Hey listers - My 12" PBG4 recently suffered a bad case of "fatal fall from my desk," destroying the case, screen, and power brick in the process. This leaves me with a bit of a problem as I still use old versions of PhotoShop, Illustrator, and InDesign for my design/layout work. My MBP is far too new for Rosetta, so I find myself in need of a system capable of running Leopard or Snow Leopard.
I'd strongly prefer an early Intel system so I can multi-boot it as a Linux system, but price is a driving factor for me on this - I'm turning to the used market to avoid dropping two grand on new software right now. If I can get through this for less than $350 you'd be my hero. What I'm looking for is as follows: 1) 15" PowerBook G4, 1.33 GHz or faster (I'd prefer 1.5 or 1.67 GHz as I was using a 1.5 GHz 12" PBG4) Functional with working power supply, battery does not need to hold a charge. RAM and APX are of little concern as I have these available. Does not need to be a museum piece; it will be carried in a backpack when I'm not using it at my desk. 1.5) I'd also consider a 1.42 or 1.5 GHz PPC mini if the price were right. 2) Early Core2Duo Mac Mini with power brick, capable of Leopard/Snow Leopard **I'd really like the model with the nVidia chipset rather than the Intel GMA, but this is not a deal breaker; any system is better than my busted up PowerBook. Functional ports (video, sound, USB/FW, etc) RAM and hard drive capacity are not a big deal to me as I have components available. I'm comfortable working inside a mini, so a bad hard drive or optical drive isn't an issue. I'm willing to pay more if you have the original restore discs -OR- a Snow Leopard install DVD. The only install disc I have on hand for an older Intel system is the Leopard retail DVD I bought back in 2007. I might consider an early Intel 'Book if the price were right. Shipping would be to my work address in Pella, IA 50219. I can make shipping extremely easy, if you so choose: You give me the shipping weight and I'll email you a prepaid FedEx Ground or 2 Day shipping label. I can only do prepaid via FedEx (I get great rates through my employer) so please advise if FedEx doesn't work for you. I'll pay actual shipping costs plus shipping supplies by the carrier of your choice in this case. Payment would be via PayPal or money order at your discretion. I use my debit card through PayPal, so please take any fees on your end into consideration when determining your asking price. Let me know what you have (specs or model number are fine, I can look it up from there) and what you'd take for it. I'd love to be up and running again by the weekend, so strong preference would be given to someone who would take PayPal and could ship by Wednesday. Thanks in advance, Mike Boyd mike.boy...@gmail.com / 641.295.6787 eBay: ciphaken, 100% positive, PayPal verified Home: Tracy, IA 50256 Work: Pella, IA 50219 -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the LEM Swap group. To post to this group, send email to lemswap@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe, send an email *from your subscribed address* to lemswap+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com LEM-Swap is not a discussion list; it is for buying & selling Mac stuff. Reply directly to the person who posted, never to the list. Software piracy is illegal and not allowed on LEM Swap. Except for freeware and software originally provided with computers, no software is to be left on hard drives unless the original installer (not a burned copy) is included, along with any required registration number, password, etc. Shipments valued at US$100 or more should be insured, and shipments valued at US$25 or more should be shipped so they can be tracked. See the list FAQ http://lowendmac.com/lists/swap.html for guidelines on postings, feedback, and dispute resolution. Seller feedback at http://groups.google.com/group/swap-feedback --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "LEM Swap" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to lemswap+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
