Rad, To start off, any of them are decent machines. The two main issues I see are whether you want the hard drive space or the RAM. You cannot run much (at least very quickly) on 64 MB of RAM. But that is easy to add to. You can buy a 512 MB chip to install in the G4s for about $125. The Dual processors can take at least 1GB of additional RAM.
Hope that helps. matty. > From: "Rad Craig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "G-List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 21:08:20 -0600 > To: "G-List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: best buy? > > Which of these is the best buy? I am sending in three G3's for trade > (getting $375 trade-in) and will have about $400 to add to it, so $800 is at > the top of my price range. I really want a DA, but they don't have any in > stock right now. I thought about selling my 3 on ebay, but I just went and > looked and I'd be lucky to get the amount I'm getting on a trade-in. So I'm > stuck with buying something they have in their inventory...which constantly > changes. They won't just buy them from me and send me the cash or I'd take > it and buy a DA off of ebay for $588 as I see them on there all the time for > that. I wish that's what I could do. > > I want the best machine I can get as this will be my first real 'mac' > experience and will be my main daytime machine. I will do a little graphics > work on it occasionally, but not much. It will be for Office, email, web, > etc. Just general internet usage mainly. I want to run OSX on it. > > Unless any of you want to trade for 2 beige G3/233's and one iMac G3/233 and > some cash? > > 1 $678 Used PowerMac AGP G4/450, 256 MB of RAM, 30 GB internal drive, > internal DVD-ROM, internal 56k modem, includes keyboard and mouse, internal > 100 Mb Zip > > > 1 $719 Used PowerMac Gigabit G4/450, 256 MB of RAM, 30 GB internal drive, > internal DVD-ROM, internal 56k modem, includes keyboard and mouse, internal > 100 Mb Zip > > > 1 $799 Used PowerMac DUAL G4/500, 64 MB of RAM, 60 GB internal drive, > internal DVD-ROM, internal 56k modem, includes keyboard and mouse > > > 1 $799 Used PowerMac DUAL G4/500, 64 MB of RAM, 60 GB internal drive, > internal DVD-ROM, internal 56k modem, includes keyboard and mouse > > > Rad... > > > > > -- > G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | > -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
