[Zark]

My work has upgraded my computer bigtime. I'm a cartographer in an all mac (almost) office and had a G4 866 (single) on OS9.

Now I'm on a G4 dual 866 with 1.25 gigs of RAM
with OSX and all the new grapics software to boot

OSX has been pretty good to me so far, a little weird finding files and having permission prompts on files, but it hasn't crashed at all. My last computer had odd graphics refresh issues, memory leaks and crashes, so that is a HUGE improvment.

And Illustrator 10 is bad ass! New tools, nested layers, good stuff!

I'm a computer dork and thought I'd share my joy

 

[arsenic]

heh. new graphics programs for graphics geeks is always a fun time.

don't stay at the office too late playing

 

[Tenchiro]

Well which is it a computer or a Mac?


:devil:

 

[Toshi]

g5 dual what? surely not 866.

 

[Zark]

g5 dual what? surely not 866.

Ahh yes, G4 Dual 866. I was mistaken, thanks Toshi.

 

[Toshi]

Ahh yes, G4 Dual 866. I was mistaken, thanks Toshi.

ah, i was hoping you'd edit it to a g5 dual 2.5 GHz or the like

 

[Ridemonkey]

ah, i was hoping you'd edit it to a g5 dual 2.5 GHz or the like

No Kidden. I hope to get one of those one day.....

 

[Zark]

ah, i was hoping you'd edit it to a g5 dual 2.5 GHz or the like

Hah! I wish! That would actually be overkill for what I do most of the time, but I wouldn't say no either :love:

 

[bomberz1qr20]

I got a "new" comp - my work sold off all the "old" systems when all were replaced by brand new ones.

I picked up this:

AMD Athlon 2200+
Asus A7N8X
768 megs DDR 266 ram
ATI 7500 card (doomed to be replaced SOON)
60g IBM Deskstar hard drive

I then added:

New case - black Cheiftec Dragon from Comp USA - $10 floor demo model (1 small scratch on it)
Another 40g Deskstar - free from a friend
52x32x52 CDRW - from my other comp
AverTV capture card - - from my other comp
Thermalright SLK-900(A) heatsink w/ a 92mm high speed fan (on it's way in UPS today)
2 cheesy red 80mm LED fans ( )
New rounded IDE cables
New mouse


I should be able to overclock this over 2000 mhz


All told? About $320. Lot's of room to grow in there too.

 

[bomberz1qr20]

It's this one, but all black...


These are going for $20 brand new at Comp USA right now. They're sold as Comp USA brand.

 

[manhattanprjkt83]

Hah! I wish! That would actually be overkill for what I do most of the time, but I wouldn't say no either :love:

NOTHING is overkill neaky:

 

[caboverpete]

ah, i was hoping you'd edit it to a g5 dual 2.5 GHz or the like

My brothers new dual 2.5ghz G5 just shipped out... he has only been at his job 6 months and got a dual 2 ghz G5 when he started and now getting this new one.... and in between they got him a 17 inch powerbook maxed out with everything for him to work on at home. The bad news..... I turned down the job and helped him get it. Please kill me.

 

[Mackie]

My work has upgraded my computer bigtime. I'm a cartographer in an all mac (almost) office and had a G4 866 (single) on OS9.

Now I'm on a G4 dual 866 with 1.25 gigs of RAM
with OSX and all the new grapics software to boot

OSX has been pretty good to me so far, a little weird finding files and having permission prompts on files, but it hasn't crashed at all. My last computer had odd graphics refresh issues, memory leaks and crashes, so that is a HUGE improvment.

And Illustrator 10 is bad ass! New tools, nested layers, good stuff!

I'm a computer dork and thought I'd share my joy

I'm waiting on a BTO dual 2.5 ghz machine, essentially maxed out. The delays have been tough though, and I likely will not get mine until next month.

This is one fast liquid-cooled mother.....and it's all built for one thing........
Surfing the Monkey.




Oh, and scientific research & data analysis.

 

[golgiaparatus]

Sweet... welcome to a whole new world of (damn that bar is moving fast).
One of these days we'll have like a G7 and there will be no bar.

:dancing:

 

[bomberz1qr20]

I'm waiting on a BTO dual 2.5 ghz machine, essentially maxed out. The delays have been tough though, and I likely will not get mine until next month.

This is one fast liquid-cooled mother.....and it's all built for one thing........
Surfing the Monkey.




Oh, and scientific research & data analysis.

How much is that thing?


Below is the most basic G5 2x2.5ghz I could come up with off the apple site:

Items you have selected Part No. Est Ship Qty Unit Price Ext. Price
Power Mac G5 Dual 2.5GHz Z0AC 4-6 weeks Remove $3,449.00 $3,449.00
56k V.92 modem 065-5168
Accessory kit 065-4894
Combo (CD-RW/DVD-ROM) 065-4984
1GB DDR400 SDRAM (PC3200) - 2x512 065-4976
Apple Keyboard & Apple Mouse - U.S. English 065-4923
Mac OS X - U.S. English 065-4897
ATI Radeon 9800 XT w/256MB DDR SDRAM 065-4893
250GB Serial ATA - 7200rpm 065-4982
Dual 2.5GHz PowerPC G5 065-4803

HOLY CRAP that's pricey.

 

[syadasti]

HOLY CRAP that's pricey.

