Apple Power Mac G5 Desktop M9749LL/A (Dual 2.7 GHz PowerPC G5, 512 MB RAM, 250 GB Hard Drive, 16x Dual Layer SuperDrive)

Apple Power Mac G5 Desktop M9749LL/A (Dual 2.7 GHz PowerPC G5, 512 MB RAM, 250 GB Hard Drive, 16x Dual Layer SuperDrive)
Manufacturer: Apple Computer
Product Type: Personal Computer

Editorial Review:
Product Description
The Power Mac G5 was built for speed from the inside out. The modern creative class needs a Mac that can handle high-end content creation applications, and do it quickly. Those who wish to produce the very best designs, music, high-definition video or the even next scientific breakthrough at a much faster pace finally have a computer built with them in mind. The newer, faster 64-bit processing with whiplash-fast frontside bus mean no more lags when accessing memory or the hard drive. The high-bandwidth architecture is perfect for 2D and 3D designers, video and audio producers, scientists, researchers and game developers. Combined with an advanced system controller and high-speed, high-capacity memory combine to make the Power Mac G5 one of the fastest PCs ever built. 1 FireWire 800 and 2 FireWire 400 and 3 USB 2.0 ports, 2 USB 1.1 on keyboard 3 PCI-X expansion slots ( PCI Backward Compatible) - one 133MHz, 64-bit slot and two 100MHz, 64-bit slots AirPort Extreme ready (based on 802.11g specification; IEEE 802.11b Wi-Fi certified) Optional internal Bluetooth module Built-in support for the 30-inch Apple Cinema Display Multiple device connections - DVI connector, ADC connector, analog audio in & out, optical S/PDIF in & out, front headphone and speaker jack and built-in Gigabit Ethernet Comes with Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger. Mac OS X Tiger offers a seamless transition to 64-bit performance - Current 32-bit code Â? such the Mac OS 9 Classic environment and existing applications Â? runs natively at processor speed. With no interruptions to your workflow. And no additional investment in software required to take advantage of 64-bit power Power Mac G5 comes with 90 days of free telephone support and a one-year limited warranty PLEASE NOTE - Monitor sold separately

Average customer rating:

Dual G5 Two Thumbs Up
Even the World's Best Computer is Not Perfect...
LOL @ Apple-bashers
I think the Negative reviews are liars and ignorant people
An amazing machine...

Apple Power Mac G5 Desktop M9749LL/A (Dual 2.7 GHz PowerPC G5, 512 MB RAM, 250 GB Hard Drive, 16x Dual Layer SuperDrive)

Manufacturer: Apple Computer
ProductGroup: Personal Computer
Binding: Personal Computers

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Product Features:

Dual 2.7 GHz PowerPC G5, 1.35 GHz per processor
512 MB expandable to 8 GB, 250 GB Hard Drive
16x Double-Layer SuperDrive, ATI Radeon 9650 with 256 MB DDR SDRAM
One FireWire 800 port, two FireWire 400 ports; three USB 2.0 ports, two USB 1.1 ports; AGP 8X Pro slot with graphics card installed
Software includes Mac OS X version 10.4 Tiger, iLife, Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive,QuickBooks New User, Zinio Reader, Xcode Developer Tools

ASIN: B0007OW502

Product Description

The Power Mac G5 was built for speed from the inside out. The modern creative class needs a Mac that can handle high-end content creation applications, and do it quickly. Those who wish to produce the very best designs, music, high-definition video or the even next scientific breakthrough at a much faster pace finally have a computer built with them in mind. The newer, faster 64-bit processing with whiplash-fast frontside bus mean no more lags when accessing memory or the hard drive. The high-bandwidth architecture is perfect for 2D and 3D designers, video and audio producers, scientists, researchers and game developers. Combined with an advanced system controller and high-speed, high-capacity memory combine to make the Power Mac G5 one of the fastest PCs ever built. 1 FireWire 800 and 2 FireWire 400 and 3 USB 2.0 ports, 2 USB 1.1 on keyboard 3 PCI-X expansion slots ( PCI Backward Compatible) - one 133MHz, 64-bit slot and two 100MHz, 64-bit slots AirPort Extreme ready (based on 802.11g specification; IEEE 802.11b Wi-Fi certified) Optional internal Bluetooth module Built-in support for the 30-inch Apple Cinema Display Multiple device connections - DVI connector, ADC connector, analog audio in & out, optical S/PDIF in & out, front headphone and speaker jack and built-in Gigabit Ethernet Comes with Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger. Mac OS X Tiger offers a seamless transition to 64-bit performance - Current 32-bit code Â? such the Mac OS 9 Classic environment and existing applications Â? runs natively at processor speed. With no interruptions to your workflow. And no additional investment in software required to take advantage of 64-bit power Power Mac G5 comes with 90 days of free telephone support and a one-year limited warranty PLEASE NOTE - Monitor sold separately

Customer Reviews:

Dual G5 Two Thumbs Up.......2005-11-10

I have used ever single personal computer that has ever came up till today from Sinclairs, Amstrads, Commodores to todays PC's. Personal computers have never been so diverse and simple at the same time. The beauty of this machine not only comes from its processing power but also comes from the operating system. It's a unique system, a combination of software and hardware, extremely powerful, not to mention the every bit of cool design in it. I am a power user, to be more secific 3D animator and i am working on Maya. If i'd say that MAC has changed my life, that would pretty much sum it up.

