5 New Messages
Digest #9279
Messages
Mon Dec 17, 2012 2:48 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Gary" outback029
Thanks much
--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com , Jim Saklad <jimdoc@...> wrote:
>
> > Processor Dual 2 ghz PowerPC G5
> > Memory 2GB DDR SDRAM
> >
> > Machine Name: Power Mac G5
> > Machine Model: PowerMac7,3
> > CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (3.0)
> > Number Of CPUs: 2
> > CPU Speed: 2 GHz
> > L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
> > Memory: 2 GB
> > Bus Speed: 1 GHz
> > Boot ROM Version: 5.2.4f1
> > Serial Number: RM53233WRU2
> >
> > This any help? My first Mac Have hadPC's.
>
> Practically?
> You can quadruple the RAM (for about $44 per two 1GB pair), and advance the OS one generation (to MacOS 10.5.8).
>
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@...
>
--- In macsupportcentral@
>
> > Processor Dual 2 ghz PowerPC G5
> > Memory 2GB DDR SDRAM
> >
> > Machine Name: Power Mac G5
> > Machine Model: PowerMac7,3
> > CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (3.0)
> > Number Of CPUs: 2
> > CPU Speed: 2 GHz
> > L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
> > Memory: 2 GB
> > Bus Speed: 1 GHz
> > Boot ROM Version: 5.2.4f1
> > Serial Number: RM53233WRU2
> >
> > This any help? My first Mac Have hadPC's.
>
> Practically?
> You can quadruple the RAM (for about $44 per two 1GB pair), and advance the OS one generation (to MacOS 10.5.8).
>
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@
>
Mon Dec 17, 2012 6:07 am (PST) . Posted by:
"OBrien" conorboru
On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 03:18:44 -0000, Gary wrote:
> Processor Dual 2 ghz PowerPC G5....
It's a perfectly good machine as is for using with your own current software, and for doing email and some browsing. Most of the latest software won't run of a PPC Mac. You can upgrade the OS to 5something, and increase the RAM. As for browsing, you'll find that you'll have some trouble with many websites with video. This would, probably, be fixed with the OS upgrade, although some video websites don't support PPC Macs regardless of the OSX version.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
O'Brien ––– –... .-. .. . -.
> Processor Dual 2 ghz PowerPC G5....
It's a perfectly good machine as is for using with your own current software, and for doing email and some browsing. Most of the latest software won't run of a PPC Mac. You can upgrade the OS to 5something, and increase the RAM. As for browsing, you'll find that you'll have some trouble with many websites with video. This would, probably, be fixed with the OS upgrade, although some video websites don't support PPC Macs regardless of the OSX version.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
O'Brien ––– –... .-. .. . -.
Mon Dec 17, 2012 7:43 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Denver Dan" denverdan22180
Howdy.
Thanks for the good info Gary.
I would not spend money to upgrade a PowerPC processor based Mac of any
kind unless you want to keep it running for the sake of nostalgia.
While you could add some RAM and you could upgrade to the Mac OS X 10.5
system, tech advances have just passed it by.
Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) was introduced in October 2007 and its final
update to Mac OS X 10.5.8 was in August 2009.
It's almost 2013 and so Leopard is now nearly 4 years gone past and the
PPC Mac G5 is even older.
Time to let go.
And yes I know I know about letting go. I have an old PPC 8600 AV
tower. Still runs nicely and I bought it used years ago. But it has
both a floppy disk and a Zip disk drive built in. Last time I fired it
up was two years ago when a friend visited from another state and had a
Zip disk he could no longer read. We booted the antique 8600, set the
clock (battery run down), turned on File Sharing, and I was able to
transfer all the Zip files to my MacPro OS X tower and then burn them
to a CD disc. Worked great.
So that's perhaps one reason to keep an oldster around.
Denver Dan
On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 03:18:44 +0000, Gary wrote:
> Processor Dual 2 ghz PowerPC G5
> Memory 2GB DDR SDRAM
>
> Machine Name: Power Mac G5
> Machine Model: PowerMac7,3
> CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (3.0)
> Number Of CPUs: 2
> CPU Speed: 2 GHz
> L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
> Memory: 2 GB
> Bus Speed: 1 GHz
> Boot ROM Version: 5.2.4f1
> Serial Number: RM53233WRU2
>
> This any help? My first Mac Have hadPC's.
>
Thanks for the good info Gary.
I would not spend money to upgrade a PowerPC processor based Mac of any
kind unless you want to keep it running for the sake of nostalgia.
While you could add some RAM and you could upgrade to the Mac OS X 10.5
system, tech advances have just passed it by.
Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) was introduced in October 2007 and its final
update to Mac OS X 10.5.8 was in August 2009.
It's almost 2013 and so Leopard is now nearly 4 years gone past and the
PPC Mac G5 is even older.
Time to let go.
And yes I know I know about letting go. I have an old PPC 8600 AV
tower. Still runs nicely and I bought it used years ago. But it has
both a floppy disk and a Zip disk drive built in. Last time I fired it
up was two years ago when a friend visited from another state and had a
Zip disk he could no longer read. We booted the antique 8600, set the
clock (battery run down), turned on File Sharing, and I was able to
transfer all the Zip files to my MacPro OS X tower and then burn them
to a CD disc. Worked great.
So that's perhaps one reason to keep an oldster around.
Denver Dan
On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 03:18:44 +0000, Gary wrote:
> Processor Dual 2 ghz PowerPC G5
> Memory 2GB DDR SDRAM
>
> Machine Name: Power Mac G5
> Machine Model: PowerMac7,3
> CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (3.0)
> Number Of CPUs: 2
> CPU Speed: 2 GHz
> L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
> Memory: 2 GB
> Bus Speed: 1 GHz
> Boot ROM Version: 5.2.4f1
> Serial Number: RM53233WRU2
>
> This any help? My first Mac Have hadPC's.
>
Mon Dec 17, 2012 3:43 am (PST) . Posted by:
"bill" foggywx@ymail.com
I am looking for something similar to Win fdisk, preferably free, that will check my harddrive for physical bad sectors. Maybe there is already one in Snow Leopard? The hd in the late 2006 core 2 duo i just bought seems noisy as compared to the totally silent ones i have had on previous imacs. Should i be concerned? Thanks much!
-bill
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
-bill
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Mon Dec 17, 2012 8:38 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Jim Saklad" jimdoc01
> I am looking for something similar to Win fdisk, preferably free, that will check my harddrive for physical bad sectors. Maybe there is already one in Snow Leopard? The hd in the late 2006 core 2 duo i just bought seems noisy as compared to the totally silent ones i have had on previous imacs. Should i be concerned? Thanks much!
> -bill
1. Re-booting the computer with the <Shift> key help down will start it up in Safe Mode, which -- among other things -- run fsck on the drive.
2. Disk Utility (in ./Applications/Utilities) has options to Verify the disk, even if you are booted from it, or Repair the disk, if you are booted from another source.
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@icloud.com
> -bill
1. Re-booting the computer with the <Shift> key help down will start it up in Safe Mode, which -- among other things -- run fsck on the drive.
2. Disk Utility (in ./Applications/
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@icloud.
GROUP FOOTER MESSAGE
