sos_nz
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Picked up a G5 Dual Core 2.3Ghz Powermac at auction for $30 NZD (that's around $20 of your American dollars):
I wasn't expecting to win it, but felt bad that the starting bid was only $20 with a few minutes to run on the auction, so I put in a bid to bump the price up to a more respectable figure. And won it much to my surprise.
Didn't have a hard drive, keyboard, mouse, or monitor. And only had the base 512MB of RAM, but other than that she's in tidy condition (except for a large cosmetic scratch on one of the side plates).
Threw in a Sandisk 120GB SSD into the "upper" tier drive bay. Booted a 10.4.6 install on USB (
), installed 10.4.6, then installed Mac OS 9.2.2 using the netboot image. Sweetness! Have ordered another 2GB of RAM (2 x 1GB sticks of DDR2-4200).
Power Macintosh G5 Dual Core (2.3) Specs (Late 2005, M9591LL/A, PowerMac11,2, A1117/A1177*, 2023): EveryMac.com
Technical specifications for the Power Macintosh G5 Dual Core (2.3). Dates sold, processor type, memory info, hard drive details, price and more.
everymac.com
I wasn't expecting to win it, but felt bad that the starting bid was only $20 with a few minutes to run on the auction, so I put in a bid to bump the price up to a more respectable figure. And won it much to my surprise.
Didn't have a hard drive, keyboard, mouse, or monitor. And only had the base 512MB of RAM, but other than that she's in tidy condition (except for a large cosmetic scratch on one of the side plates).
Threw in a Sandisk 120GB SSD into the "upper" tier drive bay. Booted a 10.4.6 install on USB (