awhile ago; i found a G4 (with the right-side easy access panel) had 2.0 GB ram and a 160 GB hdd (FREE)
after that, found a LC520 (working, original mouse + keyboard) ($2, thrift store)
same day, i went to a garage sale and pulled a Dell XPS with 4.0 GB DDR2 ram and a 1.0 TB hard drive...