Using an Apple Power Mac G5 Today - Is It Still Usable?

[@danwood_uk]

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[@macgamer1973]

I just got off the phone e for free

[@leylandlynxvlog]

Does it work for websites that only allow you to register from certain countries? Cos I tried another VPN and the website still knew I was not in a supported country.

[@dj_grumble]

Up until this year, I was using a dual 2.0-GHz PowerMac G5 as my main audio workstation and produced multiple gold records with it. i bought it from a computer recycling center for $80 in 2016 to replace my aging G4

[@mattstone8878]

A took a dump out of the toilet and connected a midi keyboard controller. I produced brown records with it. 😅

[@ManfredRoslinger]

@@mattstone8878 bro wtf

[@mattstone8878]

@@ManfredRoslinger You don't get the joke? Or?

[@ManfredRoslinger]

@@mattstone8878 Didn't get it

[@mattstone8878]

@ManfredRoslinger The joke is basically an analogy to the comment by @dj_grumble. He talks about taking an obsolete computer and producing gold records with it. I just took it one step further, and changed the obsolete computer for a literal turd. And since turds are generally brown, I joked about created brown records instead of gold records. Make sense?

[@CommodoreFan64]

It still blows my mind when I think about how a modern Android Tablet like a Nokia T20 in many ways is more powerful than this Power Mac G5, and cost many times less than this did when it was new, but still cool to see the Power Macs getting support from the community to this very day.

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

Device power is meaningless if it is used to drive useless software on a device that you have no capability of controlling - Google Android and modern Apple systems are both guilty of loading on software designed for telemetry and for breaking down the user's privacy. I don't use or own any Apple devices but I have de-Google all of my Google Android devices over the past decade or so by installing custom ROMs (Cyanogenmod or Lineage OS) on them and, in all cases, battery life doubles and the devices feel faster to use - because of the removal of a lot of tracking and telemetry services phoning home to Google.

[@Rap_Rat]

@@terrydaktyllus1320 jesus...I bet you dont have any store "reward" cards either do you? Lol

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

@@Rap_Rat This isn't about me, sonny. So do stay on topic and try to keep up, there's a good chap.

[@segaboy9894]

@@terrydaktyllus1320 It's hard to get behind what you're saying when you're saying it on a Google service using your Google acct...

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

@@segaboy9894 I am using a dummy Google account registered on a burner phone that is completely de-Googled and therefore not tracked. I am as anonymous as one can be by that method - the only email that Gmail account gets is update emails from KZbin telling me a message has been replied to. I should also say that if it's hard for you to get behind what I am saying then that could also be down to your lack of understanding of how tracking works anyway - and your lack of knowledge really isn't my problem to resolve.

[@zedovski]

Using a Mac Pro 5,1 with dual-X5690s, 1TB SSD and 8TH HDD, triple 4K monitors. Works like a charm with the latest Mac OS thru OCLP. The old Mac Pros were timeless machines. I can even simultaneously emulate Windows and Linux on it owing to 48GB of RAM.

[@lucius1976]

It is usable. In Germany electic heaters are out of stock, you could use one of those as replacement

[@Kabodanki]

Electric ? That won’t solve a thing. Diesel heater is more interesting but more dangerous

[@lucius1976]

@@Kabodanki Well, if your gas central heating runs out of gas, electric is an option. But of course if everyone switches it on at the same time likely the grid will collapse

[@RockTo11]

I got one of these as soon as it came out. I believed the hype. I got the top-spec dual 2.0GHz G5. Spent a bloody fortune on it. The logic board died 3.5 years later.

[@andrewclegg9501]

Mine did too. Probably after similar time.

[@turbinegraphics16]

Calling a motherboard a logic board always sounds so weird.

[@samatics4]

Haven’t laughed all day but that did it. Thank you.

[@bestevestkant]

And I thought I was unlucky when my G4 iMac mb died out in 2006... The last generations of the PPC Macs were a scam, but laid the foundations to where we are today. And I'm typing this on my early 2011 MBP which is still pretty capable, even to hd media.

