$220 Powerlogix G3 1gighz
$120 ATI 9200
$80 DVD drive
$128 max ram
$200 two ATA hard drives.
$ 70 ATA card
well, that'll put you down almost $820 without tax
and shipping. not to mention usb / firewire card. etc.
and you're still looking at a bastardized mac with all
the issues of future NON-compatibility and such. yeah,
ryan is great but how long can he wage the war?
Exactly right. For this kind of money you can get a decent G4 machine on
eBay.
I have an S900 also - Radeon 7000, Sonnet G4/450, 700 megs ram, IDE/66 card
and drives, etc. It runs 10.3.8 I think. It's OK, but my G4/500 Blue &
White G3 is *much* faster. Faster bus, faster PCI slot for video card,
built-in USB and Firewire, it's OFFICIALLY supported for OS X, etc.
I *was* thinking of getting a 1 ghz G4 for the B&W, but after yesterday's
announcements (Intel Inside Macs), I'm finished putting money into these PPC
Macs. Unless of course, the 1 ghz G4 Sonnet cards drop to fire-sale
prices - $350 is way too much.
Dan
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