Apple Power Mac G5

518 reviews

Apr, 2024

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 518 reviews of Apple Power Mac G5. The average rating for this product is 4.0/5, compared to an average rating of 4.1/5 for other Desktops for all reviews. Views about the size and design are on the whole positive, whereas opinions about the price and reliability are mixed.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Desktops the Apple Power Mac G5 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 89/100 = Very good quality.

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Amazon.co.uk review summary for Apple Power Mac G5

alaTest has collected and analyzed 3 user reviews of Apple Power Mac G5 from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 5.0/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.2/5 for other Desktops on Amazon.co.uk. People really like the reliability and usability.

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100% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Apr, 2024

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Amazon.com review summary for Apple Power Mac G5

alaTest has collected and analyzed 261 user reviews of Apple Power Mac G5 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.8/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other Desktops on Amazon.com. Reviewers are impressed by the size and design. The price and usability also get good opinions, whereas there are some mixed views about the reliability.

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75% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Apr, 2024

Expert review by : Daniel Drew Turner (cnet.com)

Apple Power Mac G5 Quad

Apple's new relationship with Intel looms heavily over the Apple Power Mac G5 Quad, but if you need an Apple-based content-creation platform right now, this system and its pair of dual-core CPUs will give you heretofore unseen levels of performance.

Powerful, workstation-class graphics card on a PCI Express bus; excellent performance on multithreaded applications; fast system bus.

Wireless AirPort card not included in default configuration; external modem; poor AirPort reception; difficult to add second drive; no RAID option.

With two dual-core CPUs and workstation-level graphics, the Power Mac G5 Quad is the burliest, fastest Mac to date, but it may soon become obsolete because Apple's move to Intel CPUs is already underway.

Jan, 2006

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Expert review by : Joel Santo Domingo (pcmag.com)

Apple Power Mac G5 Quad

The Apple Power Mac Quad is the latest and greatest in the Power Mac line. If the Apple iMac G5 isn't enough computer for your Mac OS needs, then the Power Mac Quad will blow you away.

Blazing multimedia performance for professionals. Two cores in two chips equal hiccup-free performance. 1TB of drive space. Future-proof PCIe and DDR2 technologies

nVidia Quadro graphics are overkill. Very expensive. Not compatible with DDR SDRAM and PCI/PCI-X expansion cards used in previous generations of Power Macs. Only 90 days of included tech support

Dec, 2005

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Expert review by : Henry Norr (pcworld.com)

Apple Power Mac G5/Quad 2.5GHz

Speedy video card ; Dual Gigabit Ethernet jacks support advanced networking options ; Huge memory capacity ; PCI Express expansion slots ; Two dual-core processors deliver substantial performance gains in many applications

Cooling fans noisy when system is under heavy load ; Limited performance gains in many routine office and even Photoshop tasks

Nov, 2005

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Apple Power Mac G5/Dual 2.3GHz

Very good performance ; Excellent graphics capabilities ; PCI Express slots ; Huge memory capacity

No backward compatibility with PCI or PCI-X cards ; No improvement in performance compared with dual-processor model

Nov, 2005

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Apple Power Mac G5 Dual 2.0GHz (2005)

Lots of bang for the buck ; Comes with more RAM and larger hard drive ; Double-layer SuperDrive

Smaller hard drive ; No PCI-X slots ; Half the memory capacity of the more-expensive models

May, 2005

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Expert review by : Joel Santo Domingo (pcmag.com)

Apple Power Mac G5 Dual (2.7GHz)

Up-to-date graphics. Quiet. Bright, brilliant 30-inch widescreen display. Supports up to 8GB of memory. Case is easy to work in for upgrades. Speedy 16X dual-layer DVD writer.

No external speakers in package. Highest-end graphics card required for 30-inch display support. Pricey with all the options. No dual-drive RAID at this price.

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May, 2005

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Expert review by : Henry Norr (pcworld.com)

Apple Power Mac G5 1.8GHz

Costs $500 less than the lowest-level dual Power Mac ; Includes most of the same advanced technologies as the more expensive models

Inadequate RAM and smallish hard drive ; 4GB maximum memory ; PCI rather than PCI-X slots ; Much slower than other Power Macs

Nov, 2004

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Apple Power Mac G5 Dual 1.8GHz (2004)

FireWire 800 ; Lots of bang for the buck ; 8x SuperDrive ; Gigabit Ethernet

Comes with only 256MB of RAM and 80GB hard drive ; Hobbled compared with other G5s ; Extremely large size

Oct, 2004

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Expert review by : Joel Santo Domingo (pcmag.com)

Apple Power Mac G5 Dual 2 GHz

The silver Power Mac G5 Dual 2 GHz is Apple's latest Über-computer. The dual 64-bit G5 processors run on a blazingly fast 1,000-MHz system bus, giving the G5 performance comparable withand sometimes better thanthe other systems in our roundup.

Nov, 2003

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Expert review by : Henry Norr (pcworld.com)