[@willemvdk4886]

Oh I remember droooooling over the G5 back in the day. Could not afford it. But I actually did have the chance to buy a first generation Intel Mac Pro though my first job. I still remember being amazed by the engineering and quality of the case alone. No sharp edges, everything fits and feels heavy and premium and professional. It's even beautiful on the inside. Gorgeous, even. Such a great computer it was.

[@MegaManNeo]

I'm excited to see you testing MorphOS. Sure, the G5 is a sucker for energy but the idea of bringing new life to old tech still fascinates me.

[@YearsOfLeadPoisoning]

That case is still the best looking traditional PC case out there. The way the latch works and how beautifully it's laid out inside is unmatched IMO. I use a maxed out Intel '08 for audio production and it still absolutely flies.

[@mkultrasoldier]

They're beautiful cases. I've long wanted to pick up a broken Mac Pro or G5 and build my modern PC into it, but I've never found the time. (Or the case really, they're not that common where I am, and I don't want to gut a working one.)

[@brodriguez11000]

A beautiful heat-sink. Both of them. PowerPC would have been something with modern process nodes.

[@Chalisque]

I have a G5 (looking for a new home btw) and an HP Z800. There is no competition. The Z800 can be taken completely apart, in under 5min with no tools. The G5 was great for its time, and ahead of its contemporaries. But I got my G5 _after_ I got my Z800, and the limitations of the design of the G5 were obvious. To change a hard drive in a Z800 takes a few seconds, and no tools, for example.

[@YearsOfLeadPoisoning]

@@Chalisque You don't need tools to change a HDD in a Mac Pro. The side panel pops off and the drives slide right out. I swap HDDs out all the time. But my position is mostly aesthetic. I prefer the build quality and industrial design of the G5 case.

[@Chalisque]

@@YearsOfLeadPoisoning The Mac Pro improved heavily on the Mac G5. I was comparing the Power Mac G5 to the Z800. I'd still like to see a video demonstrating the complete dismantling of a Mac Pro, without tools, in under 5mins, mind you. (Such videos exist for the Z800.)

[@WalkerKirchman]

These machines hold a special place in my heart. I have the highest end build to order model from 2003 with the dual 2.0 processors, 2GB RAM, and the 9800 graphics card (complete with it's own cooling fan) and that machine is the most powerful computer from 2003 that I could ever imagine using. It is impossible for me to believe that it's almost 20 years old when it still can do so many modern tasks.

[@NijiDash]

Oh my, this video brought back so many memories! I used to be so obsessed over the looks of this case in particular, and it still looks great to this day. It inspires you to turn it on and start editing video right away or something. Also a pretty nice space heater in the winter it seems, lol. Microsoft also used one of those to test Xbox 360 games IIRC, as the CPU came pretty close to the one inside of that console.

[@RockTo11]

Ah man, OS X used to look so nice. Much better than it does in recent versions.

[@blunderingfool]

Same for windows. Vista was beautiful and 7 looked great. 8, 10, and 11 are clinical flatliners.

[@tenhovergonha8739]

Agreed with the two above

[@alessandrobaldi2494]

My first macos used wat 10.5 leopard, and i like old and new interface

[@Freshbott2]

I feel that. I still find Tiger the most beautiful and it’s the only OS to reflect what the machines actually looked like with the brushed metal. Then leopard was stunning, less charming than Tiger but it really felt like the future.

[@MacXpert74]

I agree. Snow leopard is still my favorite version of OS X.

[@InfiniteLoop]

I have an 05 dual processor sitting by my desk because the applications on it, I own, I don't have to rent them like you do on newer machines, and Photoshop ect still work fine.

[@rachelblack3816]

I still use my Quad G5 today to run old graphic arts software that still works well for me. The main reason that I bought it used many years ago is bc it is the fastest Mac that can run the Classic environment, even faster than a Classic-native machine could.

