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October 12, 2003
Daddy's Brag Book
I don't have kids, so I have to brag about my computer, instead. It's sad, but a great deal cheaper.
I just received my new PowerMac G5. I ordered the dual-processor 2 GHz model. I took some pictures this morning at Mike's insistence.
The first picture is a front view. The most striking thing about these computers is how big they are. On the front, you can see the power button and headphone, FireWire800 and USB ports. At the top is the optical drive opening. The metal covering slides down when you open the drive.
The next picture is of the back of the machine. At the top left is the latch for the side access panel. To the right of that are the PCI-X slots. In the bottom slot is the ATI Radeon 9600 graphics card. Along the lower right-hand side are most of the computer's I/O ports. At the top is the wireless network antenna. Below it, from top to bottom, there are optical digital audio in and audio out ports, the speaker jack, the line audio in jack, two USB ports, a FireWire400 port, a Firewire800 port, the Ethernet jack and the port where the modem port would be. In the middle, you can see two of the computer's 9 fans. Below the fans is the power plug.
In the next picture you can see the side of the machine with the outer cover off. The clear plastic cover is part of the G5's heat management system. It helps to direct airflow through four distinct zones inside the case. This allows only the fans that are needed to run.
The final picture shows the guts of the machine with the plastic airflow cover removed. The most prominent features are the two large heat-sinks covering the dual G5 processors. To the left of the processors are two fans mounted in a removable frame. Behind the frame are the RAM slots. Above the processors are the PCI-X slots. At the top front of the case is the DVD-R/CD-R/RW Panasonic SuperDrive. At the top rear are the hard drive bays.
Posted by Dan at October 12, 2003 09:18 AM
Comments
So is it snappy? Snap. Snap.
Posted by: h-ed at October 16, 2003 12:20 AM
Fast? Yes. "Snappy"? I think that very much depends on what you mean by snappy. Applications start up lickety-split. I can run about 8 different programs at once with no noticeable degredation in performance. However the Finder still isn't threaded properly, so one task like moving a large group of files or particularly unstuffing a file can still put you in Beach Ball Land.
Posted by: Dan at October 16, 2003 10:12 AM
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