G5

[Conquest10]

I was just watching something on the new iMac G5. They were saying how its great for designers. I've heard that many times. The answer is always because its designed better than a pc. Why would the look of your computer have anything to do with how well you design?

[yoda313]

Hello,

Better vibes?????



Kevin

(yeah it's the guts inside that matter - PC Freak myself - MAC SUCKS)

[Capmaster]

I was just watching something on the new iMac G5. They were saying how its great for designers. I've heard that many times. The answer is always because its designed better than a pc. Why would the look of your computer have anything to do with how well you design?

Maybe their clients are easily impressed by a gee-whiz case or monitor stand designed by Ralph Lauren

Like the transparent case on the Mac desktops. Why???And who cares???

[bazooka]

A propaganda teacher at school tried to spin the apple web on me saying that the g4-g5 cases made more sense than a pc case.

In the end, he struggled to get the g5 case open.

I laughed, while he told me that pc cases were stupid.

[Pwyll]

Maybe by design they also mean the way the components work together. Made by Apple for Apple.

[Doramius]

If the Apple Cube cases weren't so expensive, I would have turned one into an NES system long ago. I used PC Cubes instead, though the cheap ones are harder to findw/out any guts. They all seem to be barebone systems. I get my mobo and CPU at the same time. Barebones are worthless to me.

[rallynavvie]

G5s are better for designers when they're running OSX-native versions of their favorite DCC apps. I can't do without mine at work for creation. The PC workstation I have there is pretty much for workflow organization and to send/receive emails. Although I credit most of its usefulness to the OS itself, the twin 2 GHz G5 processors don't hurt either.

As for the iMac version I think it's a brilliant-looking design. How well it actually works we'll find out in the coming months. The last two gens of iMacs were designed on the same premise: one package for the computer and monitor to save clutter. However I never did like the looks of the last two. This new one is aluminum and the monitor a good Apple LCD so I could certainly see nailing one of these to the wall to make a quick workstation somewhere in the house. Don't think it actually supports mounting directly to a wall like that though. Drawbacks to these designs are one big one: no room for expansion, or at least very little.

The G5 desktop case design is one of the best I've ever seen though (the non-water-cooled versions). Everything is compartmented, the chassis is heavy-gauge aluminum so it wicks heat and is tough. Lian Li copied the G5 case design to an extent with the PC-V1000 and -2000 series which have been getting great reviews. The G5 I use is likely the quitest computer I've witnessed and I've yet to notice any problems with cooling. Unfortunately it is hobbled again by the lack of room for upgrading internally as it doesn't support anything more than the one optical drive, but with 1394b on it that isn't an issue for me.

I wasn't very impressed with FCP/DVDSP performance on it. The Adobe suite on my home workstation still runs circles around the G5 for video production.

[pacmania_2001]

In my experience with Apples and design process they're fantastic, with the amount of crashes and freeze ups you'll experience it gives you plenty of time to think up new ideas.

[lordsmurf]

I was just watching something on the new iMac G5. They were saying how its great for designers. I've heard that many times. The answer is always because its designed better than a pc. Why would the look of your computer have anything to do with how well you design?

Inspiration?

[Doramius]

I was just watching something on the new iMac G5. They were saying how its great for designers. I've heard that many times. The answer is always because its designed better than a pc. Why would the look of your computer have anything to do with how well you design?

Inspiration?

That's why I have a 'Warhol' hanging by my PC. I get better inspiration from porn than I do the Apple/Mac designs. :P

[Faustus]

A propaganda teacher at school tried to spin the apple web on me saying that the g4-g5 cases made more sense than a pc case.

In the end, he struggled to get the g5 case open.

I laughed, while he told me that pc cases were stupid.

If he struggled to get a G5 Powermac Case open, he is a restard. I walked an 80 year old man though it once over the phone. Easy stuff...

The G5 case is better then ATX, matter of fact if you look up the info on new BTX case and mobo format (to replace atx for intel at least) you'll see a few things there that are sorta like the Powermac G5.

Mac look cool to get you attention, but once you actually start using it you find there is lots of good on the inside also.