[@Chalisque]

Due to space, I have to get rid of my old G5. I booted it up recently. It is amazing how well Logic Pro 8 runs compared to what you get on modern machines, and with a fraction of the CPU horsepower.

[@antoniorajner333]

Willing to sell?

[@MrKotBonifacy]

9:50 - those Macs often "can't detect the temperature" when in sleep mode - for whatever reasons, but it happens. Sometimes it takes hours, sometimes it happens five or ten minutes after "going to sleep" - the take-off mode kicks in, and the only thing you can do is to force shut it.

[@delightfulsquirtle]

we did have the same G5 in my agency and I had to use it a few times due to some old hardware that only ran on that system. Man...this really made me apcreciate all the modern stuff like SSD we got nowadays.

[@nevadaxelizabeth]

just to add, the liquid cooling on the later G5 was insane because it used automobile grade coolant, Dex Cool, which it was surprising because it is corrosive. also. nice to hear there is gonna be a new video of someone running MorphOS and on a G5. i was literally looking for a recent video of someone running it on a G5 a few days ago. MorphOS always have mystified me and i never had the chance to use it

[@PeteDeKiwi]

Just got my G5 back after a 10 years. I don't have a DVI-D converter on hand so hoping it works well - the fans are running and the light is on so that's positive! I hope it still has FCP installed along all the goodies that are too numerous to mention! Thanks for your video. Long Live the PowerMac G5! (FWIW: I purchased mine in 2004)

[@jamesdecross1035]

Just bought a number of old PowerMac G4 and G5 for 'lightroom' photography. My film scanner needs the older machines for compatibility. Besides, they are beautiful machines.

[@richardhunter1654]

I’ve got a Quad Core G5 and I’ll be completely honest all I’ve ever run on it is MorphOS. Definitely the best MorphOS machine out there as I’ve also got a MacMini G4 and PowerBook G4 so I’ve got something to compare it to.

[@insaneiaq]

Is MorphOS capable of using all 4 cores? I'd be tempted to buy a copy for one of my G5s, but I'd hate to spend the money if it really can't take advantage of multi processing.

[@richardhunter1654]

@@insaneiaq None of the "next gen" Amiga operating systems are multi-core yet I'm afraid. The reason the Quad G4 is best for Morphos is the DDR2 ram and the PCIe graphics that speed it up a bit. Plus the advantage that the Quad's cooling system is more reliable than the older dual core G5's.

[@strifemusic_]

I own the PowerMac G5 with the Dual 1,8 GHz CPU, 6 GB DDR SDRAM and FX 5200 GPU, which runs on Mac OSX 10.5.9 Sorbet Leopard. I mainly use it for old school gaming and music production. I installed games like Warcraft III, The Sims 1 and The Sims 2 (NoCD patch doesn‘t work for me on Sims 2 unfortunately) and DAWs like Logic Pro 8 and Ableton Live 7, which surprisingly ran fine.

[@BollingHolt]

I'm so glad I have one of these. It's just gorgeous when you crack the case and then have the clear plastic casing as well. It's function and art within perfect balance.

[@stiansoiland-reyes6341]

We got the younger Intel brother of Power Mac in our office, and although we called it "heater" we never heard those fans. What a beautiful and functional case design! Our heater is still in the server room somewhere, running Docker containers in Linux!

[@samuelgosling2000]

fun fact I use a modded power Mac g5 case to house my pc, from the outside it looks 100% original and I love it so much

[@barefootuptomysoul]

Of course it is still usable. I have a few. One I use as a door stop or sometimes as a paper weight. Occasionally I hide books in it's gutted shell just in case the farenheit 451 folks come to raid my home. I even use it as a cheese grater to sprinkle on my pizza. My other G5 1.8ghz is used to watch movies and tv shows. My other G5 2ghz is used to edit movies, mix audio and edit photos or graphics. These two work excellent for what I need them to do.

