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Fogmeister
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My sister has been offered a 17", 1.8GHz, 1.25GB RAM iMac G5 by her boss for £125.
What OS will it take? Will Leopard work? I know Snow Leopard won't.
Also, will iLife and iWork 09 both work on it? I presume they will work if Leopard works?
Thanks
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| Fri Aug 28, 2009 7:39 am |
 
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forquare1
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Leopard and iLife/iWork '09 will work, and shouldn't be too bad. Sounds like a nice deal.
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| Fri Aug 28, 2009 7:45 am |
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Fogmeister
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Cool, nice one!
He also had a 2.0GHz G5 but with only 512MB of RAM for £100.
But I suggested the one with more RAM as the processor ain't too important for browsing the internet etc...
How easy is it to upgrade RAM in a G5 iMac?
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| Fri Aug 28, 2009 8:01 am |
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Nick
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I'd take the faster CPU personally and throw some memory in it.
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forquare1
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I'm with Nick. Use the extra money to buy more RAM...
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saspro
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Go for the 2GHz one and spend the extra couple of quid on RAM
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| Fri Aug 28, 2009 8:20 am |
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Fogmeister
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Cool, I've told her to get the cheaper one and spend £45 on 2GB of RAM from Ebuyer.com  Thanks guys!
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| Fri Aug 28, 2009 8:26 am |
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saspro
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Remember that there is 2 version of the G5.
One takes DDR and one takes DDR2 Depends on when it was made
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Fogmeister
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Just had a check back on the Crucial website. The V2 iMac G5 are the 1.9 and 2.1GHz models. Just had a panic moment there for a sec
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saspro
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Ignore me. Was looking at G5 powermacs 
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Fogmeister
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No worries
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DaftFunk
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