That is one thing I will definitely agree on... beautiful from an aesthetic perspective, and the way the come apart and go together is for the most part, ingenious... a statement that is true for all G5's. .And the way the semi-sealed thermal zones and fan layout are designed is an absolute work of art in it's own right. It's just a shame that they were let down by substandard components and materials in some machines. The DP looks much more impressive than the DC, but the DC is a whole lot faster and basically rock-solid.
For what it's worth I reckon that had the environmental nandy-pandies not gotten their noses out of joint about leaded solder flux in mass-produced electronics and called for the mandated use of inferior but supposedly cleaner alternatives without lead, then the G5's story would have been a different one for that alone. Unfortunately though looking at most of that era of Mac, the capacitors in particular they used seemed to be of a very poor grade also. An eMac or iMac G5 would blow caps in 2 years that in a Classic or Plus for instance would take 20 years. And the stupid amounts of heat that early G5 chips produced even with 500 fans running was never going to do any favours for the life-expectancy of crap solder and cheap componentry.
