eMac - A Good Deal?

Doug11 · Doug11 #1 (**permalink**)

02-16-2008, 06:19 AM

I have always been a puter "addict" , I guess you could call it. When I was a teen, I taught myself how to use pc,,now I can strip one, build one, whatever. Then I tackled the world of Linux and become very familiar with many distros of that. My most recent step was yesterday,,I purchased a used EMac, having never used one before. I paid 200 bucks for this,,still in the original box with all the restore discs and whatever else. The specs are

1GHz PowerPC G4
Memeory 512 MB
Bus 133 MHz
OS X Version 10.3

Can anyone tell me if I got a half decent deal on this or did I get robbed? Thanks in advance and am looking forward to the world of Mac.

louishen · louishen #2 (**permalink**)

02-16-2008, 06:43 AM

200 dollars sounds good to me

I would upgrade the ram tho, its specs are here

http://www.everymac.com/systems/appl.../emac_1.0.html

Doug11 · Doug11 #3 (**permalink**)

02-16-2008, 07:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by louishen

200 dollars sounds good to me

I would upgrade the ram tho, its specs are here

http://www.everymac.com/systems/appl.../emac_1.0.html

Thanks for the info,,was thinking that as well. Will start looking for a few sticks of 512.

the8thark · the8thark #4 (**permalink**)

02-16-2008, 07:19 AM

I think that was a good deal. But it'd max out the memory in it though. As said above. It's a nice stepping stone to what the world of apple has to offer. And then you can use it to see what your next mac will be.

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Doug11 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 16, 2008 Posts: 8	02-16-2008, 06:19 AM I have always been a puter "addict" , I guess you could call it. When I was a teen, I taught myself how to use pc,,now I can strip one, build one, whatever. Then I tackled the world of Linux and become very familiar with many distros of that. My most recent step was yesterday,,I purchased a used EMac, having never used one before. I paid 200 bucks for this,,still in the original box with all the restore discs and whatever else. The specs are 1GHz PowerPC G4 Memeory 512 MB Bus 133 MHz OS X Version 10.3 Can anyone tell me if I got a half decent deal on this or did I get robbed? Thanks in advance and am looking forward to the world of Mac.
	QUOTE Thanks

louishen #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 22, 2007 Location: London Posts: 8,654 Mac Specs: Mac Mini Core i7 2012 \| White 2009 MacBook 2 Ghz \| 733 Mhz G4 Quicksilver	02-16-2008, 06:43 AM 200 dollars sounds good to me I would upgrade the ram tho, its specs are here http://www.everymac.com/systems/appl.../emac_1.0.html
	QUOTE Thanks

the8thark #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 27, 2007 Location: Brisvegas Posts: 5,658 Mac Specs: 17 inch 2 GHz C2D imac (5,1) with 3GB DDR2 RAM, X1600 (128MB memory) GPU - OSX 10.6.3	02-16-2008, 07:19 AM I think that was a good deal. But it'd max out the memory in it though. As said above. It's a nice stepping stone to what the world of apple has to offer. And then you can use it to see what your next mac will be.
	QUOTE Thanks

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