"Dan Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 11:45:38 -0400 Wrote:
>$220 Powerlogix G3 1gighz >$120 ATI 9200 >$80 DVD drive >$128 max ram >$200 two ATA hard drives. >$ 70 ATA card > >well, that'll put you down almost $820 without tax >and shipping. not to mention usb / firewire card. etc. >and you're still looking at a bastardized mac with all >the issues of future NON-compatibility and such. yeah, >ryan is great but how long can he wage the war? Exactly right. For this kind of money you can get a decent G4 machine on eBay. I have an S900 also - Radeon 7000, Sonnet G4/450, 700 megs ram, IDE/66 card and drives, etc. It runs 10.3.8 I think. It's OK, but my G4/500 Blue & White G3 is *much* faster. Faster bus, faster PCI slot for video card, built-in USB and Firewire, it's OFFICIALLY supported for OS X, etc. I *was* thinking of getting a 1 ghz G4 for the B&W, but after yesterday's announcements (Intel Inside Macs), I'm finished putting money into these PPC Macs. Unless of course, the 1 ghz G4 Sonnet cards drop to fire-sale prices - $350 is way too much. Dan
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