[@MotownBatman]

I just acquired a Working Power Mac G5, Single Processor... It works but it's in need of work. I've never had any Power Mac's so this will be a learning Experience

[@blunderingfool]

Can you upgrade that into a dual CPU later down the line?

[@MotownBatman]

@@blunderingfool The Case has plenty of room however the MainBoard doesn't have the connection points printed if I wanted to try and Soldier the additional Processor Slot

[@blunderingfool]

@@MotownBatman Ah, gotcha.

[@TheLifeOfJavi]

I remember our AV lab in high school having 4 of these and walking into them humming every day. I used to love that sound. OSX Leopard was a great OS too. I was given an extra license by my teacher for my black MacBook.

[@L33tSkE3t]

When I was a kid and me and my family used exclusively Macs, I encouraged my dad to buy the Apple AirPort w/ Time Machine and it was a really great and convenient way to have universal network attached storage for backups for all of the computers on the network. It was also a pretty good N router.

[@marcelfrehse]

still the greatest retro channel of all time !

[@mrratchet]

Still got my Dual Processor G5 too, though it's currently configured as an Xbox 360 Alpha 2 devkit. What do you usually do with yours when it's not in use? Does it stay in storage?

[@jamescameron1861]

I've started looking on eBay. I want a maxed-out quad. A beautifully designed system IMHO, back when Apple still got the need to elegantly design form, function and upgradeability. I doubt I'll ever own one, but I still feel this is a truly iconic Workstation

[@markboyle9941]

If you're looking for the best one, try and find a dual 2.7 GHz. I've got the dual 2.7 and a quad 2.5 GHz one, for most purposes the 2.7 GHz machine is faster. That being said, check either model out before you buy, the coolant systems in these things leak and destroy the logic board. Happy hunting!

[@NALTOdeluxe]

Was hoping you would upload again. Definitely not disappointed. Love me some Apple goodness.

[@marc6340]

I used my G5 for a long time, but alas, she succumbed to leakage from the cooling system and I had to retire her. I am using a 2012 Mac Pro now, running Monterey!

[@crazycube32]

Down in my heart, I still have hope for PowerPC.

[@b.sgaming6870]

Thank you Chris. I really appreciate it and that was exactly what I was trying to do. No fuss and helping people get on with what they need

[@kirelicnh]

i still have one of these cases, i actually have a cluster of raspberry pi's inside it as it hides it all and looks stunning at desk along with pc and laptops

[@stu2779]

I bought my june 2004 Dual 2.5ghz a little over a year ago, I rebuilt the LCS and cleaned up the leaked coolant and then proceeded to max out everything ram and nvidia 6800 ultra DDL video card, I love to run the older Power PC Mac games and mess around with the audio and video editing tools.

[@andrefelixstudio2833]

I have. G5 and it still looks great, I used a LC 475 to put a 113 page magazine together, great video nicely done!

[@arcangelxx3]

Link for sorbet leopard please

[@Ryanrickybobby]

Right I came here to find it. I have the g5 and I am trying to bypass all the safari bs lol.

[@Code9]

I have one of these. Question is... How can I connect a modern high-res display monitor to it? All the displays these days have HDMI connectivity which apparently requires an adapter to hook up to a "display port" but the G5 doesn't have the kind of display port that is required. I'm confused. Any help???

[@deondieleman8271]

Thanks for this video. Folks are using the G5 to this day with various applications. It is a professional computer with an amazing design topology which produces top class audio results. I use it (G5 2004) with Logic Pro and audio card for mixing and mastering. Core Audio is Worldclass to integrate audio processing flawlessly, internally and externally.

[@yega3k]

I used one at work when they were first released! I loved the way the fans sounded - felt like a big cat sitting next to me! A real beast of a machine !

[@KeoneStevans]

i still use mine on the regular, mainly as a media machine/backup archive. i maxed out the RAM to 8 gigs and have a 3 fb drive and it’s fast considering it’s age! I don’t connect it to the web but it’s I can DJ with it, as the early version of Serato Scratch Live works fine with the hardware despite its age. I have the Adobe suite cs2 which still works, as does the VLC player. and yes it’s a great space heater in the winter!

