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Upgrading Power Mac G5 2.0ghz To Intel Processor

I have a Power Mac G5 2.0 GHZ 1 TB and 250GB Hard Drive, 4 GB of Ram Running 10.5.8 Leopard. Now i bougth this mac on ebay to EDIT VIDEOS AND PICTURES. BUT, i cant do either because all the editing software requires snow leopard or higher. the Mac doesnt even have I Movie, Garage Band. To get any sort of editing software i need snow leopard. To get snow leopard i have to have an Intel Based Processor MINE ISN'T INTEL. So pretty much i have NO WAYS to edit or create videos WHICH IS WHY I BOUGHT THIS MACHINE. PLEASE, ANY SUGGESTIONS or OPINIONS WOUlD HELP. VERY FRUSTrATING APPLE.

PowerMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8), 2.0 GHZ, 1.2 TB.

Posted on Jun 3, 2012 8:03 PM

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a brody

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Jul 11, 2014 7:57 AM in response to PowerMacG5

For image editing there are PowerPC versions of http://www.lemkesoft.com/ GraphicConverter and Microfrontier's ColorIt that are also good. AppleWorks is good as well, but you should save all images as TIFF or JPEG, and not PICT or Appleworks format, as migrating to Intel Macs you'll find AppleWorks has some difficulty with non-portable files:

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2522

Places like http://www.welovemacs.com/ and some of the ones on http://www.lowendmac.com/ and my FAQ*:

http://www.macmaps.com/usedrefurbished.html

may be able to help you.

* Links to my pages may give me compensation.

Jan 13, 2015 10:53 AM in response to PowerMacG5

Just to confirm, there's no possible way to upgrade the processor from PPC to intel? If there is how much would it cost and how would I go about doing it. Got a G5 gathering dust in the loft and seems a shame to have to chuck it out.

BDAqua

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Jan 13, 2015 11:30 AM in response to Sp0ngebob1234

Well, nothing is impossible, but it would require machining the case to install a PC or Mac Pro Logic Board, as well as all new parts, so a few grand more or less.

http://build-its.blogspot.com/2011/04/how-to-fit-your-pc-in-power-mac-g5-case.ht ml

http://www.tonymacx86.com/powermac-g5/83869-ersterhernds-g5-powermac-case-mod.ht ml

Or you could stuff a few Mac Minis in the case & snake the cables out through all the empty spaces.

MichelPM

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Jan 13, 2015 3:12 PM in response to Encryptionist

MichelPM

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Jan 13, 2015 3:24 PM in response to MichelPM

Why have we all ressurected a two year old post????

This is why we need the moderators to close out/lock posts when there have been no responses, say, after six months.

Apr 21, 2017 10:12 AM in response to John Galt

I have an iMac g5 and it has I movie ever since I erased everything and basically started it for the first time and all the Microsoft apps are oddly compatible

Upgrading Power Mac G5 2.0ghz To Intel Processor