I got my G4 733 mHz Quicksilver in early 2002 when they stopped making it for $1399.
It is still going strong for the most part, and hasn't needed out of warranty repairs, all I have shelled out has been for 2 OS upgrades, Jaguar and Tiger. So ... do the math. This is one affordable machine. I think it can go 3 more years at least. On Dec 19, 2008, at 6:31 AM, Ted Treen wrote: > > MIKO .. wrote: >> On Dec 19, 2008, at 2:57 AM, Ted Treen wrote: >> >> >>> If Apple's business model works for them - and it certainly appears >>> to - >>> then it's better for all of us if they continue to thrive, and >>> not go >>> belly-up like so many other companies who have tried too hard to be >>> all >>> things to all men. Here endeth the lesson ;-) >>> >> >> The problem is that it was not always- and is only recently- their >> business model! There used to be affordable G4 towers with extra >> drive bays and slots and such and now all we've got, before investing >> gazillions, are notebooks and iMacs! >> > PowerMac G4 AGp Released October 1999 Release > Price $2499 > /(On February 16, 2000, a reduced configuration was introduced -- > M7641LL/A -- for US$1599)/ > > > G4 500DP (GigE) July 2000 > $3499/$3199 > > G4 867 QS July 2001 > $2499 > > > Skip a few years..... > > MacPro Quad Core August 2006 > $2499 > > > MacPro Eight Core Jan > 2008 $2799 > > > Even taking the early vs the latest, there's an increase of $300 in > eight years for a helluva lot more capability. > > Hell, even my old Beige G3/300 cost me £1499 in 1998 when I bought > it - > the same as the UK price now of an 8-core MacPro. > > Taking account of the reduction in purchasing power of both the US$ > and > £Sterling, they're cheaper than ever. > > It's just that (here in the UK at least) all other demands on my > income > are becoming dearer at an exponential rate. > > Ted > > > > Anne Keller Smith Down to Earth Web Design G4 Quicksilver 733mHz Tower 896 MB RAM, 40 GB hard drive, OS 10.4.11 Intel iMac 2.4gHz Core 2 Duo 1GB RAM, 250GB Hard Drive, OS 10.5.5 mailto:[email protected] http://www.downtoearthweb.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
