Best way to update and expand RAM on old Power Mac G5?

HI Nancy,

At the Apple Icon at top left>About this Mac.

Then click on More Info>Hardware and report this upto *but not including the Serial#*...

Hardware Overview:

Machine Name: Power Mac G5 Quad

Machine Model: PowerMac11,2

CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (1.1)

Number Of CPUs: 4

CPU Speed: 2.5 GHz

L2 Cache (per CPU): 1 MB

Memory: 10 GB

Bus Speed: 1.25 GHz

Boot ROM Version: 5.2.7f1

There are 5 different 7,2 G5s, how many RAM slots does it have?

See if you can get the date of manufacture using the serial#.

If you don't know the model, find the Serial# & use it on one of these sites, but don't post the Serial# here...

http://www.chipmunk.nl/klantenservice/applemodel.html

http://www.appleserialnumberinfo.com/Desktop/index.php

How to find the serial number of your Apple hardware product...

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1349

Nancyb123 wrote:

I own a Power Mac G5 ... I would like to ... update to the latest versions of OSX but I have no idea if this is possible ...

Sorry, but this is not possible for a G5 PowerPC Mac, the 3 latest versions (10.6, 10.7, 10.8) of OS X require an Intel Mac.

What software do you use for your design work?

You aren't looking for memory, you are looking for storage space; hard drive space.

You can add a hard drive to your machine (G5 has two slots) to keep your libraries and user data on. Keeping the System drive for just the OS and applications is a good way to maintain performance.

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Add a 1-2 TB Hitachi or Western Digital 7200 RPM drive to your machine and enjoy loads of space for all of your music files.

BTW, your G5 cannot update beyond OS X 10.5.8.

Though the Mac Mini has limited internal drive capacity, it is much faster, architecturally. An external drive or two would take care of any storage needs, but other considerations remain.

The question on whether or not to move to a Mini (or iMac) would then become one of software; "How much would it cost to update your third party software"?

As far as the web goes, even Leopard has it's limitations. There is a "hack" to make the "latest" Flash available for PPC Macs to work with sites like YouTube, but, in the end, web needs for video will remain a challenge for PPC Macs.

For further info on Flash, see the following thread:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3944424?start=0&tstart=0