Aaron wrote:
I just found out yesterday that amazon is selling the latest (May 2005) iMac G5 2.0
GHz 17" for $1,100 -- minus a $100 rebate!
Much as I like to get the most out of my old equipment, it hardly seems worth
spending much on upgrades any more! Also, the older I get (65 next month!) the
less I want to spend my time on maintaining my computers as opposed to using
them.
Actually, if I can get a good deal on a reasonably fast G4 desktop, I may
postpone the move to a G5, since I can't use my multiple hard drives and CD/DVD
drives with the iMac and G5 desktops are still too expensive. If I do get the
iMac anyway, I'll probably have to get a couple of USB 2.0 or FireWire external
drive cases for my existing drives and figure out a way to read drives
formatted with and for the Sonnet Tempo ATA cards. Either that, or I'll have to
network the old computer to the new one, copy everything off the old drives,
and reformat them in the external cases. (My existing drives, except for a
couple of small SCSI drives, are 120 GB and 80 GB Maxtor 7200's.)
I'm doing all this thinking out loud with the hope of getting feedback,
especially if I'm operating under any misconceptions. (My original motivation
for this post was to let y'all know about the cheap iMacs, but I get rather
wordy late at night when I should be asleep!)
- Aaron
That's not the latest one since yesterday... :D
PCIe on the Mac finally! Can't wait for the corresponding G5 desktop. I
might have to find some money for one.
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