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braller
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i've got an opportunity to buy some outdated g4's from my company at a discount price. have never owned a mac before, figure this is a good way to just have one around to play around with. can you tell me if these look like good deals?
definitely cheap, but will i end up with a box that can't do much but look pretty?
perhaps you can tell me what kind of activities i'd be able to do with these?
any that should be ruled out because they wouldn't be able to do much? this wouldn't be my main computer, but is there anything these would be useful for over a current technology pc, such as video editing or graphics?
a few examples (all g4 graphites w/ monitor & osx 10.3):
$180: 400mhz, 896 mb ram, 20gb hd, dual video cards 16/32, dvd/zip drives
$125: 450mhz, 512mb ram, 10gb hd, scsi/dvd, 16mb vid
$150: 400mhz, 768mb ram, 60gb hd, cd-rom, 16mb vid
$200: 466mhz, 768mb ram, 30gb hd, dvd, dual vid 16/32 mb
$210: 466mhz, 640mb ram, 30gb hd, cdrw, dual vid 16/32 mb
$70: 400mhz, 128mb ram, 20gb, dvd/zip, 16mb vid
$150: 450mhz, 640mb ram, 20gb, scsi/dvd/zip, 16mb vid
$250: 466mhz, 896mb ram, 30gb, cdrw, dual vid 16/32
thanks very much!
definitely cheap, but will i end up with a box that can't do much but look pretty?
perhaps you can tell me what kind of activities i'd be able to do with these?
any that should be ruled out because they wouldn't be able to do much? this wouldn't be my main computer, but is there anything these would be useful for over a current technology pc, such as video editing or graphics?
a few examples (all g4 graphites w/ monitor & osx 10.3):
$180: 400mhz, 896 mb ram, 20gb hd, dual video cards 16/32, dvd/zip drives
$125: 450mhz, 512mb ram, 10gb hd, scsi/dvd, 16mb vid
$150: 400mhz, 768mb ram, 60gb hd, cd-rom, 16mb vid
$200: 466mhz, 768mb ram, 30gb hd, dvd, dual vid 16/32 mb
$210: 466mhz, 640mb ram, 30gb hd, cdrw, dual vid 16/32 mb
$70: 400mhz, 128mb ram, 20gb, dvd/zip, 16mb vid
$150: 450mhz, 640mb ram, 20gb, scsi/dvd/zip, 16mb vid
$250: 466mhz, 896mb ram, 30gb, cdrw, dual vid 16/32
thanks very much!