topic Re: IMacG5 or PowerMacG5(1) in Installation & update

IMacG5 or PowerMacG5(1)

Anonymous — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 14:55:28 GMT

I am using Archicad 8.1 (Windows ).
I am considering purchasing an IMacG5(1GB)
or PowerMacG5 Single processor(1GB).If I
want to run Archicad,is the configuration
enough? Will the powermac make a lot of
difference? I do not design large &
complicated buildings.

Re: IMacG5 or PowerMacG5(1)

Anonymous — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 15:08:09 GMT

Same question here. I am going to change from windows to mac. I was considering a 20" imac G5.

Re: IMacG5 or PowerMacG5(1)

Anonymous — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 15:48:56 GMT

Both machines will work just fine, just make sure that you buy additional RAM , Id say an extra 512Mb chip at the very minimum

PS Its very expensive to buy RAM from Apple

Re: IMacG5 or PowerMacG5(1)

Anonymous — Fri, 21 Jan 2005 03:22:28 GMT

i would agree there. minimum 2 GB ram un les you were doing really small projects.

donald mac donald

Dual 2 GHz Power PC G5
2 GB ram

Re: IMacG5 or PowerMacG5(1)

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Jan 2005 06:53:23 GMT

Thank you for the inputs.On speaking to the Apple
dealer, they said that dual processor PowerMac
could also be considered. Is Archicad dual processor
enabled?
The cost for dual processor is comparably very steep.
But will it be better in the long run?

Re: IMacG5 or PowerMacG5(1)

Ben Odonnell — Mon, 24 Jan 2005 07:09:37 GMT

Bose,
ArchiCAD will only use the second processor when you render using the Lightworks rendering engine.
Other than that ArchiCAD does not use or support duel processors.

Cheers.
Ben

Re: IMacG5 or PowerMacG5(1)

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Jan 2005 09:55:30 GMT

As a general rule imacs are self contained with only a small margin for upgradeability. [ is that a word?]

Your G5 would offer more opportunities to upgrade your machine as and when required. Additional HD or other peripherals etc.