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title: now i *have* to get a g5
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- geek
- mac os x
- linux
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those of you who know me (or have ever talked to me) know that I have a major techno-crush on <a href="http://www.apple.com/powermac/">apple's powermac g5</a>. well, <a href="http://www.jasonkrogh.com/" title="Jason Krogh">jason</a> finally succumbed to the urge and bough a new dual 2ghz g5. then, this morning, i find out that even <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds" title="Linus Torvalds">linus</a> has one (from <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/0,39023165,39183867,00.htm">zdnet</a>):
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"My main machine these days is a dual 2GHz G5 (aka PowerPC 970) - it's physically a regular Apple Mac, although it obviously only runs Linux, so I don't think you can call it a Mac any more ;)"
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and now <a href="http://www.bmannconsulting.com/" title="boris mann">boris</a> too!!
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<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/boris/6175973/"><img src="http://photos4.flickr.com/6175973_1269c634fc_m.jpg" alt="inside boris' powermac" /></a>
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i think i should be next. don't you?
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imported posts 2012-01-02 23:33:14 -05:00			`- geek`
			`- mac os x`
			`- linux`
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			`<p>`
			those of you who know me (or have ever talked to me) know that I have a major techno-crush on <a href="http://www.apple.com/powermac/">apple's powermac g5</a>. well, <a href="http://www.jasonkrogh.com/" title="Jason Krogh">jason</a> finally succumbed to the urge and bough a new dual 2ghz g5. then, this morning, i find out that even <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds" title="Linus Torvalds">linus</a> has one (from <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/0,39023165,39183867,00.htm">zdnet</a>):
			`</p><blockquote>`
			`"My main machine these days is a dual 2GHz G5 (aka PowerPC 970) - it's physically a regular Apple Mac, although it obviously only runs Linux, so I don't think you can call it a Mac any more ;)"`
			`</blockquote><p>`
			`and now <a href="http://www.bmannconsulting.com/" title="boris mann">boris</a> too!!`
			`</p><blockquote>`
			`<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/boris/6175973/"><img src="http://photos4.flickr.com/6175973_1269c634fc_m.jpg" alt="inside boris' powermac" /></a>`
			`</blockquote><p>`
			`i think i should be next. don't you?`
			`</p>`