wtb: mac (please note MUST include MacOS)

Mizugori

looking to buy a mac, probably older b/c i can't afford to spend very much at the moment. hopefully just the body, i have an extra monitor. must have at least 1 gb hard drive and 64mb ram. also it must include a version of macOS.

thanks!

*edit whoops i suppose i need a mouse and keyboard too since all i have is PC stuff, and im pretty sure my stuff isn't cross-platform. nothing fancy necessary just to get the job done. thanks

Dexter

My company has a an old PowerMac G4 that we are looking to get rid of. It's about 4 years old I think, and is in great shape.

It is one of the first models of these:

http://www.theapplemuseum.com/index.php?id=tam&page=personal&subpage=pmg4_agp&skin=specs

We also have some older, slower Macs as well.

I don't have the model numbers or specs right now, but can get them if you are interested. I'll have to discuss asking prices with my employer.

Let me know if you want me to proceed.

Dexter...

Animal

find out the price for me aswell! probably unlikely to get it seeing as i am in the uk but i am interested!

Mizugori

yeah im definately interested, let me know what the specs are and what they would want for it. also my zip is 06281 if you can possibly get a shipping estimate please do

thanks

Dexter

Will do, I'll find out this week and let you know. Are you interested in the newest unit, or the odler ones (which I think are 9600's.....)

Dexter...

madmat

Oh my god, I thought this was a joke thread but instead I see it's serious????!!!!
Someone dial an excorcist!!

drasnor

Hey Dexter, you wouldn't happen to have any old Rev2 Blue & White G3s as well? I really only need the logic board, firewire module, and front panel power switch/LED module. I've got everything else (ZIF module, case, heatsink, PSU, graphics, scsi, OS, etc.)

-drasnor

Mizugori

Dexter wrote:

Are you interested in the newest unit, or the odler ones (which I think are 9600's.....)
Dexter...

depends on price. as i said they have to have 64 mb of ram and 1 gig hdd, or its not worth the shipping. the thing is i can't afford to drop a lot of cash on this right now, but since they are all over 4 years old, hopefully it won't be too bad... i had an imac like 6 or 7 years ago with a 450 mhz processor so id imagine they will make a pretty reasonable offer.

btw are you talking about the unit only or a monitor as well? i probably don't want a monitor, i have a pc one but ill have to get an adaptor to hook it up to the mac... but you never know, if there is a monitor with it id be curious to see how much for it.

thanks!!


*edit

and about that exorcism comment mat...god don't get me started, i used to be a mac-user for years. donnnn't get me started lol

Mizugori

http://www.apple.com/powermac/performance/

primesuspect

Mizugori - if it's a USB mac (that is to say, a blue/white G3 or newer) it can and will support a PC mouse and keyboard if they are USB. In fact, having a two button mouse makes OS 9 and OS:X that much better.

Mizugori

okay in that case, if it meets those criteria i don't need the keyboard and mouse. thanks!

Dexter

We actually used some older Mac monitors with that (it replaced a 9600 system) so we never had one of the G4 monitors. But it will use a PC monitor, and we had a USB Logitech 2 button scroll mouse on it, so it is definitely compatible with nay PC mouse / keyboard, so long as you can get the drivers. It does have a mouse though.

I'll check tomorrow what all it has again (I know it will meet your min specs) and try to get you a picture of it. We almost sold it to a friend of an employee a few months ago, but the guy could not come up with the cash (starving student...)

Macs tend to hold a high resale value, and my employer is very much a Mac guy, so he will know its' fair value.

drasnor: no, we onlyu have this unit, one or two 9600's, and an even older system (a Performa, I think....

Dexter...

Mizugori

Macs tend to hold a high resale value,

uhoh lol

We almost sold it to a friend of an employee a few months ago, but the guy could not come up with the cash (starving student...)

yeah something tells me i won't be able to afford this...but let me know how much he wants, thanks

Dexter

Okay, here's the scoop...

As I thought, it is a G4 - 450. The specs on that are available here:

http://www.theapplemuseum.com/index.php?id=tam&page=personal&subpage=pmg4_agp&skin=specs

http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g4/stats/powermac_g4_450.html

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58418

Various info and reviews here:

http://www.lowendmac.com/ppc/g4saw.shtml

This model features the 450 Processor, 256 MB RAM, a 27 GB hard drive, built in Zip drive, and built in DVD-RAM drive. The DVD RAM drive means you can use DVD RAM discs for re-writable DVD storage, just like a really big Zip Drive. It has the AGP graphics card which includes both VGA and Mac-proprietary outputs (similar to DVI.) It has 2 USB ports and 2 Firewire ports in the back. It is not currently hooked up, but I believe it is running a version of OS 9. The system ran very well from 1999 when we bought it new, until we replaced that station (it was a graphics station) and an older Mac-based video editing system with a single PC station. It has the keyboard but not the mouse.

I'll PM you in regard to price and other details.

Dexter...