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    Xenon Alpha G5

    Hey everyone. I'm not exactly sure where I should have posted this but figured since its PowerPC, some of you fans that have G5 hardware around maybe be able to take a shot at this. Hopefully this section should be okay. I was looking to see if there is anyone here who is familiar with...
  2. lcdswat

    Private Apple Museum in Moscow photos

    A week ago I have visited the private Apple Museum in Moscow city and took some photos. Maybe it will be interesting for somebody :) All these wonderful machines belong to the person who is caring for them, repairs and maintains the software up to date. The museum has only a third of his...
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    How much would this PowerMac sell for?

    I'm thinking of selling my PowerMac G4 Quicksilver on Ebay to buy a Macbook with a Intel processor. How much would this PowerMac sell for? Here are the specs: - Airport Card - 512MB RAM - 2 Hard Drives (20GB, 18GB) - Running Leopard (I'll probably sell the official Leopard CD with box) - 1 GHz...
  4. PowerMac G5

    Any Ways to Stop PowerMac G5 LCS Leak?

    I have a PowerMac G5 2.5 DP PCI-X June 2004 model and recently took it apart to clean/inspect the LCS. At this point in time there doesn't appear to be any leaks however I know that my specific model is very prone to leak. Is there any way I can prevent any leaks from the LCS in the future? I...
  5. tevion5

    May not look new. But can certainly sound it.

    With my modern gear still up in Dublin and my MBP and Logic Pro X not much good without it I'm still stuck with just the G5 Quad and Logic Pro 9. And my beautiful Yamaha CVP-501 of course. Anyone hear play GTA 5 and you'll know the radio station FlyLoFM. I've always wanted to make a track that...
  6. PowerMac G5

    PowerMac G5 Ram

    Looking to buy a PowerMac G5, only thing is that it doesn't have any Ram, what kind of ram does it need, will standard 800MHz DDR2 work or will I need 533MHz?
  7. Adamscomputerrepair

    Is PowerPC Obsolete in 2016?

    I posted this for 3 reasons: 1, I want to show you guys some things I've tried out and want some new tricks that you've tried. 2, I want your opinion on whether these gloriously old beauties are obsolete. 3, I am shamelessly promoting my new channel sparked tech. So, what is your opinion? Is...
  8. Antares23

    Replace WaterCooling by Air Cooling ?

    Hello, I'm thinking about buying a PowerMac G5 to replace my iMac G5 (no, I don't want something higher, I don't want to wait longer to have money to buy a Mac Pro, or take a IntelMini, no, it would be a PowerMac G5 or nothing, anyway, I will take it on a french site like craiglist, G5 are like...
  9. CountMaxMore

    Coming back to the ppc market

    I left for a lil while and kinda slowed down on my ppc purchases i use to own several Ibook G4's and a couple PowerBooks i remember when i obtained 4 PowerMac g4's in original box with original keyboard and mouse for 30$ but my collection since then has been slimed down and sold off but i kept...
  10. CountMaxMore

    PowerMac G5 2.7 GHz should i buy it?

    Someone told me they would sell their g5 for 100$ to me its a dual core watercooled 2.7 Ghz 1 gb of ram and a 80 gb drive with no os note i have 4 gb of ram and a 500 gb hard drive and a copy of leopard i can put in it should i take this is it a good deal?
  11. ZacharyFurgeson

    How to mac PowerMac G5 "snappier"?

    I was wondering what I could do to make 10.5.8 feel smoother and snappier on my G5. I currently have a dual 1.8ghz G5 with 5.5GB ram and a Radeon 9600. I'm wondering what I could upgrade to make it not so sluggish.