[@x66Hawk66x]

I bagged a g5 along with a 2009 mac pro today. I was surprised when I opened it and found it had the WiebeTech g5 jam installed.

[@JasonMTribolini]

My old G5 is still the workhorse in my music recording studio. It doesn't lack for power. It does lack in the ability to use newer software, but Pro Tools 9 and Reason 3 are all I really need.

[@Ryanrickybobby]

How did you download all those? Whenever I try I get errors and "you can not run this application on here" safari is also not working on it so I can't download brave or anything lol.

[@mvickers03]

6:08 Those aren't PCI-Express slots matey, they are PCI X which is basically PCI for 64bit computers.

[@benjaminsmith3151]

I'd say it's more than the end of the powerpc era, it was the end of when they built quality into every aspect of their systems. I'm very familiar with that fan noise, as that was the first thing I heard walking into my lab when a colleague's intel machine in that same style case was churning smoke out the back. I loved mine, when it was the most practical way to get a machine with 16GB of memory, and eventually a 64-bit operating system. Then firefox "Updated" itself into an intel-only binary. The mighty mouse is great, and I still use it on a newer computer. That squeezing the sides to push all your open windows onto the screen at once was the best feature I have ever seen in a user interface. Overall, buying that thing was a permanent lesson in intentional obsolescence. It had the specs to be the top of the line for about a year. I built my own 8 core machine soon after that. Never again, apple.

[@umbrollo]

What a brilliant video. Love the Sorbet update

[@thewesterj]

I've got a maxed out 2012 g5 . I use it everyday for making beats. I use it for all my scoring demos. It never fails me.

[@RonLaws]

I'm not a big Mac fan, though i did get to use the cheese grater in college during my media studies days in the mid 2000s and it is still my favorite case design. I wouldn't mind having one in my collection. Hell even if i could only get a hold of the case without working internals i'd totally rock it as a modern PC

[@notajp]

Really miss my dual G5. Still hoping to get a replacement power supply for it someday. Still have the original Cinema Display for it too…

[@burrocakes8048]

I consistently see the Powermac G5 Acbel PSUs go for around $40-50 shipped on ebay. Good price.

[@papalatistudios]

So what you’re saying is that a Mac Pro 3,1 door should fit on a G5 case?

[@benjaminpeternorris]

I've still got my Dual 2 Ghz G5. It still works as well as the day I first had it. I'm loathed to get rid of it as I always loved the machine - the build quality and attention to detail is impeccable. Sadly it's been gathering dust under my desk for some time though... Maybe I'll give that Sorbet Leopard a try to give it a new lease of life! Great video!!

[@giffmiff5920]

Hi Dan I wonder if you can help identify my G5 Mac tower as you seem to be a Mac Guru and have had them all. I am trying to replace the PRAM battery in my G5 Tower Mac that I haven't used for years but need to get going to use the firewire ports for my scanner. The inside of mine doesn't look like the one in your video. When I take the side panel off I see 4 hard drive bays where I think the battery housing is in your video. Yours is the same as an iFix video on battery replacement. Any pointers would be great . Thanks Geoff

[@martinsaint9999]

Thank you for your hint regarding "Sorbet Leopard". I will give it a try when I have time. A friend of mine gave me a Power Mac G5 4 x 2,5 GHz with 12 GB RAM as a gift, that looks brandnew. 😄

[@Tmonsterism]

How do i know which version of G5 I have? Serial Number YM6QEUF. Mine is set up much differently inside. Mine has been running High Sierra for awhile - it recently broke down and i am trying to troubleshoot it.

[@StayCoolKeto]

*Good morning from Thailand, Dan! Greta video! love your stuff! Not a fan much of Apple really though, but the video was cool! Amiga then PC!* 💪👍

[@GameInterest]

I use the same mighty mouse to this day. The 360 scrolling is something I've gotten so used to that it's infuriating to use a mouse without it.

