I didn't look at desktops.

At 14:10 30/04/2006 -0700, hank said:

what about desktops?
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From: "Dane Trethowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 9:34 AM
Subject: Re: Some Mac's are really cheap right now


> I have to admit that I was quite surprised to find out what G4 Ibooks
> are going for, nearly a thousand dollars a piece, incredible.
>
>
> On 01/05/2006, at 1:22 AM, Access Curmudgeon wrote:
>
> > Congratulations to Dane for picking up a G3 iMac for $100.  That is a
> > good deal.  I periodically check eBay for late model G3 iMacs and am
> > stunned by what they go for.  I think $200 would be fair, but they go
> > for twice that.  One nice thing about machines that are good enough is
> > that you can break the upgrade cycle.  I have an G3 iMac that runs OS
> > 9 and the kids games great and is meets the minimum published
> > requirements for Tiger despite being manufactured in 2000.  My
> > expectation is that Leopard will not support G3.
> >
> > The OS X on generic 86 is interesting but not really practical for a
> > production machine.  If you save $50 a month for a year that covers a
> > brand new Mini that you can reasonably expect to be compatible with
> > the latest software offering five years after purchase.  It will be
> > far longer than a year before OSx86 is anything more than an
> > interesting hack.
> >
> > http://backaccessward.blogspot.com/
> >
>
>





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