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My Official "Help me buy a Mac" Thread
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<blockquote data-quote="pokeman89" data-source="post: 912304" data-attributes="member: 121289"><p><strong>I officially bought one!</strong></p><p></p><p>I finally bought one!</p><p></p><p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230380555954&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT" target="_blank">PowerMac G4. Nice shape - eBay (item 230380555954 end time Sep-22-09 18:39:17 PDT)</a></p><p></p><p>The seller and I had been shooting questions back and forth all day, and in the end, I placed a bid on a G4 and WON! (Ok, so it was a buy it now, but still <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />). Here are the specs according to the guy and he has the screenshots to match, I also drew a comparison of what I was looking for:</p><p></p><p>G4 Dual 867MHz processors/Wanted an 800MHz G4</p><p> -512KB L2 (256 per processor)</p><p> -2MB L3 (1MB per processor)</p><p> -133MHz Bus speed (I have no idea how fast that it, but it sounds slower to me, isn't the norm now 1066MHz?)</p><p>OS 10.5/OS 10.4</p><p>512MB RAM/Wanted 512MB+</p><p>80Gig HD/Wanted 40GB+</p><p>Keyboard/Wanted Keyboard and Mouse (My office will sell me one for $3)</p><p>No Monitor/Not needed</p><p>iLife/iLife wanted for Garageband and iMovie</p><p>FREE SHIPPING!/No shipping ( <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> That didn't work out <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> )</p><p>AirPort Card/AirPort preferred, but not a necessity</p><p>Superdrive/CD-RW Drive</p><p>GeForce 4 MX w/ DVI/VGA Port (Adapter from walmart is $7)</p><p></p><p>Total: 130.00 for mac, $10 for peripherals (Purchased separately)</p><p></p><p>So here comes the big question: Do you think it was a decent deal? Mac2Sell listed this system as valued at $160</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.mac2sell.net/permalink/?id=26e0924212852f755b3a3421399d6037" target="_blank">The Mac2Sell guide to used Macs - second-hand Mac worth</a></p><p></p><p>And everythingmac.com had it valued at $300-$450 (Why?)</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g4/stats/powermac_g4_867_dp_mdd.html" target="_blank">Apple Power Macintosh G4 867 DP (MDD) Specs (Mirrored Drive Doors - M8787LL/A) @ EveryMac.com</a></p><p></p><p>What do you think? How will the performance be? I should get it in two weeks.</p><p></p><p></p><p>EDIT: and wouldn't you know it, my graphics card just overheated on me. How does that even happen? It was working perfectly fine until today. I have a spare, luckily (And I was just about to sell it too <img src="/mac_images/images/smilies/Shouting.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":Shouting:" title="Shouting :Shouting:" data-shortname=":Shouting:" /> ) Anybody know how hot a graphics card should get, I had to wait a minute for it to cool before I could pull it out! Then again, my PC has been on for several hours, but still <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pokeman89, post: 912304, member: 121289"] [b]I officially bought one![/b] I finally bought one! [url=http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230380555954&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT]PowerMac G4. Nice shape - eBay (item 230380555954 end time Sep-22-09 18:39:17 PDT)[/url] The seller and I had been shooting questions back and forth all day, and in the end, I placed a bid on a G4 and WON! (Ok, so it was a buy it now, but still :P). Here are the specs according to the guy and he has the screenshots to match, I also drew a comparison of what I was looking for: G4 Dual 867MHz processors/Wanted an 800MHz G4 -512KB L2 (256 per processor) -2MB L3 (1MB per processor) -133MHz Bus speed (I have no idea how fast that it, but it sounds slower to me, isn't the norm now 1066MHz?) OS 10.5/OS 10.4 512MB RAM/Wanted 512MB+ 80Gig HD/Wanted 40GB+ Keyboard/Wanted Keyboard and Mouse (My office will sell me one for $3) No Monitor/Not needed iLife/iLife wanted for Garageband and iMovie FREE SHIPPING!/No shipping ( :P That didn't work out :P ) AirPort Card/AirPort preferred, but not a necessity Superdrive/CD-RW Drive GeForce 4 MX w/ DVI/VGA Port (Adapter from walmart is $7) Total: 130.00 for mac, $10 for peripherals (Purchased separately) So here comes the big question: Do you think it was a decent deal? Mac2Sell listed this system as valued at $160 [url=http://www.mac2sell.net/permalink/?id=26e0924212852f755b3a3421399d6037]The Mac2Sell guide to used Macs - second-hand Mac worth[/url] And everythingmac.com had it valued at $300-$450 (Why?) [url=http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g4/stats/powermac_g4_867_dp_mdd.html]Apple Power Macintosh G4 867 DP (MDD) Specs (Mirrored Drive Doors - M8787LL/A) @ EveryMac.com[/url] What do you think? How will the performance be? I should get it in two weeks. EDIT: and wouldn't you know it, my graphics card just overheated on me. How does that even happen? It was working perfectly fine until today. I have a spare, luckily (And I was just about to sell it too :Shouting: ) Anybody know how hot a graphics card should get, I had to wait a minute for it to cool before I could pull it out! Then again, my PC has been on for several hours, but still :( [/QUOTE]
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