On Jan 6, 2005, at 1:33 PM, Aaron Willems wrote:
There's no way your going to get a shinny new G5 for cheap. But you could
get a slightly used one on eBay. I saw an ad today, for a Dual 1.8 G5. The
person needs to sell it ASAP. Might be able grab it for a reasonably price.
Note: this isn't a disparagement of the seller in this case...
Beware these seeming 'amazing deals' on e-bay; this is a favored scam, offering a really desirable computer system under the pretense, 'I really need to sell it now', 'a friend got it with the Apple discount', etc.
Many times they'll want wire transfers only, and there will be other oddities to the auction.
A slightly used dual 1.8 G5 isn't going to go for a whole lot less than a new one will.
In short, beware a 'too good to be true' deal. There was a member of this list (pr maybe it was the Powerbooks list) a few years back who got burned by one of these deals.
That said, a shiny new G5 *can* be had for $1300, for a new iMac. $1200 if you're a student, teacher, staff at a k-12 or college.
That'll probably be good for as long or longer than your existing Mac, and if you amortize it out over that long, you'll see it's really very cheap.
(At least that's the theory; this is a strategy that has yet to work well with She Who Must Be Obeyed...;-)
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