PPC G5 Halts, Panics, Crashes - heat related? — #20

Post #20 by UltraNEO*

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	Hardware
Post Date	Sun, 11 Oct 2009 - 01:16
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/ppc-g5-halts-panics-crashes-heat-related.18753/

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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.

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I had a 1.6 until recently... that thing was utter garbage. It was easily beaten (performance-wise) by a 1.5 GHz G4 PowerBook I used to have. Terrible, terrible desktop performance. It also had annoying fan issues and strange power supply noises.

OK.. mines not a 1.6.

But dude, considering this is like my sixth machine floating about the house, I won't be too arsed about it's lacking in performance.... I just want the stupid thing to work and not crash every so often. LOOL

You have to remember, for it's time and age, it used to be fairly powerful workhorse.. if not the most powerful consumer desktop. For the cost of the machine today, it has more horses under the hood than the latest MacBook Air.