This is a bit late. But I always thought that alienware was the porsche of all computers. Ben Liyanage ben at smartankgroup.com 410.336.2464 -----Original Message----- From: hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net [mailto:hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net] On Behalf Of Reelife Productions-Tom Adams Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 2:18 PM To: Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] G5 issues ** Be a Good Dobee and help the group ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. ** Remember you must be counted to post . I've been working with a Dual Processor G5 for about a year and a half now...no problems whatsoever. fantastic machine. it's the porsche of all computers. Regards, Tom Adams Director/Owner Reelife Documentary Productions "cool digital audio/video stuff...not boring or dumb" 413.575.9707 info at reelifeproductions.com, www.reelifeproductions.com Williamsburg, MA, USA United States of America (I'm currently out of the Reelife Office...emailing remotely) > ** Be a Good Dobee and help the group > ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. > ** Remember you must be counted to post . > > I have a 2.5Ghz dual G5 tower which has not had any problems with > overheating nor have I heard of any overheating problems. There have been > some problems with fans sometimes operating overly loudly, but this seems to > have been fixed since about 10.3.6 or 10.3.7. > > There have also been some problem with the earliest 17" G5 iMacs resulting > in a higher than normal failure rate, at least in part due to some bad > capacitors. This seems to have been fixed in the most recent versions as > well. > > The Macintouch.com website recently did a reader survey of failure rates on > all G5 models with interesting results. Most were about industry standard > except for the original 17" G5 iMac. Unfortunately the survey results seem > to be missing from the Macintouch site. > > Will > > Will Loving, President > Dedication Technologies, Inc. > > > > > > on 7/8/05 10:44 AM, kreekle at kreekle.com at kreekle at kreekle.com wrote: > > > I was wondering if anyone has had problems with G5s. I've heard that the fans > > are inadequate and there are problems with overheating. > > This may have only been a problem when they first came out. > > > > Also, other people have said this but I thought I'd mention that Quark 5 is > > really buggy. I'd go to 6.5 or stay with 4.1. > > > -- > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > DEDICATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. > (formerly Human Data Design) > > - Developers of StudioSchool Pro - > > Professional FileMaker Pro Database Development > For Non-Profits, Business, and Education > ----------------------------------- > 7 Coach Lane Amherst, MA 01002-3304 USA > Tel:1 413 253-7223 Fax:1 413 253-7078 > will at humandatadesign.com http://www.humandatadesign.com > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members _______________________________________________ Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members page on the Hidden Tech Web site. http://www.hidden-tech.net/members