Apple Power Mac G5 (M9032LL/A) Mac Desktop

Pros: Fast, easy to set up, fast, beautiful, fast, quiet, and FAST.
Cons: Big. No ProSpeaker output. Built-in speaker is wimpy.

The Story, or "How To Maintain a Credit Hold for 30 Days" At the end of July, I found it necessary to replace my trusty Dual 1GHz G4 (QuickSilver 2002). Since I've never before owned a "cutting edge" computer, always choosing to buy machines tha ...

Pros: Awesome performance; looks like the monolith in 2001; cool factor; elitist status symbol
Cons: Undeniably expensive; Fans can get noisy in hot rooms

What it is The PowerMac G5 is a computer designed for two types of person: The power-mad user of CPU-sapping programs like Final Cut Pro and After Effects, and the person who just wants to look like one. For the latter type, Apple has an ent ...

Pros: Incredibly fast and stable system for intensive processing tasks.
Cons: None really, but slightly limited connectivity.

A cross between a cheese grater and a ceramic heater, the G5 is stark to the point of improbability - would *you* buy a computer that looked like it fell out from under the hood of a Kenworth? I didn't think I would. It has none of the blinking ...

Pros: Fast... Almost perfect.
Cons: Available software. Not quite perfect.

This is actually my second Mac, I bought an eMac for my kids not to long ago (less than a month before this one). Thus far, it's great. It's a whole lot quieter than my PCs, although under my desk the fans make a weird echo and make it sound louder ...

Pros: Lightning FAST, cool looking, and did I mention fast?
Cons: Expensive, heavy and sometimes a little noisy

I bought the Mac G5 2GHz computer this year, and rate it extremely highly. Compared to any other computer I've used (I use Macs at home and PCs at work), it's lightning fast at opening programs, and processing graphics. If it's about speed, it's the ...

Pros: FAST FAST FAST, expandable, beautiful
Cons: No Virtual PC on G5, some minor software incompatibilities, EXPENSIVE!

I have had my G5 for about a month. And I really love it. I went to the local Apple store to get my G5. I got the Dual 2gHz Model with 512 Meg memory, 160 G hard drive, DVD RW/R/CD-R/RW and Radeon 9600. OS: OSX 10.3 (Panther) I brought ...

Pros: Gorgeous and faster.
Cons: Check your speed for dollars price point.

Yes, design. Yes, top of the heap. But my incentive for getting a G5 is entirely to save time on After Effects rendering. My time equals money, and that's how I'm hoping to pay for a G5. Results: I have a G5 dual 2.0gig with two gig of RAM sitting ...

Pros: Fast, great looking machine.
Cons: Price for the ride is higher than the pc world..

Nice machine, LOVE the case!

Speed is great, price is a little high.

I use both WinXP and Mac OS X, the mac is a refreshing break from the same old same old in XP. But I do use both, there is no way you cannot have a xp box because of the software base, but like I said os x is fun too use.

Pros: Fast, faster, fastest...and beautiful
Cons: HUGE, needs LOTS of RAM 4-8GB

WOW! My company put this behemoth on my desk a week ago and it is amazing and fast, a beautiful design, quickly and DRAMATICALLY increased my productivity as a graphics professional. Showed me the greatest performance increase I've ever experienced in a model leap. I had been on a Dual 500 MHz G4.