Powermac G5 Purchase got me back in

[debaser]

Hello everyone. I really love this site and often lurk on here kinda living vicariously through all of you my love for retromac computing. I still have my Lombard, MDD, and a few other items but really had to let my gear go years ago when we had our first kid.

At any rate I think I am coming back and it has been way too long. I recently got this fine Powermac G5 DC 2.0Ghz/4GB machine kitted out with dual LCDs for $100. I may have been able to find a better deal, maybe I got screwed... but I tell ya I am loving this new setup. Its not very "classic" at all but I am back!

 

[bibilit]

with dual LCDs for $100. I may have been able to find a better deal, maybe I got screwed

A pretty good deal, the dual screens are worth the $ 100 anyway

 

[olePigeon]

You can run Classic Mode in OS X on a G5, correct?

 

[haplain]

Yes you can but the only supported version of 10.4 on a G5 (at least quad core) is 10.4.11. Anything else crashes and creates panics. Don't waste your Saturday like I did trying to figure that out.

 

[debaser]

Yes - I did find that out last night as well. My G5 came with 10.5.8 installed.

 

[CC_333]

Well, since the newest G5s (including the Quads) were released well before Leopard was released, contemporary versions of Tiger ought to work, and indeed, EveryMac says that they shipped initially with 10.4.2, and the discontinuation date coincides with the release of 10.4.7.

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[Unknown_K]

So its not worth installing 10.5.x on a G5?

 

[Theretrogamingroom]

Well, it kinda depends on if you want to run Classic, or just OSX as a "modern" computer.

 

[debaser]

Yeah I agree. I have decided quite easily to make this now my main desktop machine and as you can see, cleared the desk for it. I am quite impressed just how easy it is to make this my "modern" dailydriver.

 

[TheWhiteFalcon]

Leopard flies on the G5, but obviously it's useless if you want to run Classic.