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ive had a pc all my life, i just found a powermac g5 on craigslist for dirt cheap and i have been meaning to make the switch for sometime now. i know hardly anything about anything apple so i turned here for help. just go over the basics and how, and what to do to set up internet( i have wireless) and everything i should know. here is what it says under the Hardware: overveiw, and yes its running osx 10.5.8 Mac G5


Processor Dual 2 GHz Powerpc G5

Memory 2 GB DDR2 SDRAM

Startup Disk MacintoshHD


Model Name: Powermac G5
Model Identifier: PowerMac11,2
Processor Name: PowerPC G5 (1.L2 Cache (per CPU): 1 Mb

Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 1 GHz
Boot ROM Version: 5.2.7f1


i dont know if you need to know the serial number or the hardware UUID, but i thought it woul be best not to include it.


my main question is what is the best way to set up interent? through a ethernet over power do-hickey? and what are the basics ill need to know to start me off on this computer. i do alot of video editing and i read this is pretty darn good for it. any help is greatly appreciated!

PowerMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8), G5

Posted on Dec 8, 2012 5:42 PM

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Dec 9, 2012 11:44 AM in response to SecretAgentX9

Power over Ethernet should work, but...


I prefer any one of these even when my Macs have Airport cards...


http://store.bearextender.com/products/bearextender-for-mac?gclid=CMP2pNWLsa8CFS c0Qgod-mwiIA


http://eshop.macsales.com/item/NewerTech/MXP3802NU2C/


http://eshop.macsales.com/item/NewerTech/MXP2802GU2/


On the sound port, I think G5s had an issue, I'm next to deaf so can't tell, one solution might be an iMic.

Dec 10, 2012 1:21 PM in response to SecretAgentX9

Well...


http://www.squared5.com/


Also Quicktime Pro if you can stil get an old license from Apple, then of course an older coppy of fcp is probably tops...


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Cut_Pro


Not sure what the highest version you can run on a G5 is though...


http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=apple pro final cut&clk_rvr_id=423731806519&adpos=1o1&MT_ID=69&crlp=18587891779_2416792&geo_id= 10232&keyword=apple+pro+final+cut&adgroup_id={ADGRP_ID}&crdt=0

Dec 10, 2012 2:58 PM in response to BDAqua

alright, last question i promise, the guy i got the mac from fixes up old ones and sells them and under places and next to the little house the name of the computer is notyet, and im kind of ocd and would strongly prefer it not to say it. it wont let me rename it either, but it did let me rename it uner sharing in system preferences, whats the deal with that? can i change it?

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