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Apple G5 Dual 1.8GHz Desktop Computer
Dual 1.8GHz G5 processor
Overall User Ratings (based on 24 ratings)
Submitted September 24, 2004 by a customer from hotmail.com
"G5 1.8ghz"
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outstanding it will last 5plus years in my studio
Sound
sounds great .... the harman kardon speackers are the best
Features
comes with ILIFE ,,, you can make music edit movies edit pictures
right off the operating system also 64 bit
Quality
the best computer for music or film or photo ... it has to much power
Value
i think it should be worth more for what apple is giving us
Manufacturer Support
great
Musical Background:
recording engineer
Musical Style:
HipHop,Rock
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Submitted October 17, 2004 by a customer from yahoo.com
Apple G5 Dual 1.8GHz Desktop Computer Customer Review
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I'm more than happy with my purchase and with my decision to go with Apple this time around. And did I mention, no spyware, no viruses in OSX.
Sound
A computer this powerful means high-quality sound with negligible latency even when recording many tracks at once. I've heard of loud fan problems, but haven't experienced them myself. Perhaps this is something Apple has taken care of. It's quite enough to use for audio recording without any special casing.
Features
There's a trick here. The old release is more heavily equiped than the new (old: 512MB memory, 160GB hard drive, PCI-X, and most importantly, 8 RAM slots; new, 256MB memory, 80GB hard drive, PCI, and 4 RAM slots). If you can buy the older release, refurbished, that's the one to get. The new does have a faster DVD burner, however--8x as opposed to 4x.
DVD burner standard and Firewire, a must for digital audio in my opinion. Plenty of places to plug in your USB and Firewire devices. I would recommend a memory upgrade (1GB or more) if you plan on using a lot of big synthesizers.
Quality
I think it looks cool, even on the inside, but that issue is moot. Nothing seems prone to break, although I would have like a slot-loading Superdrive like in the Powerbooks. A heads up: this thing is really big. You'll probably be surprised just how big when you get it. I certainly was.
Value
A lot of people will claim that Macs are more expensive than PCs, but a clooser look raised doubts. This is a very high-end computer and needs to be compared to high-end PCs (i.e. dual Xeon units). Also, remember that GHz aren't everything. Throughput is a true measure of a computer's speed, though it can't be expressed a simple number as processor speed can. That said, believe what you will about performance test results, these computers are more or less comparable to dual xeon computers, which are no cheaper when equally equiped and often much more expensive. Once again, the best value is the older release, refurbished.
Manufacturer Support
I used the support site once with success. The support documentation on the computer isn't great or greatly organized.
Musical Background:
Active Musician
Musical Style:
Quite diverse
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Submitted July 13, 2004 by a customer from via.com.br
"Low coast 64 bit system with high performance"
Sound
very fast and stable
Features
the video card, interfaces(like usb 2.0 and fw 800) and the OS Mac OS X
Quality
good finish and easy to maintence
Value
comparing prices with other 64bit multiprocessed system, PowerMac G5 has the best cost/benefit
Manufacturer Support
little slow
Musical Style:
heavy metal
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