Apple Power Mac G5 Desktop M9020LL/A (1.60-GHz PowerPC G5, 256 MB RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, DVD-R/CD-RW Drive) Review

This machine is absolutely the most pleasant computer to use...and as an IT director in an architecture firm I've used many a system over the years! Apple's Mac OS X Panther is truly superb on so many levels: more secure than Windows, far more stable a system, and much easier to figure out even complicated tasks. Apple does a brilliant job making hard things easy.

Perhaps the most enjoyable aspect of all -- and one I think outweighs the pain of some missing Windows-only software -- is the fact that Macs don't catch viruses. And malicious "spyware/adware'? Forget about it, those bad guy miniprograms don't run on the Mac. The Internet feels just like it did back in the days before viruses were a plague like they are today...only much faster of course.

In order to converse with my Windows-dominated office, I got Microsoft Office for Mac (latest version). Many experts think it's better than the Windows version. I think it's a toss-up. Word, Excel, Outlook, typical office stuff all work fine in Windows World. So does online banking with Apple Safari browser -- which is way cooler than Microsoft's Internet Explorer. Best of all, Apple's digital iLife Suite of applications have no competition in the Windows world. Think of iTunes on Windows and think of that for digital movies, digital pictures, dvd creation, etc etc. If you know how great iTunes is you know what I'm talking about. Apply that to the rest of your digital life and you'll soon realize that computing doesn't get any better than this.

A very happy Apple customer.

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Product Description:
Benefiting from a truly impressive set of technological breakthroughs, Apple's new Power Mac G5 series is designed for discriminating individuals who simply won't settle for anything less than the very best. This model, the Apple Power Mac G5 M9020LL/A, delivers many of the features of the stunning top-of-the-line dual-CPU Power Mac G5 M9032LL/A (hailed as the fastest personal computer ever released) but with less power and memory, a smaller hard drive and a substantially reduced price tag.
Driven by a 1.6 GHz Power PC G5 processor, 256 MB PC2700 (333MHz) memory (expandable to a gargantuan 4 GB), and an NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra graphics card with 64 MB DDR SDRAM video memory, the Power Mac G5 M9020LL/A certainly seems impressive. But those figures only begin to tell the story. For its latest series of high-end desktops, Apple teamed with IBM to redesign its leading edge CPU architecture. Accordingly, this system features two very important innovations -- an extremely fast 800 MHz frontside bus and the world's first 64-bit processor. These are critical advancements that not only boost the top-end speed but also prevent bottlenecks along the way.
Yet there's more than raw power lurking inside the Power Mac G5's futuristic anodized aluminum case. For starters, Apple has compartmentalized the unit into four independent sections to direct appropriate airflow to each key component. A total of nine fans work to keep things cool, yet all are extremely low-speed. Thusly the Power Mac G5 M9020LL/A runs three times quieter than the previous Power Mac G4 enclosure.
Apple has loaded the unit with data handling features, including a large 80 GB 7200 RPM hard disk and a DVD-R/CD-RW combo drive (4X DVD write speed) through which you can archive information, play and burn audio CDs, enjoy the latest movies and record home videos. To help you transfer data to and from external peripherals such as optical drives and digital camcorders and cameras, the system also sports two high-speed FireWire 400 ports, one ultra-fast FireWire 800 port, three USB 2.0 ports and two USB 1.1 ports.
Other significant amenities include a convenient Apple Pro keyboard, an Apple Pro mouse, three available high-performance PCI-X slots for future expansion, and a broad array of multimedia and Internet software. Connectivity facilities include an integrated 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet port, a built-in 56K modem, and AirPort Extreme wireless support (with an AirPort Extreme card). Speakers and display are available separately.

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