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Apple Power Mac G5 dual 2.5GHz review

7.8

Editors' Rating

Very Good

7.9

Members' Rating

Very Good

Typical price:£ 5467

Verdict

Creative pros and power users will salivate over the speed and the design of Apple's top-of-the-line Power Mac G5, but we wish it offered more expansion and better support... Read Full Review.

Pros

  • Fast
  • Silent
  • Elegant design

Cons

  • Minimal internal expansion
  • Expensive
  • Lacklustre warranty

Key Specs

Clock speed: 2.5 GHz
RAM installed: 4096 MB
Hard drive size: 160 GB
Graphics processor: ATI Radeon 9800 XT
Graphics RAM: 256 MB
Graphics card: ATI Radeon 9800 XT
Display diagonal size: 23 in
Case form factor: tower
Operating system: MacOS X 10.3

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Member Opinion

7.9

Average Member Rating

Very Good

19 Members have reviewed this product

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Pat Lu

Pat Lu

Don't buy it if you need it for your serious work

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4.0

Mediocre


Jade Myers

Jade Myers

Room for improvement, but good overall

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7.5

Very Good


Anonymous

Anonymous

Technical support can be improved & the price lowered

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7.5

Very Good


Anonymous

Anonymous

worst idea

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2.0

Terrible


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