All earlier G5s have a 4 or 8GB RAM limit. You are limited to the 2.0/2.3 Dual Core G5 or the 2.5 Quad G5. Yes, it will do that but with much higher gas consumption, emissions and noise levels (which isn't necessarily a bad thing when it comes to Ferraris), and much less comfortable than a more modern car.Ĭlick to expand.If you would not go any lower in RAM, then…ġ. I apologise for the car analogy, but it's sort of like buying a classic Ferrari just to drive to the local supermarket for grocery shopping. But Linux on a G5 isn't necessarily a walk in the park. Linux, on the other hand, gives you access to much more modern browsers. If web browsing is the job, the G5 isn't the right tool for that anymore, at least if you're going to be running OS X. Same aesthetic, affordable, much faster, much better performance per watt, much more modern OSes than a G5 - and, most importantly, modern browsers that will actually give you a "good" web browsing experience without needing to resort to all kinds of tricks and workarounds. I’d much rather go for a classic Mac Pro (2008 or newer to be precise, so that you can run versions of OS X/macOS newer than El Capitan). It’s quite expensive where I live so I may be biased against “power hogs”. Moreover, electricity isn’t free ("performance per watt"). If a browser is too old to cope with a website because it doesn't support some feature(s) it uses, then having all the CPU power in the world won't help you. It's not a question of being "fast enough for TenFourFox (or some other browser)". Some websites may not work properly, some may need tricks and workarounds to work (more or less), some may not work at all. TenFourFox development has been halted and it is outdated. To be honest: I consider this to be a pretty terrible idea.Ī Power Mac G5 consumes a lot of power/electricity under load… for a “lacklustre” web browsing experience: All browsers available for OS X on PPC are more or less outdated. What is the noise level of the Power Mac G5’s? I like my computers to be very quiet, would I be able to swap out the stock fans for quiet (or almost silent) ones?.I think an SSD upgrade would be good too, they keep dropping in price.What is the minimum G5 CPU I should get?.I would have a nicely designed aesthetic tower computer case and I theorize that a G5 with 4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB of RAM (would even 4 GB work, is that still too low for the modern web? I have 16 GB on my MacBook Pro and I wouldn’t go any lower if I was buying a new laptop today) should be fast enough for TenFourFox. ![]() Should I get a used Power Mac G5 (they can be gotten for a good price in the local classified if you wait long enough), upgrading to either 4 GB / 8 GB / 16 GB of RAM: and use it to browse the internet with TenFourFox?įastest 2 x dual CPU G5 geekbench is 3316įastest single core G5 Geekbench is 1047 (is this too slow?)įastest iMac G5 Geekbench is 1106 (is this too slow? Also see the lack of RAM on the iMac G5 compared to the Power Mac G5) ![]() ![]() I usually don’t use desktops anymore (laptops are much more convenient), but I have an extra monitor + keyboard + mouse set. After reading this amusing review of the Power Mac G5
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