The iMac G5 came out August 31, 2004 and was discontinued March 2006.
No
Im thinking of buying a imac g5 but I don't know if I can run Minecraft on it
The G5 came with the OS 9 operating system and had a Power PC processor. It was the last edition of Mac OS. The iMac switched to the OSx operating system with the next iMac. There was an education only model G5 that did ship with OSx Panther.
One can view a 'How To' on installing more memory for the iMac G5 via the Legit Reviews website. The information here is free although this mobile of iMac is quite old now so the parts required may not be widely available.
An iMac G5 can only run Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) it cannot run 10.6 (Snow Leopard) or 10.7 (Lion). So the answer must be 'No'.
CrossOver requires a Mac with an Intel Core Duo processor to replicate a Windows type computer. It will not work on a G5 iMac.
An "Intel-based iMac G5" would be an oxymoron. The "G5" part of it's name refers to having a PowerPC processor.
Although the G5 is out of date is still a decent computer.
Yes, it does.
No, you cannot directly use an iMac as a display for a Mac Tower G5. While some iMac models support Target Display Mode, this feature only works with certain iMacs and requires a compatible Mac to connect. The G5 does not have the necessary video output options to utilize this feature. To use the iMac as a screen for the G5, you would need a separate capture device or software solution.
The G5 does not have an Intel processor it has an IBM Power PC processor.
PowerPC version of Ubuntu.