Apple iMac G3..??

Post by **Don Carlos** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 7:58 pm

Whats the top spec of those little suckers and how much is it worth??

cheers :icon30:

Post by **losCHUNK** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 9:13 pm

me + you + sex = BOOM

Post by **Don Carlos** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 9:19 pm

Post by **S@M** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 9:20 pm

your UK right? they are old, probably around 500 or 600mhz, dont pay more than a few 6packs worth - or if they want more, get urself a mini instead if its just for mucking around with. I'd pay about $150aust for one provided it was full of ram and software.

Post by **Canis** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 11:19 pm

20" Apple LCD Display, 2.1GHz G5, up to 2.5GB DDR2 RAM, ATI PCIe X600 - 128MB VRAM, 250GB or 500GB HD, DVD/CD burner, Wireless Airport/Bluetooth.....$1299.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 11:44 pm

Canis wrote:20" Apple LCD Display, 2.1GHz G5, up to 2.5GB DDR2 RAM, ATI PCIe X600 - 128MB VRAM, 250GB or 500GB HD, DVD/CD burner, Wireless Airport/Bluetooth.....$1299.

up to? what's that $1299 price come with?

Post by **Canis** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 1:31 am

http://www.apple.com

All that, except for only 1.9GHz, 512MB, and 250GB HD.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 1:36 am

not a bad price for an Apple i suppose. i was a bit confused at the I designation cuz i had forgotten - i was thinking it was a normal desktop.

Post by **Canis** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 1:39 am

Its a very good deal. It gets you off and running in practically every area of home-creative computing.

Post by **Dave** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 3:20 am

Per the subject line of this thread, an iMac G3 would be worth: jack shit

Post by **Dave** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 3:22 am

Canis wrote:Its a very good deal. It gets you off and running in practically every area of home-creative computing.

You can't load it up with 3.5 gigs of ram and still respect yourself though.

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 5:20 am

Dave wrote:Per the subject line of this thread, an iMac G3 would be worth: jack shit

Reality.

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 5:22 am

Don't touch a mac until they've gone to Intel.

Post by **Don Carlos** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 5:27 am

Dave wrote:Per the subject line of this thread, an iMac G3 would be worth: jack shit

cheers dude

Post by **Dave** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 5:32 am

When I worked for the part of my University's IT department, we gave away those G3s to grad students.. no one wanted them 3 years ago they were that bad. All we used them for was email kiosks (they even suck at that).

Post by **saturn** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 5:38 am

Massive Quasars wrote:Don't touch a mac until they've gone to Intel.

meh, the transition from powerpc to x86 software will take years. Rosetta, the emulation software that will run PowerPC compiled programs on Intel Macs is just bareable for low-CPU-cycles-demanding-software like wordprocessors.

I've become a Mac fanboy since i got a powerbook + OS X this year

Post by **S@M** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 5:48 am

Don Carlos wrote:cheers dude

:icon33:

I said it first

Post by **Dave** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 6:55 am

saturn wrote:
Massive Quasars wrote:Don't touch a mac until they've gone to Intel.
meh, the transition from powerpc to x86 software will take years. Rosetta, the emulation software that will run PowerPC compiled programs on Intel Macs is just bareable for low-CPU-cycles-demanding-software like wordprocessors.

I've become a Mac fanboy since i got a powerbook + OS X this year

Same reason I filled up my RAM slots... PPC Macs aren't going away anytime soon, especially when you use them as a tool that does the job. Intel Macs aren't going to be leaps and bounds better overnight or even in a couple of years

Post by **Canis** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 7:03 am

Dave wrote:Per the subject line of this thread, an iMac G3 would be worth: jack shit

Lol...I had to take a second look. I first saw it and saw "G5"...at 1600x1200 text is a bit damn small on my monitor. :icon30:

Post by **saturn** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 9:48 pm

Dave wrote:
saturn wrote:
Massive Quasars wrote:Don't touch a mac until they've gone to Intel.
meh, the transition from powerpc to x86 software will take years. Rosetta, the emulation software that will run PowerPC compiled programs on Intel Macs is just bareable for low-CPU-cycles-demanding-software like wordprocessors.

I've become a Mac fanboy since i got a powerbook + OS X this year
Same reason I filled up my RAM slots... PPC Macs aren't going away anytime soon, especially when you use them as a tool that does the job. Intel Macs aren't going to be leaps and bounds better overnight or even in a couple of years

Hmmm.....might fill up my 12" powerbook with mem then. Got 768 mb that does the job, wonder what mem I should get then.

Post by **R00k** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 9:55 pm

We gave away over a dozen G3's recently just to save us the work and expense of disposing of them.

Post by **menkent** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 11:36 pm

oh fucks. we have a few of those things in my dept at the uni. they're total complete utter shit. if someone payed me i'd scrap it for them.

Post by **ajerara** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 2:50 am

Yeah, there are non profits that fix them up and give them to poor people for e-mail and stuff like that. I do internet and photoshop on a beige G4 Frankenmac, it's perfectly useable. However, I had to build a PC for gaming.

Post by **neh** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 7:23 am

saturn wrote:
Dave wrote:
saturn wrote: meh, the transition from powerpc to x86 software will take years. Rosetta, the emulation software that will run PowerPC compiled programs on Intel Macs is just bareable for low-CPU-cycles-demanding-software like wordprocessors.

I've become a Mac fanboy since i got a powerbook + OS X this year
Same reason I filled up my RAM slots... PPC Macs aren't going away anytime soon, especially when you use them as a tool that does the job. Intel Macs aren't going to be leaps and bounds better overnight or even in a couple of years
Hmmm.....might fill up my 12" powerbook with mem then. Got 768 mb that does the job, wonder what mem I should get then.

i bunged and extra gig in mine from the get go - 15" with 1.5 gig - but then I also do music on mine so needed a bit more overhead tbh