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g5 powermac- got milk?

  • 22-05-2006 4:12am
    #1
    condra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,849 ✭✭✭


    :eek:
    hey.

    I went and sold my windows laptop and got a powermac g5 [1.8 single] there about 7 months ago, coz I was finding my laptop an ergenomic disaster. Im still weary of laptops.

    Anyways, turns out I could do with something more mobile, but Id like to stick with a mac, obviously;)
    So I was thinkin of maybe a swap for an imac, or selling the g5 and screen and gettin a macbook. [then later gettin a seperate keyboard for the sake of my back]

    Anyways, what kinda cash you reckon Id get for my powermac? [1.8 single, 512 ram] Ive got a 19" flatscreen.. The mac I bought for 1100 before xmas and the monitor was 320.

    So- the G5 including 19" flat screen- 800/900? optimistic?

    Also, what if I found someone who would like to swap it for a g5 imac? think thats a fair trade?
    My friend has a g5 imac, 1.9 I think, but it never seems to perform as well as my powermac. I dont get why that is, Im not very technical. He just says its coz mines a powermac.

    Cheers for any advice on this. I have a feeling the introduction of those supercool macbooks is gonna cause quite a freak out over the next few months.


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  • #2
    Nature Boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 801 ✭✭✭Nature Boy


    I know this isn't relevant but why is the title of the thread "g5 powermac- got milk?"

    What has a G5 Powermac got to do with milk???


  • #3
    condra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,849 ✭✭✭condra


    didnt know what to call the thread.

    anyways- any thoughts?


  • #4
    Nature Boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 801 ✭✭✭Nature Boy


    I think a Powermac for iMac is a fair enough trade. Also €800-€900 would be a decent price for your Powermac (Then again I've never bought second hand so i wouldn't really know).

    If your looking for something mobile I wouldn't nesessarily say the iMac is mobile, it's more mobile than the Powermac but the are pretty big and heavy all the same.

    If I was changing my mac i'd strongly consider buying an Intel mac


  • #5
    condra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,849 ✭✭✭condra


    Thanks for the reply Nature Boy.

    Ill be selling the mac, hopefully in the coming couple of weeks. Ive decided to add some cash to it and get a macbook. Im worried that Ill miss the 7200rpm hard drive and the superdrive, but I do need something portable.

    Im putting it up for sale in the new for sale section now, just the mac, without the monitor, if anyone is interested, for a very reasonable price.


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