| Thursday, October 7, 2004 |
12:37 - No need to worry, Mr. Durden; we're solid
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/G5.ars
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Via Steven, Ars Technica's Eric Bangeman has issued an exhaustive nine-page review of the dual 2.5-GHz Power Mac G5. It's a fun read, as he covers all the little everyday quirks of the machine (like the metal handles that dig into your hands, more there for show and checkbox-ism than for plush utility) and does it in a very tongue-in-cheek manner.
He's justifiably critical of a few things, like the lackluster default video card and the limited drive bays (though he does cover how those little round "drive guides"—those little balls next to the disk—work, which had totally escaped me before). But he's also quite impressed with a few other features, like the well-polished Setup Assistant that migrates you painlessly from your old Mac, the cooling system which seems to have had all its kinks worked out (my dual 2.0 is still very touchy about its fans), and the case design—while it has its share of drawbacks and compromises—is still pretty damn cool, and utilitarian depending on what exactly you want out of it. And the thing is still fast as hell. The fact that that goes without saying, so much so as to barely merit mention, is quite a testament to the PR turnaround that Apple's enjoyed as a result of finally getting the over the G5 hurdle.
He gives it an 8/10 score; surely not perfect, but what is in this day and age? Apple's got a solid winner here, and that's no easy feat even for a company without Apple's baggage.
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Brian Tiemann
