Apple Power Mac G5 (M9031LL/A) Mac Desktop

Pros: Speed and non-existent noise.

Cons: Expensive. Programs not optimized for G5 yet. Only one optical drive.

The Bottom Line: Great speed and quality machine. Well built and thoughtfully designed. Will make you happy for at least a few years.

Review: I have been an Apple fan my entire life. I bought an Apple IIc when I was a kid and have used an Apple my entire life (except for that brief college experiment with the PC). Currently, I have the last beige tower G3 and a new ...

Pros: Everything! Speed, cooling, Unix based OS on a desktop platform

Cons: price

The Bottom Line: If you are looking for a desktop without the worries of stability or viruses...the G5 is well worth the cost of removing all of the headaches of a PC

Review: As a system administrator and a storage engineer, I have seen just about every platform on the market. Every platform has it's purpose.....so you won't hear me bash any OS or system here. This is just a way to give users of all OSes and hardware ...

Pros: Fast, Good Archetecture, Designed Carefully

Cons: None

The Bottom Line: Very good, ubelievable speed, and great operating system.

Review: This is the mother of all computers. Apple has pushed the limits of the computer industry again. The PowerPC G5 is a new 64bit processor produced by IBM. Becuase of the upgrade in processor from 32bit to 64bit many things about this computer were ...

Pros: superdrive,OS10.3/Unix,super super quiet,great apps,a completely polished machine, an Auston Martin DB7 of Pc's

Cons: 1 superdrive,super expensive machine, and you still have to get apps

Review: I am a visual communications grad who worked on Mac's all through college to come out and use windows based machines in the real world. Well I have a killer dual 1.6 AMD machine with dual 17's but every other day I am trouble shooting the OS (windows ...

Pros: Everything!!!!

Cons: Price.. A little much.. But worth it!!!

Review: My company has three of these fantastic machines. I was a Windows user until I switched. As for the G5... The speed is awesome. I have no waiting for the machine to do anything. The rendering of graphics is so quick, I do not have time to stare ...

Pros: Great speed, great software, great value if you use all of the software.

Cons: Takes time to get used to OS X.

Review: I'm a long-time Mac user. My last Mac was a PowerMac 7500/100 which is still running after eight years. We decided on this model because it has the middle processor speed and it has the better PCI slots. We're using it for home use, so it didn't need to b ...