In short, there are reasons the PowerMac G5 has a reputation of being something of a lemon. It is.

Click to expand...

Only the water cooled G5s had huge problems. The other G5s didn't have nearly as many issues. The problem is that people only post when their computer is having problems. Nobody registers on a forum to say, "My G5 works fine".

Click to expand...

A little bird *very much in the know* once told me about a number of skeletons in the G5's closet, particularly the first generation (1.6-2.0Ghz) models, but that's about all I can say. It's probably just enough to warn anyone considering them that they're essentially exotic UNIX-workstation technology done on a shoestring budget. (At two grand-plus they may of seemed expensive, but a SUN Sparc machine in the same speed class would of been in the five figures.) And like anything done on a shoestring budget, there are... compromises.

Basically, they're the poster children for why Apple had to switch to Intel. Take that for what you will.