how heavy are these guys? On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Wolf <[email protected]> wrote:
> > i tow home junk cars and dolly them to the scrap yard all the time > > if i had a pair of these machines, by the sounds of the ongoing > discussion, i'd yank some of the more sought-after/valuable parts, and > offer them on ebay or here. and i'd throw whats left into the back of a > minivan or suv, to get a lil extra weight on the scale. > > a win-win > > Cyrus Griffin wrote: > > $1,500?? I agree that's just crazy. Maybe a Lisa or Macintosh 128K in > > the box... but not the ANS. At this point they're old enough to be > > outdated, but not old enough to be vintage collectors items. Sorry to > > break it to > > you... But have you not been listening to the other posters on this list? > From what everyone's said, sounds like you'd be lucky to get $300 for them. > > > > > > > > -Elliott > > > > > > > > On Jul 26, 2009, at 11:12 PM, Mac Book wrote: > > > >> I would have sold it for $1,500, but ill just keep this neat thing. > >> > >> But some day it might end up on ebay! or might trade for a nice > >> riding lawn mower who knows :P > >> > >> On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 12:09 AM, leaknoil <[email protected] > >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> > >> > >> You guys are wasting your breath. He obviously thinks its worth more > >> then it is. Everytime you say it isn't worth that he just thinks > >> it must > >> be worth even more and you are trying to trick him out of it. > >> > >> The ans is an abomination. Crappy as a server and as an Apple. > >> There is > >> nothing at all good about it and could only ever have been made when > >> Jobs wasn't around. It was junk. > >> > >> If you really must have one they aren't that uncommon. They show > >> up on > >> ebay from time to time. Just have to figure out how to get it to > you. > >> > >> > >> Gregg Eshelman wrote: > >> > --- On Sun, 7/26/09, Mac Book <[email protected] > >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> > > >> > > >> >> Thanks John for letting me know, Looked on > >> >> everymac.com <http://everymac.com/>, The Network > >> >> servers were $19,000 new, Will do some searching around on a > >> >> good price. I personally will not sell them cheap. > >> >> > >> > > >> > The only way an ANS is worth anything is if it's fully loaded, > >> or at least has all or most of the drive trays and other > >> "unobtanium" parts included. > >> > > >> > Even then, they're old, slow and outdated. A $300 desktop PC > >> bought from Tiger Direct (with gigabit ethernet) will drastically > >> outperform an ANS. > >> > > >> > An ANS is really only of interest to the diehard Apple collector. > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.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/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
