Unfreaking-believable

[coius]

Dual Processor 1.25Ghz G4

No RAM, No HDD, SuperDrive

Radeon 9000 64MB, Airport USB 2.0 Card (2-port)

$39

It was marked "As-is" saying it didn't boot. I took the chance (knowing if it powered on it was half-way there), they had a Windows 2k Pro CD in the tray (burned, so no official copy)

All out of GoodBytes Goodwill recycling center.

My friend scored an iMac G5 that had ram issues for $49, just a bad RAM module. he also scored a 23" 1680x1050 Cinema display (the one that draws power off the computer) LCD with a small line in the display (kind of like a scratch) for $50. I could have scored that if I wanted to, but I would have had nothing to use it for until my friend told me these G4s were out there.

Btw, ChristTrekker, there are tons of them. Out on 72nd and F Street. They have several dual 867Mhz, Some have issues, some of them say "Does not boot" one said "No video" so I am thinking either bad RAM or bad video card.

Anyways, awesome score. I threw a 120GB ATA HDD in it, and 768MB DDR-3200 RAM in it, It runs pretty well. I also installed 10.4.8 on it. It's pretty cool

 

[QuadSix50]

Dual Processor 1.25Ghz G4No RAM, No HDD, SuperDrive

Radeon 9000 64MB, Airport USB 2.0 Card (2-port)

$39

It was marked "As-is" saying it didn't boot. I took the chance (knowing if it powered on it was half-way there), they had a Windows 2k Pro CD in the tray (burned, so no official copy)

:O :O :O :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

This just made my afternoon. Congratulations on the awesome score!

 

[bizzle]

Not bad. I wish I could find a home for my MDD dual 1.42 @ 1.58ghz with copper heatsink, 2GB RAM, FW800, Airport Extreme, internal Bluetooth, crap ton of drives, probably 1TB worth, USB 2.0 cards, FW 400 and 800 cards, Radeon 9000 64MB with ADC. I'd take a few bucks more than you paid for your stripped one!

 

[coius]

Just maxed the RAM. 4x 512MB for $56 shipped.

NewEgg wanted $18/pc just for 256MB Shipped.

Ebay strikes again!

 

[IIfx]

Its like my free G5 that was fixed by replacing the power supply.

I think PPC mac values are about to plummet when OS X 10.7 comes out.

 

[coius]

I hate to say this, but about 1.5 years after intel machines came out and the Mini ran circles around the G5, that was when the value plummeted. My PowerMac G5 that I had I think I bought it for $250USD with no issues. That was about I think 2 years ago. and that was a Dual 1.8Ghz w/ 1GB RAM, DVD-RW and 160GB SATA HDD.

It's already gone down. It's funny, people on craigslist are trying to sell their powerbook G4s for more than a early Intel MacBook would fetch and the Intel would be much faster.

I don't get why people think PowerPC is worth spending the money (or trying to charge for it) considering that 10.4/5/6 can emulate PowerPC code. I have not come across ONE thing that Rosetta would not emulate. Drivers may be one thing, but I am pretty sure OS X can run PowerPC drivers in an intel system.

 

[Mk.558]

Nice score!

I haven't looked this up, but doesn't Lion require 64-bit processors?

That'd axe all the Core Duos.

 

[littlecloud92]

I find it strange that that PowerMac was assembled in my country (and then presumably shipped off to USA)

Wouldn't it have been cheaper for Apple to have assembled it in the States instead of doing it here and then having it shipped halfway across the world? Considering that these machines are heavy desktops and no PowerBooks! 8-o

Especially since that I have another machine of around the same vintage, the very first Xserve G4, Assembed in USA, factory code XB.

It is certainly weird.

 

[coius]

not sure but considering the Intel macs are nearing close to 5 years old, I would haphazard guess that it will be Core2Duos from now on. That would mean the Intel macs would be through about 3 whole OSs, which seem typical of any system. Some of the G4s managed that where the G5 did 4 (10.2/3/4/5). PowerBook G4 went I think 7 OS (9/10/.1/.2/.3/.4/5) so they faired well, but the CoreDuo was almost a different beast than the Core2Duos. I almost want to think they were based off the Pentium M where-as the core2duo was a completely different architecture. Not sure, so if someone can correct me, please step in.

What surprises me is that Apple, knowing their track record (remember, some 030's came out with 7, then 7.5 and stopped at 7.6) I am surprised they didn't nix 32-bit support starting with 10.6. Apple really tries to push forward fast, and it seems if you don't have the money, you get left in the dust with a system Apple won't acknowledge even exists. They sure as heck hire people that don't know their previous products, then again people that walk into an apple store is walking in with a modern product, except the few people that think it's funny to bring in their Mac and complain their OS won't install and watch the people try to figure out why it's not (SE's, unless it's the SE FD/HD do not have HDDs internally).

I generally feel those people waste the time. Generally, when I want tech support, I want people who don't mess around. and when I am in line at places, I freaking hate people who can't make up their mind, or joke with the person at the counter when there are like 5 people behind them. I get in, get business done and get out. That's how apple wants stuff. When apple does a technology, they want to implement it, and move on. Most businesses do that, except with apple, they actively trend-set with a lot of things and move on for the next best thing seeing as they know where their profit lies. Aka being the first to bring something to market.

