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I've never been a Mac owner, though I've thought about it for a long time. To be honest, it's the price point that has always killed me, that and I normally just build my own pc. I stopped by a local shop today (like a pawn shop, but they get most of their stuff from closeouts and liquidations) and they had a used 17" iMac G5 for $329.99. They didn't have a mouse for it, but I used mine and played around with it for a bit, and it ran good (they said they had one on order). The only thing I couldn't check was the airport (though it is there but there was no signal to latch on to) and the optical drive (since I didn't have anything to check it with, and I didn't think to just pop in a dvd), though it is listed as being a dvd burner. My question is is the $329.99 a good price for it? I know it is a 3-4 year old model, and it looks like the white rubber is yellowing (possibly from a smoker home?). It is "unlocked" since I basically went through it today and saw the specs (1.80 ghz, OS 10.8.4, 512mb ram, airport, wifi, super dvd burner, 180gig HDD). I wouldn't have thought about it as much today if my only computer (a non-Mac laptop) didn't decide to have powering issues today. I was surpised to find that my usb Logitech optical mouse worked fine on it, and it had 2 button controls. The last time i really played with a mac was years ago, a G3 I think, but my voice director uses G4s since protools is better on it. I'm a voice actor, so I have been around macs for years (since my voice director swears by them) but have never really had one to play with.
Any input would be great.
Any input would be great.