Apple iMac G3..??
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 7:58 pm
Whats the top spec of those little suckers and how much is it worth??
cheers :icon30:
cheers :icon30:
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Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 9:13 pm
me + you + sex = BOOM
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 9:19 pm
Posted: 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.
Posted: 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.
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 11:44 pm
up to? what's that $1299 price come with?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.
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 1:31 am
Posted: 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.
Posted: 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.
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 3:20 am
Per the subject line of this thread, an iMac G3 would be worth: jack shit
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 3:22 am
You can't load it up with 3.5 gigs of ram and still respect yourself though.Canis wrote:Its a very good deal. It gets you off and running in practically every area of home-creative computing.
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 5:20 am
Reality.Dave wrote:Per the subject line of this thread, an iMac G3 would be worth: jack shit
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 5:22 am
Don't touch a mac until they've gone to Intel.
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 5:27 am
cheers dudeDave wrote:Per the subject line of this thread, an iMac G3 would be worth: jack shit
Posted: 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).
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 5:38 am
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.Massive Quasars wrote:Don't touch a mac until they've gone to Intel.
I've become a Mac fanboy since i got a powerbook + OS X this year
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 5:48 am
:icon33:Don Carlos wrote:cheers dude
I said it first
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 6:55 am
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 yearssaturn 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.Massive Quasars wrote:Don't touch a mac until they've gone to Intel.
I've become a Mac fanboy since i got a powerbook + OS X this year
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 7:03 am
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:Dave wrote:Per the subject line of this thread, an iMac G3 would be worth: jack shit
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 9:48 pm
Hmmm.....might fill up my 12" powerbook with mem then. Got 768 mb that does the job, wonder what mem I should get then.Dave wrote: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 yearssaturn 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.Massive Quasars wrote:Don't touch a mac until they've gone to Intel.
I've become a Mac fanboy since i got a powerbook + OS X this year
Posted: 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. 
Posted: 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.
Posted: 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.
Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 7:23 am
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 tbhsaturn wrote:Hmmm.....might fill up my 12" powerbook with mem then. Got 768 mb that does the job, wonder what mem I should get then.Dave wrote: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 yearssaturn 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