PowerMac G5 - Is it Obsolete?

So I wonder how the 2006 Intel-based Mac Pro compares to this. Has the same case design but it probably a lot quieter and can do more.

So you're saying I don't have to spend $200 at Harvey Norman for a heater, I can just go to the dump and pick up one of those computers for free?

I got my dual 2.0 G5 for $15. Love it!

I’m back for my annual viewing of this masterpiece, I have yet to get a g5

Well, I have one too. And... I just decided to keep it as a souvenir.

The PowerMac G5 was one hell of a machine.

Another YT creator came to the conclusion that the G5 wasn't worth the effort. Despite being an Apple fan, somehow the engineering failed it. Loud is an understatement. Surely they could have done better. Why was the system getting that hot? Was the PPC Quad core really giving off that much heat? If so, it's a red flag that the processor might burn itself out in less time than other processors. The case looks "pretty". True, but you might just be able to pull the guts, put in an intel Mac Mini. It would be quieter, draw less power, run faster, be more compatible with more modern software - not sure what the drawbacks would be. That's the thing - any Apple fan can draw conclusions from older Apple architecture or newer Apple architecture and come to the conclusion that this isn't worth the time.

The Intel Mac Pro Cheese Grater ended up in the same place, all thanks to the Apple Silicon.

Holy Crap that machine is actually pretty darn powerful!! Even today more than 17 years after this machine was initially released and those spect, despite depercated, could still be more than enough for a day to day laptop (Assuming you are not a video editor, a designer, or some other job that requires abnormaly powerful hardware)

I almost upgraded to Leopard from Tiger, today; and decided I prefer Tiger. Long live the G5!

Best thing: Gut it completely, and transplant a modern PC into the chassis. :)

I think apple expected people to put these on top of the desk, not under the desk. Gotta show off that apple logo

In power that is

That G4 is still better then my intel Mac from 2013

I have one of these machines i was gaven it by someone in my family ... Also is my first mac
Fun computer honestly

Perfect for people in Alaska

When space heaters get banned in California, people will pretty much use these. :)

most macs are prettier on the inside than PCS are on the outside. but the noise is a freakin lot for G5 macs

I got one of the originals from 2003. The 1.8 GHZ PCI-X one. Interesting seeing a 20 year old computer with Bluetooth! Very fancy for 2003. When I Bought it I thought it was a first Gen Macpro quite surprised it was older than I thought! Unfortunately I don’t have the monitor or mouse for it yet I don’t even know if it even works tbh

Did you try FreeBSD? They have official support for 32 and 64 bit PowerPC.

I have a G4 laptop that I play around with, it tends to run really hot too. At some point I'm going to open that thing up and upgrade to an SSD, and maybe blow out any dust and refresh the CPU coolant material. I saw your video on opening up this machine though and and that made less of a priority lol.

I wanted one of these back in the day. I had started on Apple computers in the late 80s, and by my teenage years during I slowly started transitioning to x86 machines. By the time this machine was released I was firmly in the windows/linux world and really didn't have an interest other than damn that was a good looking case.. I know at the time of writing this video is showing 6 years, but I just brought one of these 2.0Gz Dual CPU AGP Machines (PCI bus) home yesterday. Yeah I could convert to ATX and what not but honestly I think I'm going to leave it running the G5, it goes well with my 800Mhz Lampshade and my 300Mhz iBook. I look at this one as more of a bridge computer for any kind of media those more ancient machines require.

Well, it's time to keep the case, upgrade to PC hardware and opt for a nice Linux based system ;)

Believe it or not there is a snow leopard build for power pc

I once delivered one of these machines to a dentist. he told me that it used special software that works only with powerPC architecture.

Yes.

we had one of those. Fantastic system. My wife LOVED the heat the system generated as she is usually cold nature.

Have on of these old beasts! Runs PPC Mac games like a champ and after repasting the CPU now doesn't get above 60c using Noctua NT-H1 paste. Might be overkill for my single core mac but only the best for this retro fleet haha!

While not as hot, I had a first-generation Quad Mac Pro 2.66...after stopped using it as my main machine, I gave it to my mother and she use to use it as a footwarmer while she messed around on the internet 😆

I'm just curious as to what it would score SC on a modern Geekbench, if it could run that is lol.

I thought I recognized my mall! I was just in CGX last week.

id love to get one of these for the case to make a sleeper pc

Kind of ironic see that back then Apple decide to migrate to Intel CPUs because of Power Consumption

you know he's old when he calls sata "serial ATA"

No doubt the look of the G5 is striking. But in terms of usability a early Mac Pro like a 2006 model would give you the same case design but with way for efficient intel Xeon processors.

Piece of beauty. Great times. Change the power fans though. LOUD!

you are talking about a computer from 2005 and reporting it during 2016, obviously any Raspberry PI will be faster. you are talking about what was the fastest in 2005. you are evaluating old hardware. obviously an intel pentium spent more energy in 1997 than any current Intel chip nowadays. technology evolves.

funnily enough, this thing may be less obsolete with the death of flash

i watch this every year at least once. its been 5 years

I daily drive a mac pro 4,1 (Flashed to 5,1) and I'm confident its unfair to compare the two but I've gotta say there is a solid reason to love these big big boys and it's upgradability.

Not the machine itself is problematic.
Powerpc couldn't upgrade chip production technology, so Apple decides to use cheap crap and make money selling PCs with its own logo.
ARM technology, used currently by Apple, exists on the market since 80s.

obscene the way this guy dresses!

Here is the yt video of the fix how to install Linux Debian 10 on PowerPC