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Category: PowerMac G5

Nostalgic CD/DVD burning thread posted, brings about horror stories of early media authoring

Post author By Chris Barylick
Post date December 13, 2023

Ok, this is just kind of retro, fun, and geeky. Threads user Drew Thaler has offered several continuous posts as to the trials and travails of burning CD-ROMS and DVD-ROMS in the late 90s and early 2000s when the authoring and editing software was in its earliest stages. Thaler makes an excellent point as to […]

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Tekserve closes fabled New York store, will auction off its Macintosh collection in September

Post author By Chris Barylick
Post date August 17, 2016
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An amazing collection of Apple and Mac history is going on the auction block next month. Tekserve, once the go-to third-party repair shop for Apple products in New York City, announced last month that it would be closing shop on August 15 after being in business since 1987. Now that Tekserve has officially closed shop, […]

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Amazon Spills the Beans on new G5 Configuration (Updated)

Post author By Jason O'Grady
Post date April 26, 2005

Amazon has spilled the beans on a new G5 configuration. Part Number: M9749LL/A Dual 2.7 GHz PowerPC G5 processors 512MB of DDR SDRAM 250GB hard drive 16x Dual Layer SuperDrive (CD/DVD+RW) Ships with Mac OS X10.4 Tiger Amazon is selling the machine for US$2,994.99, but it is not listed in stock as of yet. [Update] […]

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Enable Your PowerMac G5's 16X Dual-Layer DVD Burner

Post author By Jason O'Grady
Post date January 20, 2005

Underneath the hood of your PowerMac G5 lies a 16X dual-layer DVD burner the problem is that Apple is passing it off as an 8X burner. Find out how to make it go twice as fast inside…

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PPC 970: Is It Enough?

Post author By Jason O'Grady
Post date September 4, 2003

Any editorial at Mac Buyers Guide discusses issues surrounding the performance of Apple’s ne PPC 970 (a.k.a. G5) processor. Even before their June 23rd announcement by Apple (following a widely reported leak the previous week!), it was well known that the next generation of Power Macintosh computers would be based on the PowerPC 970 chip. […]