Power Mac G5/Quad 2.5GHz

Macworld Rating

4.0 out of 5 Mice, Nov 21, 2005

Pros

Speedy video card
Dual Gigabit Ethernet jacks support advanced networking options
Huge memory capacity
PCI Express expansion slots
Two dual-core processors deliver substantial performance gains in many applications

Cons

Price when rated: $3,299

Macworld's Power Mac G5/Quad 2.5GHz Coverage

Power Mac G5 Quad: Fast performance at its core The value of this quad-core 2.5GHz desktop depends on what you do with it. With many apps, it’s the fastest Mac yet—but not by much. But users of high-end media-processing and scientific programs will discover that this machine excels at processor-intensive tasks.
Power Mac G5/Quad 2.5GHz Apple adds a dual-core processor -- two processing units on a single chip -- to its Power Mac line. This particular model features two dual-core G5 chips, letting applications take advantage of four 1MB L2 caches, four 128-bit Velocity Engines and eight double-precision floating point units. This desktop also adds PCI Express, a high-performance interface that's particularly appealing to video pros. Also new: a double-layer SuperDrive, two Gigabit Ethernet ports, and faster DDR2 RAM.

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