$300 seems fine (It's more than one would cost in the States, but I know that everything technical's prices in the Kingdom are determined by dropping the dollar sign and adding a pound sign), but make sure that the 2GB isn't, say, 8x256MB (as such a configuration would make upgrading more difficult). -- -- Illirik Smirnov
Chaotic Neutral since 1997 "A Charisma of 28 will seduce the dragon on a 14 or higher... 20? Oh well, I suppose you get the treasure." They see me rollin, they hatin; patrollin, tryin to catch me rollin nat one Ron Paul // Jello Biafra 2012: For A Better America= Proud member of the Enloe HS Debate Team: "At Least Someone Placed" On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 11:45 AM, Avid_Fan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for the advice, all very helpful. > > I'll probably stick with a G5 to keep the cost down. > > Here's one I'm thinking of buying http://bit.ly/wVZsFk > > Model A1047 > > EMC 2061 > > Apple Mains Cable > > Running OSX Leopard 10.5.8 > > Spec of this Mac > > Dual 2.3 GHz G5 Processors ( NOT liquid cooled model ) > > 160 GB HDD SATA > > DVD-RW Pioneer 109 D (not tested for burning but works fine reading > dvd's) > > 2 GB DDR PC 3200 RAM > > 128 MB VRAM Dual DVI output adapter needed for VGA or ADC > > 1 Ethernet port > > 3 USB 2 Ports > > 2 Firewire 400 Ports > > 1 Firewire 800 port > > Optical in and out Ports > > Sound in and out Ports > > 1 Headphone port > > Comes with Apple Mains cable > > Case is in reasonable condition but has a number of marks and > scratches. > > > Running OSX Leopard 10.5.8 > > iLife 09 > > On Feb 18, 8:55 pm, Illirik Smirnov <[email protected]> wrote: > > the Mac Pro is nice and all, but the fact remains that Intelness adds > > significant to the price. Hereabouts, a pristine dual 2.5 G5 sans RAM, > > video, and HDD (since personal preferences matter so much, when our > little > > circle swaps machines we do so like this) can be had for ~$100; that > means > > the whole shebang can be under $200 depending on the amount of RAM you > want > > (if you're like me and have a lot of 256 and 512MB sticks lying around, 8 > > slots means that you can have plenty using a bunch of small sticks in > > matched pairs of capacity, not speed or brand). On the other hand, a dual > > 2.5 Mac Pro from the first gen is easily triple that, with no more than > 50% > > increase in performance (most of which is due to DDR2 RAM) > > -- -- > > Illirik Smirnov > > > > Chaotic Neutral since 1997 > > "A Charisma of 28 will seduce the dragon on a 14 or higher... 20? Oh > well, > > I suppose you get the treasure." > > They see me rollin, they hatin; patrollin, tryin to catch me rollin nat > one > > Ron Paul // Jello Biafra 2012: For A Better America= > > Proud member of the Enloe HS Debate Team: "At Least Someone Placed" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 8:25 AM, JohnCarmonne <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Feb 17, 2012, at 8:16 PM, Joshua Lewis wrote: > > > > > > The second hand Mac pros are way better than the G5. > > > > > > The Mac pros have better reliability They run cooler and quieter than > > > > the Powermac G5. > > > > > > They have Intel processors which mean it can run the latest mac os x > > > > and latest programs and boot camp windows. > > > > > > Im not saying that you shouldn't buy a Powermac G5 but any second > > > > hand mac pro 2006 or later would be a better choice its more cost > > > > effective wise than the G5. > > > > > The thing you do give up with the Mac Pro is the ability to run Tiger > and > > > Classic. Otherwise the Mac Pro is a nice machine. > > > > > John Carmonne > > > Yorba Linda CA > > > 92886 USA > > > MacPro 2.66 Quad Nehalem > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group > for > > > those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on > Power > > > Macs. > > > The list FAQ is athttp://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtmland our > > > netiquette guide is athttp://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list > -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