Even the World's Best Computer is Not Perfect..........2005-10-30

Okay. We all know that Apple / Microsoft, Mac OS X / Windows, have had a war going on ever since they were invented. I have been reading reviews for a long time, and I have been a Mac and PC use for a long time. For those of you who read this reviews to gather infromation o whether or not to by a product, then I am here to help you with something.
First off, I would like to thank the guy at the bottom of these reviews, (the one from Sydney) for pointing out things that are in fact true. OS X is based on Unix, and the OS X techlonogy was not completely orginal, it came from a comany before Steve Jobs came back to Apple in the Late-90s. But all of that is a huge History of the Mac archive. If you really want to find out what the whole tale of Mac OS X is, then I suggest you start reading some of the books on Steve Jobs.
Now onto the Mac itself. The Mac is a simple design, it is made to just work, which it does when taken care of. I have used every single Mac on today's current line-up. (iMac G5, iBook G4, Powerbook G4, Mac mini, PowermAc G5, and iPod models from 3rd Generation all the way up to the current iPod nano.) They all run pretty much the same, the ones that preform less are simply not as advanced as those who preform better.
I currently own a Late-2001 iBook G3, which is entirley obsolete copared to todays Apple machines, and it is still working exactly like it did the day that i took it out of the box. But keep in mind, great care has been put into this machine to keep it running at optimal preformance. I will not lie, not all computers are perfect. My iBook freezes, has internal system problems, it has good days and bad days; just like any other computer out there. Macs are not perfect, they have their flaws, but you will find that they are more concrete than your regular PC.
Now, being a long time Mac user, I know how to repair many problems that come up, and they are small problems, things that happen all the time in any computer. But for some, and there is not a problem with this, they simply do not know how to fix them; therefore, they say that Macs are a piece of crap and should be destroyed. It all comes with knowledge. If you know how to solve a problem, then you solve it. It is when you don't know, that you give up and call whatever you are angry at a piece of crap.
Still, I cannot choose your purchase for you, I can only tell you what the turh is. If you take the time to learn about your Mac, if you come to know how to repair problems that might occur, and if you treat it with care on both the hardware and software, you will find that the Mac will last until it becomes obselete from the technology around it.

LOL @ Apple-bashers.......2005-10-21

Was dupped for 10+ years by PC (PieceCrap) before I saw the light with Apple. Could never really understand until I drove one for a while. Will never look back now. Apple is the real deal. Listening to the Apple-bashers hear is like listening to a bunch of people who drive Ford Pintos complain about Porsches. LOL

I think the Negative reviews are liars and ignorant people.......2005-10-21

I don't need a long winded rebuttal. The guy who said he called for service on a new machine, and was told to take it to COMPUSA has never gotten service from Apple. Apple will cheerfully send you a box to your home next day air. They will also repair your machine in one day, and next day air it back to you. All free. They are the most reliable machines in the world as proven by the non-profit consumers union, and the rabidly pc positive PC-World consumer survey. Anybody that says that Macs crash ever, or that they ever had to reboot it, has not used a Mac since OS X came out. I do not care what real bench marks you used. I have never seen a PC that can download video from a HI-8 digital video camera withour dropping frames. My old 800 mhz Ibook laptop could do it with no problem. The special made PCs could render faster than my laptop, but I can wait for perfect rendering after a perfect download. The special PCs that cost nearly ten times as much as my old dinky laptop just could never produce acceptable home video. My dual G5 now renders slightly faster in the real world than my friend's $10,000.00 intel machine. He looks like a puppy told to go to his room for peeing on the floor. I really do not care if it is a little faster or a lot slower, just as long as it is perfect.

As far as business, and productivity software all machines are fast enough PC and Mac.

PCs alway have some little thing break that worked the day before. The windows task bar has always been buggy. Try setting it to auto-hide. You can't use it! PCs are a constant hassle. They are for professionals only. Because you have to be a professional to keep them working. I know, I am a Microsoft Certified System Engineer, and spend my day job hours making Windows Networks, desktops and servers work. I see no sign of a PC that can run an hour without some kind of little problem, and PC users have just come to expect it, and do not even try to make them work, unless the problem is so severe that they cannot possbibly do thier job.

I have never had anything stop working for no reason on Mac. Yes I have had hardware problems on Macs, twice. I got them fixed for free and within three days. My wife runs a 1998 250MHz blueberry ibook. My son runs a 500MHZ 2000 dual USB ibook, and I run a new 2005 1.4GHZ ibook and a 2.5GHZ desktop. I do not pay for antivirus, or antispyware. I also own a 1.4GHZ Intel server that I built myself that is unplugged, unloved, and sitting in a closet. I used to use it as a shared hard-drive for my whole family, but it was alway causing problems.

An amazing machine..........2005-10-17

I have been using Macintosh computers since the SE30 we had in college and I have watched Apple put out better and better machines and this G5 is their most amazing machine yet. It was fast out of the box, but after upgrading to 8gb of RAM this machine screams. You can zip through huge Photoshop files, high definition video, and everyday computing with ease. Regardless of what industry you work in, your work (and play) will benefit from this computer and with Amazon's $200 rebate, you can't find a better price.

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