Would a PowerPC Mac be worth selling?

seachto7 · 07-02-2012 12:23AM #1

Hi all,

Got my hands on a PowerPC Mac earlier this year, and while I have not had any problems with it, I am not blown away by it. I mainly use it for work, and find that for my work, I would be better with the latest browsers. I can't do this on a PowerPC.
It's not the main bugbear for me, but is annoying that some things, I just cannot do on it.
I am thinking of changing it for a windows 7 machine or an Intel machine.
What do you think?

Am I crazy or not?

Rulmeq · 07-02-2012 07:48AM

What's the spec, what machine is it?

seachto7 · 08-02-2012 01:17AM

Mac OS X Version 10.5.8

4 x 2.5 GHz PowerPC G5

4GB DDR2 SDRAM

whiterebel · 08-02-2012 01:43PM

seachto7 wrote: »

Mac OS X Version 10.5.8

4 x 2.5 GHz PowerPC G5

4GB DDR2 SDRAM

In fairness, you wouldn't expect to get "blown away" with a 5/6 year old machine, would you? A beast in its day, but it goes back a few generations now. I sold one recently very similar spec for €250 on adverts.ie

seachto7 · 08-02-2012 02:03PM

I guess "blown away" is the wrong word to use. But I might see if I can shift it on and get a windows 7 machine with the same RAM.

It does the job,but annoying there are some things I can't do on it, which I would like to be able to. Watching Netflix is one example.....

Will chuck it up on adverts I think.....

donegal. · 14-02-2012 05:16PM

i've 1 to sell aswell. could you post a reply if you manage to sell it.

whiterebel · 14-02-2012 06:51PM

donegal. wrote: »

i've 1 to sell aswell. could you post a reply if you manage to sell it.

Just put it up on adverts.ie, it's free to use.;)

Type 17 · 16-02-2012 01:53PM

seachto7 wrote: »

Mac OS X Version 10.5.8

4 x 2.5 GHz PowerPC G5

4GB DDR2 SDRAM

Here’s a quote from the web (I made a guess that your machine would have a 150 GB HD and a Superdrive)

http://www.mac2sell.net/permalink/?id=5a2f760f536da88579fd3291b23dc764

Would a PowerPC Mac be worth selling?

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