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Apple Power Mac G5 review Editors Choice Award

8.3

Editors' Rating

Excellent

9.3

Members' Rating

Spectacular

Typical price:£ 4496

Verdict

Whether it's the world's fastest PC is up for debate, but the Power Mac G5 certainly delivers top-notch performance for creative professionals and power users... Read Full Review.

Pros

  • Much faster than past Power Macs
  • Quiet
  • Can be used as a serious workstation for a fraction of the cost.

Cons

  • Limited internal expansion capabilities
  • Case is big and heavy
  • Ships with outdated keyboard and mouse
  • Not cheap.

Key Specs

Clock speed: 2 GHz
RAM installed: 2048 MB
Hard drive size: 160 GB
Graphics processor: ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
Graphics RAM: 64 MB
Graphics card: ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
Display diagonal size: 20 in
Case form factor: tower
Operating system: Mac OS X 10.2

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Member Opinion

9.3

Average Member Rating

Spectacular

8 Members have reviewed this product

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Anonymous

Anonymous

Best computer I've ever owned

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10

Perfect


Anonymous

Anonymous

Super-Computer on a desk

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9.5

Spectacular


Anonymous

Anonymous

Power Mac G5 Rev B

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9.0

Spectacular


Anonymous

Anonymous

Goodbye Linux and x86, hello Panther!

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9.0

Spectacular


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