Zero2Cool
15 years ago
I just stumbled into a PowerMAC G5 ... I'm at a complete loss.

For starters, the mouse has ONE button? Really? WHAT? I figured out you have to hold a key to get the context menu to display.

I'm wanting to learn MAC for no real reason other than to learn it.


That's where you come in to play. I need your help. I'm trying to find the system specs on the beast. I googled the model of this computer and it doesn't say much.

Any help?
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Rockmolder
15 years ago
Unplug it.

Throw it out of the window.

No, seriously, I have never worked with a Mac. Futuristic mouses scare me.
Zero2Cool
15 years ago
lol ... it works really well, very quiet too ... has photoshop and other neat media things on it ... it wont be going in the garbage. ill play with it and figure it out 🙂
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Formo
15 years ago
My wife's the person to ask. She spent 5 years in college earning a degree in printing, of which the only computer she used the entire time was a MacBook. She's all knowing when it comes to Mac hotkeys/shortcuts.
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Rockmolder
15 years ago

My wife's the person to ask. She spent 5 years in college earning a degree in printing, of which the only computer she used the entire time was a MacBook. She's all knowing when it comes to Mac hotkeys/shortcuts.

"Formo" wrote:



Very helpfull, Mr. Formo.

Lol.
longtimefan
15 years ago

My wife's the person to ask. She spent 5 years in college earning a degree in printing, of which the only computer she used the entire time was a MacBook. She's all knowing when it comes to Mac hotkeys/shortcuts.

"Formo" wrote:



Graphic arts?

what type of presses does she do the art for?
Formo
15 years ago

My wife's the person to ask. She spent 5 years in college earning a degree in printing, of which the only computer she used the entire time was a MacBook. She's all knowing when it comes to Mac hotkeys/shortcuts.

"longtimefan" wrote:



Graphic arts?

what type of presses does she do the art for?

"Formo" wrote:



LOL She's currently working with an I-Gen (I think)... I'd have to ask. She works as a subcontractor for Xerox.
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Zero2Cool
15 years ago
hmm
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Porforis
15 years ago
IIRC, a lot of G5s had overheating problems. I'd keep a close eye on things.

A quick rundown on Macs. If you have any specific questions, I know a fair amount off the top of my head and if it exceeds my knowledge, I will have access to a 10.2 machine the day after christmas. This is all based on memory, I've not used an OS X machine in a long while.

As for stats on all G5s:
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g5/index-powermac-g5.html 

Basic stats for your machine can be found under the apple menu -> About This Mac. Should show basic RAM and CPU specs. If you want some advanced information, go to Hard Drive -> Applications -> Utilities -> System Profiler. You can get craptons of information from here.

If you're keen on Unix, the Darwin terminal (Hard Drive -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal) might be of interest to you but really isn't that useful for anything but power users.

System preferences (Apple -> System Preferences) is fairly straightforward.

I don't know how much of your Apple virginity you've lost thusfar, but here's an important thing to remember that a lot of people forget, especially those that primarily use PCs: Quit your programs, don't just close out of them. Command + Q will completely quit the program, if you just x out of it it will keep running and using up your valuable memory. A rather small black triangle above the application in the Dock will let you know that the application's still open.
Zero2Cool
15 years ago
Thanks, I'll check that out when I get home. I found that link you provided as well, but without knowing which one I have, it doesn't help much. lol ... You wouldn't believe how many times I tried to right click on what I thought was "My Computer".

Why is there no right click on MAC? And is there a better OS I can throw on there? Snow Leopard?
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