[@insertaverygenericnamehere]

I had the G5. It consumed 200 W idling and a lot more when in use. Bought my configurstion for 2500 Euros. Sold it a couple of years later for 2300 Euros. What a deal. My energy consumption dropped *extremely* after I sold the G5.

[@companyoflosers]

Saying the revision used water cooling is a bit misleading. It used a vapor chamber-style heat sync, but a heat sync nonetheless.

[@netboy7638]

I’m not sure if anyone has mentioned this but the reason the fans ramp up like that is that they need to be recalibrated with the ASD (Apple Service Diagnostics disk for the machine.

[@marcw2604]

I got 2 of those in My Hard Ware Collection a Duel Core And A quad core wish i had The Duel Cd drive intel Mac. I had a third one with ddr ver and it had problems i tried to put ubuntu mate on it but my firm ware wont let me

[@atarixle]

after you mentioned it, I found that adjustment wheel under my Pro Mouse, and I have to say: thanks for the hint! and it actually does something. turned to the right the click is heavier, turned to the very left, it is much easier to click. I acutally set it to easy-click now.

[@Ultimatewario89]

How about running a linux distro for powerpc?

[@yanfang6609]

现在是2024年，而前些天因为安装AVID HDX系统的MACPRO出问题，我重新启用安装ProTools HD3系统的PowerMacG5工作. 完全没问题哈哈😀

[@MRSTU1210]

Would the newer OS work on a G4 E-Mac ?

[@brightshadowdenmark]

Is there any chance that Chrome OS Flex will run on the G5 CPU´s ? i guess last time i used a Mac was in 1995 ;-) (i live in Denmark) but now i'm getting a Power Mac G5 (older aircooled dual cpu model) only thing missing is the harddrive and OS.. i build 100's of PC's from 1998 to now but never worked on Mac's.. how do i get an OS on it ?

[@dave4shmups]

Great video Dan! I loved it!

[@GyanPrakash]

This computer is way ahead of its time 😊

[@turbinegraphics16]

Its interesting because the first PPC mac cpus were much smaller and less power hungry compared to the pentiums of the time while being more powerful depending on what you were doing. They were considered more forward thinking compared to the pcs.

[@fridaycaliforniaa236]

In some ways this is still what's happening today with the M cpus. They might look fantastic, but only if you find a task they like to do...

[@markmuir7338]

I bought a dual 2.5GHz one of these back when I could barely afford it - it was great for code building. But 1 week after its warranty expired, it leaked coolant all over itself and burned out both processors. The coolant heavily corroded the inside of the machine, destroying its beauty in the process. Shame - I would've still had that as a show piece to this day if I could - it was beautifully designed.

[@williamlawless1585]

Can the G5 run the latest Logic pro X, if not, does it have the adjustable capacity too? Thank you

[@cinemint]

As a note, Sorbet Leopard doesn't use code from the beta. It only uses code from the official Leopard release.

[@mckaymatts]

Those aren't PCI-Express slots, they're PCI-X. PCI-X was just PCI with more pins to get up to 64 bit, and some clock shenanigans. Not a ton of platforms had PCI-X

[@leylandlynxvlog]

Very interesting video. I once bought 3 or 4 of these for £100 to use as servers, but sadly sold them all. But now I have a MacPro4,1 flashed to 5,1 and I used Macs Fan Control to put the fans to full blast and it sounded like a Volvo B7TL cooling fan (look it up)!

[@yohanperera21]

Is this working with any monitors?

[@TheStevenWhiting]

I believe we had one of these at work at my last place because someone had convinced the people that paid for them that they needed it for doing the graphics for the website. The website was never that great and this wasn't needed. Someone clearly didn't know what they were pissing council tax payers money on.

[@markm0000]

Ah yes local government. The most jacked up legal nonsense in existence.

[@jdevlin1910]

Running a couple of Mini's myself these days but man the G5, makes a lovely side table for a lamp.

