On Sep 16, 7:40 am, Brian Christmas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 16/09/2008, at 6:59 AM, dorayme wrote: > > > A friend wishes to sell his G5, he seems reluctant to name a price, > > he has no idea. I don't want to insult him (I like insulting > > strangers with low offers as a regular sport normally). I am tempted > > to just tell him to put it on eBay and be done. I remember when he > > got it a few years ago and that it cost a fortune... > > >>> Machine Name: Power Mac G5 > >>> Machine Model: PowerMac7,2 > >>> CPU Type: PowerPC 970 (2.2) > >>> Number Of CPUs: 2 > >>> CPU Speed: 2 GHz > >>> L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB > >>> Memory: 1 GB > >>> Bus Speed: 1 GHz > >>> Boot ROM Version: 5.1.4f0 > > > I would be wanting to have at least 2 or 3G of Ram more. What would > > be a fair offer in Australia in Australian dollars. There's nothing > > special comes inside re HD, probably just a 160. But the machine is > > good. > > G'day Dorayme. > > I sold a single processor 1.6 GHz G5 for Au $1600 a year ago, with 2x > 320 GB drives. No screen. > > Having said that, my new 2.4 GHz intel iMac (4GB ram, 750 GB hd) > beats the G5 hands down. > > I reckon about half the price of an iMac minus the cost of extra ram > and a large hard drive > > So ($3000 divided by 2) = $1500 - ~$250 for 4 GB ram - ~ $200 for a > terabyte drive = about a grand >
Fair enough, I checked out the recommendations of others too and especially a link to access specific machines in Australia and between $700 and 800 seemed to be the majority lean... Thanks all! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
