[rescue] Need Powermac G5- Dual 2.0 Ghz or better

[Joshua Boyd]

On Dec 9, 2008, at 7:06 AM, Jonathan Groll wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 08, 2008 at 06:17:08AM -0800, Christopher Purdy wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I'm in need of a Powermac G5 Dual CPU, 2.0Ghz or higher.  I'm  
>> building my home recording studio and my MacBook isn't cutting it,  
>> I need the expandability.
>>
>> So, I'd like to trade any / all of the following for a high end  
>> PowerMac G5
>>
>> iMac G5 - 1.6 Ghz, 1.5GB Ram, Combo drive, 80 GB HDD
>>
>> MacBook - 6months old - still under warranty.  2.1 Ghz Core2 Duo,  
>> 4GB ram, 120GB HDD, White
>
> I guess I never really swallowed the Apple "PPC is so much better than
> Intel" pill, but how sure are you that a dual core2 macbook will be
> slower than a dual G5?
> I would suspect that you may not benefit from this deal all that much.

I don't know.  A MacBook has one FW400 port and one USB port.

Good audio interfaces past 4 channels will be quite expensive for the  
MacBook, while PCI audio interfaces are relatively cheap and can  
often be combined.

Also, there are some DSP cards that are affordable and that won't fit  
in a MacBook.