How much RAM does a G5 power mac take?
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you didn't say what type of G5 power mac you have. depends on how many slots and cpu type you have, therefore it could be 4GB, 8GB or 16GB.
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I have one, a G35-600 and love it.  I bought it because I wanted a desktop replacement.  Yeah its big, yeah its powerful, yeah its fast.  Battery life isn't that great and it's heavier that most others out there.  If you're going to be lugging the thing on airplanes all the time I'd say no.  But I take to and from the office with me and its fine.  I bought the Toshiba backpack that will hold it and just put my Ipaq and everything else in there with it.
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To be honest with hard drives always work out how much space you think you'll need and treble it, they are so cheap nowadays that it hardly makes any difference. The price difference between 80Gb and 250Gb is no more than £20. With RAM i'd go for as much as you can afford, 1Gb should be the minimum really, anything less will slow you down.\n\nBiggest outlay is graphics, again go for the best you can afford, even if its more than you need now, game requirements always go up, never down so spend as much as you can. Processors are less important these days, they're all fast, but if you're on a budget go for the AMD stuff, its cheaper.\n\nBut whatever you do dont get talked into buying a Mac, they cost more, dont perform and will break, just like anything with an Apple logo on it - just ask any sucker who bought an iPod
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PC or Mac?\n\nif it's Mac, go for a Power Mac Dual-Core G5, fully loaded with RAM\n\nif it's a PC, go for\nProcessor: Intel® Pentium® D Processor Extreme Edition 965 w/ HT 3.73GHz 1066MHz FSB\nMotherboard: NVidia nForce™4 SLI™ X16 Motherboard\nVideo Card: Dual 512MB PCI-Express x16 NVIDIA® GeForce™ 7900 GTX - SLI Enabled \nRAM Memory: 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 4 x 1024MB \nHard Drives: 1TB (500GB x 2) Serial ATA 3Gb/s 7,200 RPM w/ NCQ & 32MB Cache\nCD/DVD-ROM: 16x Dual Layer DVD±R/W Drive w/LightScribe Technology\nSound: Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi® Elite Pro High Definition 7.1 Audio with XRAM Technology\n\nin either case, choose a Cintiq 21UX Monitor.  It replaces the mouse, as you actually draw on the monitor like you would a piece of paper.\n\nCheck it out at www.wacom.com
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As you do not specify what you are going to use it for, I can only suggest you get as much RAM as you can, because there is no such thing as too much RAM.
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Performa?!!\n\nYou need a new computer.  A Performa is going to be far too slow to run OSX and probably couldn't handle the upgrades that you would need to run it.  \n\nYou'd need a new processor and new more ram.  Probably a new motherboard completely because you probably don't even have enough slots for your ram to upgrade it to where it would need to be to just run bare bones X.\n\nI have a performa 33Mhz and a G3 266.  Both are OLD and outdated...\n\nIt is time for you to buy a new computer. (If you want to run X)
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Another good place for RAM is at http://www.18004memory.com You can run an applet on their site that will tell you how many slots you have, if you have any available, and exactly what RAM you can have as a total, along with prices.  For the Hard Drive I would like to recommend either http://www.geeks.com or http://www.pricewatch.com Both are very reputable.  Hope this helps
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the short answers:\n1) If the software was for Classic MacOS running on G3s, no.\nWhy: Apple has stopped supporting the Classic Mac OS, even before the introduction of the Intel-based Macs.  As the Classic Mac OS only runs on PowerPC processors or older 680XX processors, the only way this would be possible would be through a PowerPC emulator, e.g. Virtual PC, to run Mac Classic programs.\n\nIf the software was for MacOS X running on G4s, yes.  \nWhy: Apple has included software called Rosetta with the IntelMacs to allow programs designed to run on OS X for PowerPC to be translated on the fly to run on the new processors.  Program speed will not be as fast as a native IntelMac application, but compared to running on older G4s (under 1 Ghz), the speed should be comparable or possibly faster than running natively on the old Mac.
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well if you need it just for the applications that you wrote about any speed over 1GZ would be more than ennough,however you should keep in mind that these programs in their new versions require more and more resources so my advice is to go for at least 1.5 GZ and something like 256 or 512 RAM and at least 10 GB hard drive. I hope i helped you.
