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My new baby!

A dual 1.8Ghz Power Mac G5, to call my very own! I would compare it to the PowerBook G3, or that iMac that I've been using since the PowerBook started to die on me, but really, there is no comparison. Absolutely and totally blows it away.

512MB RAM 160GB HD SuperDrive ATI Radeon 9600XT graphics card (sweet for gaming!)

Got it from the Apple Store for Education for $2100 plus tax. Rounded it out with a Samsung 17" flat CRT from Sam's Club for $110.

Only problem is I can tell sometimes that, under certain conditions, it's starved for RAM. (Virtual PC, mainly.) Well, that, and I'm going to owe my Grandma for quite a while to pay back the loan.

I've had The Monolith (as I have dubbed it) crunching Folding@Home packets in it's off time. Really cranks 'em out, and it's interesting to hear the fans speed up as the processors crank into high gear.


My new baby!

A dual 1.8Ghz Power Mac G5, to call my very own! I would compare it to the PowerBook G3, or that iMac that I've been using since the PowerBook started to die on me, but really, there is no comparison. Absolutely and totally blows it away.

The specs:

2 x 1.8Ghz G5 processors
512MB RAM
160GB HD
SuperDrive
ATI Radeon 9600XT graphics card (sweet for gaming!)
AirPort Extreme (futureproofing)
Bluetooth

Got it from the Apple Store for Education for $2100 plus tax. Rounded it out with a Samsung 17" flat CRT from Sam's Club for $110.

Only problem is I can tell sometimes that, under certain conditions, it's starved for RAM. (Virtual PC, mainly.)
Well, that, and I'm going to owe my Grandma for quite a while to pay back the loan. :-)

I've had The Monolith (as I have dubbed it) crunching Folding@Home packets in it's off time. Really cranks 'em out, and it's interesting to hear the fans speed up as the processors crank into high gear.

Posted: Wed - December 1, 2004 at 02:34 AM          

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