The G5

21 years ago I was excitedly buying a PowerMac G5 with dual 64-bit 2.5GHz processors, 1GHz front side bus, system controller ASIC and HyperTransport. The system arrived, sounded like a jet engine when the nine fans turned on, and generated enough heat to warm my room and the upstairs landing. Two months after the warranty expired the liquid cooler leaked and destroyed the motherboard. A known design flaw Apple never issued a recall for. Ever since, I spend 15 minutes figuring out what to buy that’ll last me five years. And then I just buy that.