On Mar 17, 2008, at 7:25 AM, Alex Smith (K4RNT) wrote: > Just a thought, given some people are more interested on running on > straight POWER. > > *That* cheap for a G5? Wow. I need to start saving up. =)
Yes, and a Dual G5 1.8GHz machine just sold for $521. Item # 250224425769 > > > On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 9:10 AM, Alex Perez <aperez at alexperez.com> > wrote: > > On Mar 17, 2008, at 6:04 AM, Alex Smith (K4RNT) wrote: > >> I talked to P.A. Semi about six months ago (makers of the >> PWRficient), and they're offering evaluation kits of their >> PWRficient dual-core processors on reference boards, with RAM and a >> hard disk for I believe $1599. >> >> From P.A. Semi's website >> (http://www.pasemi.com/processors/pwr_evaluation_kit.html >> ): > [snip] > >> >> >> I do like the idea of using G4 Macs, but this would be a better >> avenue for someone desiring something a little more powerful. > > Perhaps, but with used PowerMac Quad 2.5GHz G5's going for $1875 > shipped on eBay with buy-it-now, this is frankly a lot more > horsepower for a comparable price. I've seen slower, single-CPU G5's > go for as little as $300 on eBay. These are still *very* respectable > machines, and already run other open source operating systems. > > Don't believe me? See > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140214671883 > (and no that's not my machine ;-) > > Here's a single-CPU G5 PowerMac for $650 buy-it-now with a mere $20 > shipping: > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230231342384 > > Way better price/performance ratio and the prices of used desktop > macs are subject to market forces, as "commodity" hardware, and will > thus continue to become less expensive over time. Eval boards never > do. This is an unfortunate fact of life. > > > > > > -- > " ' With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech > censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, > chains us all irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron > Satie as wisdom and warning... The first time any man's freedom is > trodden on we're all damaged." - Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie > - Alex Smith (K4RNT) > - Murfreesboro/Nashville, TN -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/powerpc-discuss/attachments/20080317/4e8d3d1d/attachment.html>
