Power mac g4 as media server

I also like this page saying "The G5 isn't hot" and then in when 50 watts of heat was still utterly insane to think about on the Mac side of things shows that the FX at 2.

The last-gen mainstream P4s topped w a previous generation had reached 89W. Pentium D saw w chips, which is pretty much par for the course for gluing two 65w chips together on a single die. Perhaps the lesson here is that at the time, every chip company thought that throwing more power at the problem was the solution.

That experience or: If the original G5s were as low-wattage as I've seen, that system needs nowhere near the type of cooling it got -- perhaps Apple knew what was coming down the pike. I truly think the main reason Apple got away with this is because they were the only way to buy a Mac. To add, again: A G4 Mac mini might have a chance at outperforming that, and 1GB is more than sufficient for a text-only ssh console for things like irssi and alpine. It would likely be better suited to the task than an ultraportable laptop, too. Just in terms of web page rendering speed, my DLSD with Leopard and Leopard Webkit blows it away, although admittedly the Gateway is more usable on the web.

The benchmark I used was Cinebench. The ThinkPad T30 was mine, but the 1. It would be a fairer comparison for web browsing if you had a clean install, a fresh reboot, and contemporary versions of the same browser on both platforms. My guess is that it was a 1. Do you have the detailed configuration information of the P4 based system and, like, JS rendering scores on something like Octane or one of the other js benchmarking tools? You're also comparing modern Webkit with an OS that's six years newer, so not a valid comparison. Most of the MF scans are of originals taken with Planar-type lenses which introduce some noticeable "mustache" distortion.

The LF scans are simpler since all my LF lenses are Tessar types and tend to only have simple pincushion distortion. In any case, distortion corrections are among the most computationally intensive things you can do in Photoshop, so I think this is a decent stress test especially with the larger files.

Also, I'll mention that XP SP3 is roughly the same age as Leopard, and it's often thought that running an older OS with less computational overhead will give that computer an advantage. Cory makes the case for the various mobile Pentium 4 variants which, quite honestly, I can't say a single nice thing about, but the case for the G4 basically disintegrates when the Pentium M enters the picture.

That 27 watt TDP goes up to a 2.

Even the lowly 1. Banias actually drew less power than Dothan as well; Dothan doubled the size of the onboard cache and made a few other changes that significantly increased performance at the cost of increased power consumption. But still not enough to make it "worse" than where PowerPC was stuck at.

I'm not entirely sure why Intel didn't embrace the Pentium M as a desktop solution once it became obvious just how much better it was than, well, basically everything in the consumer space. You need to be a member in order to leave a comment. Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy! Already have an account? Sign in here.

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Posted June 11, Any ideas for a good use for this guy? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites. Posted June 12, Posted June 12, edited. It also runs a private gopher server for my old machines to connect to. G4 Minis have low power consumption, which makes them good small servers. Edited June 12, by galgot. Posted June 13, Well, as I said, my Intel iMac is my server. I find they make good book ends and coasters.

Why you want a macOS home server, and how to get one going

It allows family members to each have their own photo, music, and video collections and to choose what is made available to everyone. However, there are some limitations to this approach. Other issues with multiple collections include the fact that the locations where specific songs, videos, or photos are stored can become confusing. This can turn finding specific playlists, home movies, or the latest episodes of The Daily Show into a virtual scavenger hunt.

More importantly, it makes backing up the contents of all those libraries equally difficult and could end up with one person deleting files while assuming that they are also stored someplace else.

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Finally, it can result in the same files being stored on multiple computers, wasting valuable hard drive space. The solution to this problem is the ultimate home media project: This approach works well when creating a home media network in which content will be shared across several computers. It's not at the top of my list of things to do, but like a few others I have had an NAS, but I wanted something I could interact with more than simply tweaking settings via a web browser UI, and I also wanted something that I could keep the drives inside and not have a bunch of things lying around.

Mostly I want to do a bit of hardware hacking. I admit it.

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Power draw on a G5 is worse than that; the most "efficient" models idle at W, up to W for the quad model. There's no appropriate use for a G5 anymore. They're also a bad server because they only have 2 drive bays. I use my quad as a server but I keep it asleep most of the time and just wake it up when I want access.

I put it back so sleep as soon as I'm done. Last edited by PerpetualMind on Fri Feb 07, 7: Moderator et Subscriptor. Jump to: Twin Cities, MN Registered: Oct 27, Posts: Fri Feb 07, 7: Nov 27, Posts: Jun 11, Posts: Fri Feb 07, 8: Aug 8, Posts: Fri Feb 07, Jan 30, Posts: Mission Viejo, CA Registered: Oct 17, Posts: A hollow voice says "plugh.

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