Plus its overclocked, thats why they had to use watercooling :nuts:

Opteron Runs at 2.4 GHz w/air cooling while the G5 runs at 2 GHz w/air cooling. Apple claimed they would hit 3GHz a little over a year ago by this summer - stupid stupid Steve-O - talk to your EE before you open your big mouth

 

[golgiaparatus]

Plus its overclocked, thats why they had to use watercooling :nuts:

Opteron Runs at 2.4 GHz w/air cooling while the G5 runs at 2 GHz w/air cooling. Apple claimed they would hit 3GHz a little over a year ago by this summer - stupid stupid Steve-O - talk to your EE before you open your big mouth

Yeah its not like they havent taken heat sink/fan cooling to its max with the G5s... the whole damn thing is a giant vent, and even the singles have 3 monster fans that are individually controlled. We will have liquid cooled mac's... its only a matter of time.

 

[bomberz1qr20]

Here's the PC that money will buy:

(Keep in mind Alienware is on the high end, price wise)

$3,444.00

Warranty: 1-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support with Onsite Service
Chassis: Alienware® Full-Tower Case (480-Watt PS) - Saucer Silver
Processor: AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-53 Processor with HyperTransport Technology
Motherboard: ASUS® A8V Deluxe - VIA K8T800 Pro Motherboard
Memory: 1GB Dual Channel DDR PC-3200 SDRAM at 400MHz - 2 x 512MB
Video Card: ATI RADEON™ X800 XT Platinum Edition 256MB DDR3 w/Digital and TV Out
Video Cooling: AlienIce™ Video Cooling System - Terra Green
System Drive: Extreme Performance - Serial ATA RAID 0 - 240GB (120GB x 2) Seagate® Barracuda 7,200 RPM w/16MB Cache
Optical Drive One: Plextor® PX-712A 12x DVD±R/W Drive
Optical Drive Two: Lite-On 52x32x52x CD-RW Drive
Floppy Drive: 3.5" 1.44 MB Floppy Disk Drive - Black
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster® Audigy® 2 ZS Platinum Pro High Definition 7.1 Surround
Network Connection: High Speed Gigabit Ethernet
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional
Portable Storage : Alienware® 8-in-1 Digital Media Reader / Writer with FireWire Keyboard: Microsoft® Multimedia Keyboard - Saucer Silver
Mouse: Microsoft® IntelliMouse Explorer 4.0 - USB
Alienware Exclusive Offers: Gamespot Complete - Free 90-day Trial (a $20.85 value)
Alienware Exclusive Offers: 10% off your next EB Games online purchase
Benchmark Software: 3DMark®03 Standard Edition
Productivity Software: Microsoft® Works Suite 2004 ($89.99 MSRP)
Free Alienware T-Shirt: Free Alienware® T-Shirt - Black (a $10.00 value)
Free Alienware Mousepad: Free Alienware® Mousepad (a $14.95 value)
Automated Support: AlienAutopsy: Automated Technical Support Request System

 

[syadasti]

And the alienware runs BSD for free - FreeBSD

 

[caboverpete]

Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional

This means for 3400 bucks your getting an inferior machine.

 

[bomberz1qr20]

Any AMD system can be effectively liquid cooled and o'clocked for $99. A really nice system could be built for around $2k

Something to think about anyway.

Of course, all of the best creative software is on Mac though, right?

 

[bomberz1qr20]

This means for 3400 bucks your getting an inferior machine.

Maybe an inferior OS, but a FASTER and more customizable machine.

And Linux is free.


A single Athlon 64 FX-53 will smoke any G5 dual. Kinda sad really.

 

[DHS]

hm thats all you got for work?
my mac at home is the G4 Dual 1ghz, 1.5gig ram, 3hard drives(600gigs) ATA 10,000rpm
my PC Athlon XP 64 3600, 2gig ram, 2hard drives(200gig)ATA 7200rpm

gots to say my Mac still runs faster.
both have the the GeForce FX 128mb

 

[syadasti]

Eh that Alienware is no good for a workstation

Go for a Polywell:

Motherboardoly 2021A Dual Opteron MB W/SATA,AGP Pro,GigLAN,IEEE1394;
Processor: 2x AMD Opteron Processor Model 246 (64bit-2.0GHz)
Memory: 2x DDR 400MHz 1G PC3200 Memory ECC/Register;
Case upgrade:Aluminum 10-Bay ATX Mid Tower w/Clock, 1394 port;
P/S Upgrade:460W Power Supply for Dual Xeon/Opteron Systems;
Additional HD: 4x Seagate SATA 160G 7200RPM HD 8M Cache in RAID;
Floppy Drive:Slim 1.44MB Floppy Drive;
Keyboard:Wireless Keyboard+Optic Mouse Silver-Black PS/2;
CD/DVD:Toshiba 16X DVD ROM EIDE Drive;
DVD-R Rewriteable:Sony 8x DVD+/-R/RW 40x CD-R/RW IDE Burner (OEM);
Audio Sound:Sound Blaster Audigy2 6.1 Sound Card;
Graphics:ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB 8X AGP Graphics Card;
Network Adapter:On-Board Gigabit/100/1000T
Operating System:Windows XP Professional CD+License;
Optional Support:IAI 1Yr 24-Hr Phone Support (VP);
Custom Assemby:System Assy, Packaging for PC70

$3529.00

 

[CrazyGambit]

I wish i could get an alienware. untill i win the lottery i guess i will just have to keep on using this old one with the power crank handle. crank it 30 times will run for 40 minutes.

 

[bomberz1qr20]

Anyhoo..

I just got this in the mail today, time to crank up the FSB on my "new" comp...

Wee!

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