- MB403LL/A MacBook 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 13.3'(White) 2008-Grade A $199.00 $139.00 All of our PowerMac G5 computers carry our 60-day warranty and are in stock for immediate delivery.
- The Late 2005 model of the Power Mac G5, one of Apple’s last PowerPC models before it switched to Intel. (Wikimedia Commons) Despite the announcement, the Mac’s three G5 models—the Power Mac G5, the iMac, and the Xserve—still kept shipping.
- MB403LL/A MacBook 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 13.3'(White) 2008-Grade A $199.00 $139.00 All of our PowerMac G5 computers carry our 60-day warranty and are in stock for immediate delivery.
- The Apple Power Macintosh G5/2.0 DP (PCI-X), along with the Power Macintosh G5/1.6 and Power Macintosh G5 1.8, is a member of the first Mac series to use the 64-bit PowerPC 970 (G5) processor, and consequently are arguably the first 'desktop' computers to use 64-bit chips.
An Intel Mac will not cause any problems over the next few years - the first generation of ARM Macs, on the other hand, might. That's part of our reasoning for recommending the August 2020 iMac.
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SHOOTOUT: Originally posted August 10th, 2006, with 2.66GHz Mac Pro results We now have results for both the 2.66GHz and 3.0GHz Mac Pro! The Mac Pro ships with 1GB of memory. We ordered with no memory options to avoid the two week wait for the added memory. But, thanks to Other World Computing, two days after receiving the Mac Pro we had 2GB more to add for a total of 3GB. The only other difference in configuration between the Mac Pro and the G5 Power Mac was that the Mac Pro had the GeForce 7300 GT while the Quad-Core G5 had the GeForce 7800 GT. However, our tests were CPU intensive and were not affected by the GPU difference. (When the Radeon X1900 XT arrives, we plan to do some GPU tests like Motion, iMaginator, Quake 4, Doom 3, etc.). NON-UNIVERSAL BINARY APPS The 3.0GHz Mac Pro's 20% faster clock speed, larger L2 cache, and faster system bus enables it to muscle through these two non-optimized apps. When Adobe releases the UB versions in Q2 2007, 'look out below'! UNIVERSAL BINARY APPS ANALYSIS There's no doubt that both versions of the Mac Pro are faster than the G5 Quad-Core running Universal Binary apps like iMovie, Final Cut Pro, etc. As you can see from the four UB tests we ran in this session, the Mac Pro 2.66GHz was as much as 62% faster than the Quad-Core G5/2.5GHz. The Mac Pro 3.0GHz was as much as 85% faster. We are impressed with the Mac Pro's performance. We'll be even more impressed when Adobe's UB apps appear in 'second quarter of 2007.' SHOULD YOU BUY A MAC PRO? If you are running Universal Binary apps (like Final Cut Pro 5.1), can handle the cost of the new Mac Pro plus the expensive memory (we recommend at least 4GB), and can tolerate the hidden gotchas of 'Version ONE' of the Intel towers, then you would benefit by making the leap to the Mac Pro. The main frustration in the short term will be the 5 week wait for the optional Radeon X1900 XT or the scarcity of correct memory from upgrade sources. A MUST READ SOME OTHER SITES THAT HAVE TESTED THE MAC PRO's PERFORMANCE MacWorld has run their series of 7 real world tests on all three Mac Pro models. Geek Patrol has an interesting set of low level benchmarks. MacInTouch has some notes and test results. Arstechnica's review of the Mac Pro WHERE TO ORDER YOUR MAC PRO (or Quad-Core G5) If you live in the USA and plan to purchase an APPLE product, please CLICK THIS LINK or any APPLE DISPLAY AD to help us earn our affiliate commission. It's a great way to support Bare Feats. DON'T LIVE in USA? y, Italy or France, we'll be adding affiliate links to those Apple Stores in a few days. WHERE TO ORDER YOUR MAC PRO MEMORY We recommend getting your memory upgrades from third party vendors. In our initial Mac Pro testing, we used kits provided by Other World Computing. They are a good source for quality memory at a reasonable price.Plus OWC has a'Trade In Your Factory Memory' REBATE program. TransIntl.com is shipping Mac Pro memory with Apple suggested heat sink specs. They took great care to engineer their heat sinks for maximum thermal efficiency using 6 fins on each side (versus 4 on the Apple factory modules) and special aluminum alloy. We tested these and can vouch that their heat sinks are truly efficient in absorbing and dissipating heat. MaxUpgrades offers their unique 'MacSink' design for a heat sink (using 2 clips instead of 4) which results in more fin area exposed to the airflow. We've tested them and they are very effective. MaxUpgrades will sell you the memory with the heat sink or just the heat sink. Their prices are very competitive, too. We also tested the Data Memory Systems Mac Pro memory with conventional heat spreaders. It ran an average of 10 deg F warmer than the memory with 'fat finned' heat sinks. DMS is also offering memory with Apple approved' heat sinks as an option. MAC PRO GRAHICS CARD OPTIONS Fortunately, you can order the Radeon X1900 XT as an aftermarket kit. We ordered our Mac Pro with the standard GeForce 7300 GT so we could get it within a few days. The X1900 XT we ordered separately was back ordered for 5 weeks. Visit the Apple Store and click on DISPLAYS in the left margin or do a search on 'X1900.' Has Bare Feats helped you? How about helping Bare Feats? |
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