anyone buying a G4 PowerMac???

liquidrliquidr
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
Just curious as to who in the Mac community is still interested in them. It seems to still be fairly pricey when compared to a low end G5.

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  • Reply 1 of 15
    liquidrliquidr Posts: 884member
    I guess not. Can anyone make an argument for a G4 PM over a G5?
  • Reply 2 of 15
    krassykrassy Posts: 595member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by LiquidR

    I guess not. Can anyone make an argument for a G4 PM over a G5?



    price
  • Reply 3 of 15
    aquaticaquatic Posts: 5,602member
    Yes our family will when it hits three digits instead of four. Even 1299 is a ripoff because it's only a single 1.25ghz. Either that or an iMac if they get a lot cheaper.
  • Reply 4 of 15
    jlljll Posts: 2,713member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by LiquidR

    I guess not.



    You gave us 30 minutes to answer



    We just bought 10 DP1.25 G4s (the discontinued models) because they were cheap.
  • Reply 5 of 15
    liquidrliquidr Posts: 884member
    How much were 10 DP 1.25 PMs??? Bulk deal?
  • Reply 6 of 15
    krassykrassy Posts: 595member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Aquatic

    Yes our family will when it hits three digits instead of four. Even 1299 is a ripoff because it's only a single 1.25ghz. Either that or an iMac if they get a lot cheaper.



    i'm in germany now and can get a new 1GHz G4 for 990 EUR ... i think for some people it would be worth it... but i will get my hands on the dual 2GHz G5 as soon as apples stock price rises a little bit more ;-)



    that'd be a nice thing - i will spend the money i make with my apple shares into apple products
  • Reply 7 of 15
    jlljll Posts: 2,713member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by LiquidR

    How much were 10 DP 1.25 PMs??? Bulk deal?



    $1,600 per Mac and since out main app seems to be using both processors, I expect them to be faster than the low end G5.
  • Reply 8 of 15
    andersanders Posts: 6,523member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by JLL

    $1,600



    12.000 kr?
  • Reply 9 of 15
    jlljll Posts: 2,713member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Anders

    12.000 kr?



    10.999,- (ex. moms)
  • Reply 10 of 15
    ernest emacernest emac Posts: 108member
    I bought a 1.25ghz G4 Power Mac last week for £999 (uk)



    I put in the DVD burner ( sorry, but I think "Superdrive" sounds cheesy ) from my pc, an extra 60 gig hard drive and an extra 1 gig of memory.



    It's an excellent machine for me and for what I use it for so I'm very happy with it. Of course the G5's will wipe the floor with it, and good luck to people who are buying them, but I couldn't honestly justify the cost.
  • Reply 11 of 15
    anonymous karmaanonymous karma Posts: 174member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Ernest eMac

    ( sorry, but I think "Superdrive" sounds cheesy )



    Really? Apple's only been using the term for about, hm, twenty years now. Why don't you write them a suggestion and tell them that?
  • Reply 12 of 15
    ernest emacernest emac Posts: 108member
    Apple may have been using the term for twenty years but I haven't.



    Each to their own
  • Reply 13 of 15
    bsharpbsharp Posts: 64member
    The G4s can hold more internal hard drives and 2 optical drives.
  • Reply 14 of 15
    macjamrockmacjamrock Posts: 6member
    I have a Dual 867 with a Gig RAM, one 40GB and one 60GB HD, Superdrive, ATI Radeon 9000 Pro I'd be happy to sell for, say, US$1200. But the problem is, I'm in Jamaica - ain't gonna pay that shipping bill
  • Reply 15 of 15
    paulpaul Posts: 5,278member
    my sister is in Puerto Rico until tuesday--i think... how far away are you? think you could get it to her before she leaves?
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