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- Aspect Ratio: Not Applicable
- CD Writer: Yes
- Centrino: no
- Chipset Brand: unknown
- Chipset Type: unknown
- Clock Speed in MHz: 2000
- Clockspeed (MHz): 2000
- Combo Drive: yes
- DVD Drive: Yes
- DVD Reader: Yes
- DVD Writer: DVD Writer
- DVD recordable: Recordable
- Design: Tower
- Digital Entertainment Platform: No
- Disc Drive Type: DVD/CD RW Combi
- Hard Disc Capacity in MB: 160
- Hard disc capacity (MB): 160000
- Hyper Threading: No
- IBM Processor: G5
- Intel Centrino Technology: No
- Media Centre Edition: unknown
- Modem Type: Analogue
- Modem type: Analogue
- Mousestick: No
- Number of Cores: 2
- Number of Processors: 2
- Processor Brand: IBM
- Processor Number: unknown
- RAM in MB: 512
- RAM-MB: 512
- Rack Server: No
- Remote Control: unknown
- TV / Radio Card: No
- Touchpad: No
- Trackball: No
- Type: Tower
- Type of Modem: Analogue
- Video Card: No
- Video Editing Card: No
- Video card: no
- Workstation: no
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Apple's Power Mac G5 is a revolutionary 64-bit desktop system designed to meet the high-performance, no-compromise requirements of the creative professional. With 64-bit power and a high-bandwidth architecture, this groundbreaking new system alleviates the limitations and bottlenecks of the traditional PC - opening up a wealth of possibilities for 2D and 3D designers, video and audio producers, scientists and researchers, and game programmers and players.All this performance begins with the 64-bit PowerPC G5 processor. Developed in collaboration with IBM and produced using state-of-the-art process technology, the PowerPC G5 yields clock speeds up to 2GHz. This breakthrough processing power combines with the industry's fastest frontside bus, a point-to-point architecture, high-speed memory, and the latest I/O technologies. The result? The world's fastest personal computer.The Power Mac G5 features a stunning anodized aluminum alloy enclosure, designed to meet the needs of the most demanding professionals. The enclosure is built around four independently controlled thermal zones for advanced airflow management, with fans in each zone that are individually controlled based on a sophisticated combination of thermal and power monitoring, resulting in the Power Mac G5 running two times quieter than the previous Power Mac G4. The G5 enclosure also features an easy-to-open access panel allowing quick access to internal components for tool-less installation of memory, hard drives, optical drives or an AirPort Extreme card. Front and rear handles allow professionals to rapidly and safely move Power Mac G5s when and where they need them, and front-mounted ports provide convenient access for popular peripherals.This desktop comes with an external AirPort Extreme antenna.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
2+2=4??,
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This review is from: Apple Powermac 2.0GHZ PPC G5 160GB TOW 512MB Tower PC (Electronics)
First I must admit to bias: I've got this machine, and it's great. Second, I'd like to add to the 2GHz/4GHz question. The performance of a multi-processor machine depends on several factors, the most salient of which include the operating system, the extent to which a particular programme is optimised for multiple processors, and the extent to which a particular processor family scales in multi-processor environments (for example, an Intel Xeon performs better here than a Pentium, which is why multi-proc wintel machines tend to use Xeon). In the case of the G5 described here, the operating system, being based on Unix, makes good use of multiple processors. The G5 chip family scales very well in multi-processor installations with up to 4 cores, far better than pentium (which is a poor multi-cpu chip) and probably better than Xeon. However, most software for the platform isn't (yet) especially optimised for multi-processors. Ideal situations show a possible scale of at least 80%, meaning that dual 2GHz processors would perform at about a 3.2GHz level on a single well written app. Examples of this include some optimised operations in photoshop. More typically for single app you'd get a speed boost, but not that much. However, the big advantage of multiple processors is when you run multiple applications. Thus for example the operating system might use one processor, and a video editing app might use the other, and this also gives a big performance boost. I tend to have about 15 applications open at once, and can rip a DVD in the background while using another app in the foreground without any degradation in performance: that foreground app is probably not performing any higher than it would running alone on a single processor 2GHz machine, but then on a single processor machine I probably wouldn't be able to rip a DVD at the same time ;-) The bottom line is this machine has ample performance for almost all tasks, including real time video editing effects on HD video (using Final Cut Pro). Using the CPU usage graph included in the operating system, it's remarkable how well balanced the usage of the two CPUs is under load, but also remarkable that I've never seen the machine go above 80% CPU usage (although I haven't ripped a DVD and done HD video editing at the same time, that might do it!).
10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
technical information incorrect,
This review is from: Apple Powermac 2.0GHZ PPC G5 160GB TOW 512MB Tower PC (Electronics)
the information above is not absolutely correct:this computer is a dual 2ghz g5, thats 4ghz in total instead of 2. the optical drive is a cd-rw and dvd-r in one. you can burn both cds and dvds with it (its a superdrive not a combo drive). the processor is made by apple and ibm, not motorola. the video card is either an ati radeon 9600 with 64 mb memory or an ati radeon 9800 with 128 mb memory. people who want to know should ask amazon about this. the computer also comes with cables, mouse, and keyboard, but no monitor. the g5 is a very powerful processor, and this dual 2ghz model is the most powerful of the line. for more comprehensive information about what this computer can do, go to www.apple.com/g5processor.
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