[@stpworld]

I have rare apple workgroup servers and the first one workgroup server 60 and I still use a g5 to convert vhs then I export the file to modern macs.

[@mythikproductions]

I don't see the link to Sorbet Leopard in the description

[@fehrleon5627]

confused when i downloaded and opened soft soft . I couldnt find any good and informative video for beginners to help

[@JackDunford]

We've got one. Makes an excellent side table now.

[@barefootuptomysoul]

LMAO I did not think to use it as a side table. I have two that a 2' x 4' piece of wood on top makes a great coffee table.

[@JackDunford]

@@barefootuptomysoul And it comes with some storage abilities too.

[@LucaAntoniazzi]

Does Rosetta work in Sorbet Leopard OS?

[@BrianMartin2007]

Pci-X, not Express, VERY different. Also, you didn't put a link to the OS in your description... :/

[@timothybrown7792]

I had a G5 iMac about 5 years ago with an IBM CPU that ran KZbin perfectly! but it was the only G5 I have ever owned that did! so iam unsure if it was something the previous owner had done or whether it was related to the IBM chip? But I know that Apple were using both Motorola and IBM processors at some stage for their Power PC platform. it was running the last supported official version of OSX too.

[@smokingunclefrank6037]

My old Power Mac just runs on Lion but I only use it for old games plus I can run os 9 emulations of course

[@bunkermagnus]

Great video, I was a Linux / Windows nerd during the 90'ies up 'til 2011 when I had my first real run in with MacOS/OSX.

[@tekk9995]

G5 aka "the Heater". Doesn't need it an ATI card for MorphOS?

[@ZoruaZorroark]

still wish apple offers this as a case option for their current 2019 mac pro, even if one has to order it online

[@billgates3699]

@Dan Wood Correction! According to the developer of Sorbet Leopard, no code from the PPC beta of Snow Leopard was used. He began development before the leak even occurred. This is a totally original modification based on only 10.5.8.

[@danwood_uk]

Ah I read that it used the Snow Leopard beta code on a forum, thanks for clarifying.

[@billgates3699]

@@danwood_uk the developer is known as Z970 on the MacRumors forums. Check out the development history. Dedicated guy.

[@theshadowman1398]

We still have one for ligher computing purposes. It has a 10 GB of RAM ( will probably max it out to 16 at some point ) a new SATA drive and the most important upgrade an Quadro FX 4500 videocard. A severe improvement. The reason why I haven't want with an SSD is because these machines are very picky when it comes to them. a good fast and with descent amount of cache mechanical drive will perform just fine.

[@atomicorang]

Great video. I own a PowerMac G5 that I’ve maxed out but not enough time lately to tinker with. I’ll download Sorbet one of these day since I’m curious about it. Also have 30” Mac monitor with it

[@ArthropodSpidey]

Thanks for the nostalgia, British man!

[@wbushnaq]

Is the RAM still available these days?

[@jdryyz]

I have a 2.3GHz Dual Core from 2005. The last G5 model produced, if I am not mistaken. It has some improvements over the Dual Processor G5s but it also high incidents of power supply failures. The replacement I purchased a few years ago only lasted a year and half and then it too died. I am thinking it could be a bad cap issue or some some other defect. I haven't revisited it yet since removing the power supply is a bit of a chore to say the least.

[@laurensnieuwland4657]

Could be a leaky water cooling setup.

[@jdryyz]

This model is not water cooled.

[@laurensnieuwland4657]

@@jdryyz Oh sorry, I just assumed it was since you said last G5. Always thought the last one was water cooled.

[@pauledwards2817]

Have two G5 Quads here and terrified to turn them on after being on the shelf for 12 months. In reality the noise when they get to work on something is just too much.

[@sirbobbyuk]

Is it possible to run Linux on the G5

[@oldradiosnphonographs]

I found one at a swap meet for $30 did I do good?

[@FireFoxDestroyer]

4:46 A while back, I went on KZbin a few years ago.