I'd love to get my hands on one or two of those. Unfortunately, the
shipping costs are totally insane for a machine like that. Recently my
mother got a 700 MHz G4 eMac for about 125 euros, and it was the
cheapest thing we've found around here.. (Portugal)
The fact that they are heavy and relatively sturdy makes them perfect
for using in exhibitions and museums - they can be used to play
slideshows or let visitors browse an intranet webpage, for instance.
My mother is indeed looking for another Mac like hers to use in one of
the exhibitions in the museum where she works. Unfortunately, they are
hard to come by around here... the best I've found was a 1st gen mini
with monitor for about 250 euros, and a G3 graphite iMac for about 80
euros. Crazy prices, if we compare them with the ones you have there
in the US :p. But Macs are indeed rare around here...
MM
On Mar 30, 1:46 pm, Albert Carter slvrmoonti...@yahoo.com wrote:
These things are heavy and very hard to handle and move I think they were
a pretty stupid thing for Apple. I loved the G3 built in handle on one of
these would be so helpful. I have a 1Ghz version that I picked up for $80 its
fully functional and in pretty much mint condition. My question on this are
these something you could part out to eliminate the need for shipping costs
and the pain of lugging the heavy things to the post office. Speaking of
eMacs could I exchange my logicboard for a 1.25Ghz one to upgrade and if so
is it worth the cost and the pain of upgrading?
Albert Carter
From: Jim Scott jesco...@gmail.com
To: imaclist@googlegroups.com
Sent: Mon, March 29, 2010 6:46:47 PM
Subject: Re: Price check for G4 eMac
On Mar 29, 2010, at 3:18 PM, Christian Wacker wrote:
School is selling an entire bunch of these suckers, and I don't want
to torque off the LEM Swap nannies with a Price Check post, so
Ill ask here first.
We've got about 25 G4 eMacs, in relatively iffy condition, most have
atleast some damage to the speakers, and the keyboards and mice are
hopeless.
They have:
1.25ghz G4 processors
40gb HDDs,
CD-ROM drives,
256MB ram,
17 CRT Monitors,
Fresh install of 10.4.0
ALL 16 disks plus XCode disk for restoration purposes (Or if you're
insterested in modifying disk 1, for using on all machines, includes
Garage band, iLife, and a demo of Office 2004)
A keyboard and mouse, condition: doorstopish.
Manuals and books, never opened.
No guarentees that there won't be stuff that shouldn't be shoved
inside them. we had one blow up upon servicing, because of a few pens,
and $2 in change being dropped into it. shorted out and started
smoldering, another has doritos (you can tell from the smell) and some
might be growing mold)
How much would these be worth?
Also, how much for a parts machine that's got either a bad ODD, or has
capicitor problems?
I recently purchased a complete 1.25 GHz eMac in perfect working condition
with a bigger hard drive, Combo drive and 1 GB RAM for $75. Comparable prices
on eBay range from $75 to $150, plus shipping (big $$$). Damaged, iffy
machines are worth whatever someone wants to pay for them (i.e., little to
nothing). If each of these eMacs can be demonstrated to boot and run without
video or other problems, and the three capacitors that can be seen inside the
bottom access hole aren't bulging/leaking/tilted, then they might be worth
$50 in as-is condition. Less to free for those that are damaged or have
running problems. Besides, the darn slippery things weigh 50 pounds and don't
have built-in hand grips like the G3 all-in-ones.
-- Jim Scott
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