I have a few old and reliable G3 and my G4 powerbook to help me with my Classic *fix* but honestly I've played around with Apple's new gear at their Store and it's so zippy compared to anything I have PC or Mac.
I just thought that I can get a cheaper system (on the used circuit) that is somewhat reliable for a few more years but it sounds like the G5's have a leaky cooling system problem that you can't predict. Plus Intels allow dual boot, and with today's newer systems, using Virtualization software is pretty reliable (even for games, but I'm not a big gamer). My only issue is mostly software compatibility with windows-only software (from work, certain statistics documents and such).
I've been drooling over the quad Core G5 towers that can be got relatively cheaply (compared to Xeon Mac Pro towers) but the benchmarks I've seen just goes to show that Intel+Leopard are a good pairing. Too bad they are way out of my price range, but I'm keeping my radars out for good deals. Thanks for the advice!
I just thought that I can get a cheaper system (on the used circuit) that is somewhat reliable for a few more years but it sounds like the G5's have a leaky cooling system problem that you can't predict. Plus Intels allow dual boot, and with today's newer systems, using Virtualization software is pretty reliable (even for games, but I'm not a big gamer). My only issue is mostly software compatibility with windows-only software (from work, certain statistics documents and such).
I've been drooling over the quad Core G5 towers that can be got relatively cheaply (compared to Xeon Mac Pro towers) but the benchmarks I've seen just goes to show that Intel+Leopard are a good pairing. Too bad they are way out of my price range, but I'm keeping my radars out for good deals. Thanks for the advice!