure it was that, but also they were never able to stuff a G5 into a laptop due to thermals. They simply had to switch if they wanted to have portables. https://apple.fandom.com/wiki/PowerBook_G5 https://apple.fandom.com/wiki/PowerBook_G5
nikau 2y ago
The G5 macs were terribly engineered machines - the fan blade profile made them terribly noisy, the water cooling system corroded due to mismatched metals and coolant, and the leaking was conveniently above the power supply which then shorted out. For some reason the one I got had a 1 kilowatt power supply, but the machine only had two HD bays. Their only saving grace was they are probably the most beautiful case ever made, and they are easy to convert to an ATX format to put a modern PC inside.