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Should I buy an old PowerMac G4?
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Lansing MI
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My college is selling used PowerMac G4's for $85. One of the PM's they had set up had dual 533 Mhz processors with 512 MB of RAM, running Mac OS X Jaguar. I'm not really sure what I could use it for, as of right now. But, can they be upgraded enough to make them useful? I would probably just use it for e-mail, music, etc.
Note: I already have a G4 iMac with 800 Mhz processor and 256 MB of RAM, and a PowerBook G4 12"
what do you think?
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iMac G4 800Mhz 256 MB, 12" iBook G4 1.0 Ghz 768 MB, 12" PowerBook G4, 1.5 Ghz, 1.25 GB RAM
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For 85 bucks I sure would. Dual 533 is still very useful.
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I'd jump on that without blinking. Even you don't want to keep it, you could turn it around for around $300 on eBay.
And for the record, a Dual 533 would chew up and spit out an 800MHz iMac.
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How easy do you think it would be to upgrade the HD? it would be great as a music server.
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iMac G4 800Mhz 256 MB, 12" iBook G4 1.0 Ghz 768 MB, 12" PowerBook G4, 1.5 Ghz, 1.25 GB RAM
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Alas, the surplus sale has ended for the day. Looks like the price sign that they had up for today had an old one underneath. Looks like the PM's might go down in price by $10 every sale.
Also, I found that that dual processor model was like the only one there... so oh well. The rest are single 450 mhz and 500 Mhz processors
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iMac G4 800Mhz 256 MB, 12" iBook G4 1.0 Ghz 768 MB, 12" PowerBook G4, 1.5 Ghz, 1.25 GB RAM
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