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My daughter just finished year three on her Mac Powerbook G4 and we're expecting it to make it through for one more year. She'll probably upgrade when she goes to medical school. Just make sure you get Apple Care and replacement-cost insurance. And don't forget to back up!
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neither!\nyou hardly need 2GB RAM in a notebook, and secondly a 7200RPM disk is not that faster as a 5400RPM and btw you lose 20GB.
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Since your Mac is a Powerbook G4, it is probably using the PowerPC G4 and not the Intel Chips. The G4 and Power indicates that your notebook does not have the Intel chips.
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You can check http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g4/index.html it has a listing of Apple Power Mac. G4 Systems with all their specs. :D
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Apple announced a while ago that all future Macs will have Intel chips. Now, there are already numerous Macs available (depending on your country) with an Intel chip (x86, the same one is used for many Windows computers), including an iMac (2x faster than iMac G5) and the new MacBook Pro (4x faster than a PowerBook with G4 processor). I think it will only be a matter of time when they will release an Intel version of the G5 Tower.  \n\nSome software might not work as fast as on a PowerPC G5 (since PowerPC software has to be emulated on Intel Macs, but they say it is barely noticable), but numerous software developers have already announced to make so-called universal versions of their programs (which work on both PowerPC and Intel Mac as fast as possible). Adobe is expected to release Intel versions of future versions of their software next summer (Apple released Intel Macs faster than anticipated). This might cost you a lot of money if you already use many Adobe or other software. Most software vendors do provide a free update to an Intel versions though, I think you should check beforehand.\n\nUnfortunately, this does not mean that you can install Windows XP (it uses 'old firmware' not present in an Intel Mac I read in a magazine) directly on a Mac. However, it is announced that the next version of iEmulator (1.7.9, which enables you to run Windows 95,98, 2000, or XP on your Mac) will use the Intel processor for better performance. The update will be free for current and future users. I think VirtualPC (a very expensive emulator made by Microsoft) and possibly other emulators, may have an Intel version in the future as well. Furthermore, Windows Vista (the next version of Windows), may run on Intel Mac computers directly. This version is rumored to use the new firmware present in Intel Macs.\n\nRegarding the screen size, that totally depends on your needs. Personally, I do some amateur image editing as well and I have a 12 inch screen. I think if you are a professional, the bigger the better.
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It really depends on what you need it for or what software you plan to run on it.\n\nNote that the MacBooks are Intel-based, while Powerbooks are PPC-based. Certain software programs (such as Adobe Photoshop CS) will not run natively on Intel hardware yet, so the MacBook will run these programs in emulation, which is slower. However, the MacBook hardware is so much faster than the Powerbook's that the overall experience may be the same on either system.\n\nBut that's just one example. Most software these days is compatible with either PPC or Intel hardware, so you really have to consider if you'll be doing a lot of processor-intensive work such as video encoding or 3D rendering. If so, get an Intel-based Mac, but keep in mind that MacBooks do not come with upgraded video cards or Firewire 800 ports. For those, you'll need to get a MacBook Pro.
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It depends on the age of the Airport card / laptop. Assuming it's less than 2 years old, chances are the Airport card supports 802.11g. You can check for sure by visiting http://support.apple.com/specs/ and looking up your specific laptop model.\n\nA 600mhz G4 / G5 processor is plenty fast for most of what you want to do; unless you are compressing video or doing other CPU-intensive activities, you'll be fine with a single proc at that speed.\n\nThere is a qualitative difference in clock cycles for an Intel chip and a PowerPC chip; because of architecture differences, an Intel chip needs many more clock cycles to perform the same number of instructions as a PowerPC chip. You can read more at http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/cpu/p4andg4e.ars/1
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Not unless you're running them at the same time.  Computers are only as slow as the memory you have or use.  Hard disk space should never be used to it's maximum, always leave a Gig or two of free space to keep your system running smoothly.  Secondly, your Ram, as long as you are not running all the bells and whistles on your mac at the same time, it should be fine.