Yes I agree some innovations may have arrived before apple, but they seem to know how to implement it right and bring other people onboard. I imagine this thunderbolt thing may take off with other laptop and even desktop people. Mainly with the Net tops and small netbooks.

One thing I gotta say, this machine still packs a serious punch, but the sad thing about this is, my 400GB ATA HDD converted SATA (with an IDE/SATA adapter) is faster on the internal ATA-100 bus than with the adapter on the Sonnet Tempo SATA card that I have in it. Not sure why, but it could be the adapter. So I will be swapping the 120GB ATA HDD with the 400GB. Thank got for LBA 48-bit!

 

[bizzle]

Core Duo is actually unofficially supported.

http://www.cultofmac.com/reader-Tip-run-lion-10-7-developer-preview-on-unsupported-core-duo-macs/84960

 

[ClassicHasClass]

I have not come across ONE thing that Rosetta would not emulate.

Other than Classic?

 

[Unknown_K]

I can't see why anyone would buy a G4 these days for their main machine , its just too old and not supported by new apps/OS/parts anymore.

$39 for a dual MDD is a good deal for a collector who can fix things, but most people would pass on a stripped non booting one. G4 towers got so cheap that I could not resist getting 2 of them (Quicksilvers). G5's still seem pricey to me (last of the PPC line I guess).

 

[CJ_Miller]

I can't see why anyone would buy a G4 these days for their main machine , its just too old and not supported by new apps/OS/parts anymore.

Easy - because one might not be running current apps/OS/peripherals, etc. So it doesn't matter. There are many useful apps which run only on PPC, and others which run only on 68k. If you need a last-generation OS 9 machine, G4 is perfect.

 

[mcdermd]

Core Duo is actually unofficially supported.
http://www.cultofmac.com/reader-Tip-run-lion-10-7-developer-preview-on-unsupported-core-duo-macs/84960

We had it right here in the forums before that.

 

[ChristTrekker]

Dual Processor 1.25Ghz G4 - $39
Btw, ChristTrekker, there are tons of them. Out on 72nd and F Street. They have several dual 867Mhz, Some have issues, some of them say "Does not boot" one said "No video" so I am thinking either bad RAM or bad video card.

Wow, that's sweet. Wish I had $40. I've stopped there a couple times, but nothing interesting then.

OTOH, my dual 500 G4 is running my web site just fine for now, and is a huge improvement from the G3 300 I had been using. I don't really have need of anything else right now. To get another similar jump, I'd need a dual 1.42. If I start finding those at rock bottom prices like that, maybe I'll pick one up. (My G5 is too big and power-hungry to keep for server duty when I retire it.)

If you need LCD monitors, check out the army surplus place in CB.

It's funny, people on craigslist are trying to sell their powerbook G4s for more than a early Intel MacBook would fetch and the Intel would be much faster.

You've seen those, too, eh?

 

[coius]

Oh yeah, The most precious one was that one that talked about about how big the white G3 ibooks were and how they were rare. Then put the cool price of $1,400 on it. I nearly spit out my coffee. I really gotta stop trolling on craigslist looking for deals. Most of the people out there are either stupid, or just don't try pricing their stuff.

I threw an offer in for a decent trinitron for a friend. I know I could get a monitor at a thriftstore, but this guy had a nice 21" that did an insane resolution.

emailed the guy and offered him $35 for the CRT (it was really nice) and he counter-offered with a price of slightly over $400 "Because it was a special and expensive monitor when it came out"

Yeah, sure... the monitor was released in 2004 and cost a little over $250 for it maybe max.

It would have been nice, but I just gotta roll my eyes at the idiots.

My favorite readings on craigslist are the guys that try to price something "Slightly used" for quite a bit over a brand new one even locally, and some guy responds with several links on the web you can get them for dirt cheap new. The flame wars ensue, good time is had by all and it's just funny watching the soap opera. There was a few good wars the other day. Must've been at least 10 counter posts insulting the other guy. When it got to the "Yo mamma!" I just stopped right there. It was no longer entertaining.

But still, even though those wars are unusual, I get some sort of cheap thrill watching two guys using a sales posting forum to argue.

ChristTrekker, I don't know if you listen to 89.7 The River but they have usually after work, a segment where they read some sorry guy's "Missed connnections" It's hilarious. Some of them are just sad...

 

[beta_train]

Thats a sweet deal! I miss selling my Powermac G4, they are awesome machines.

 

[Hatta]

Nice, I love the GoodBytes store! Glad to see it's doing good business. Haven't had a chance to get out there recently, though. Bought a TRS-80 last time I was there, and haven't done a thing with it. I have a backlog of hardware anyway, so

I'm trying to stay away for a while. :lol:

So I haven't seen the G4s at GoodBytes. But I got a couple stripped ones for cheap off of craigslist. $40 for two Quicksilvers, one dual 1ghz 1.5GB, one 800mhz 256mhz. No hard disks and only one video card between them. Got a PC ATI 8500 for cheap off of ebay ($25 shipped), flashed it, and stuck an old IDE disk in there. I mainly intended to use MorphOS on this but Tiger is pretty sweet too. Going to install Classic tonight and try some Escape Velocity.

There have been a lot of these popping up on Craigslist recently. Wonder if one of the universities around here dumped a bunch into surplus or something.