On Mon, Dec 22, 2003, Peter da Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> If I were buying a newer box, I wouldn't buy earlier than a Sawtooth >> G4. AGP is good, the architecture is balanced, and its a lovely machine >> to work on for fixing and improving things inside. > >Price, maybe? > >The best prices I can find for a used AGP G4 are $500 on up. PCI G4s and >Blue and White G3s are almost as high... you can pay almost as much for a >B&W G3 as a similar-MHz AGP G4 (which is nuts) and even a minimal G3 is >going to set you back $300. > >I can't believe these machines are selling. You can get a refurbished >and nicely loaded G4/800 eMac[1] from the Apple store for the same price!. > >But for the "unsupported" Beige boxes... they've been going for $50 on swap >lists, or in the low $100s on the web, and they can use cheap PC RAM and >hard disks. > >No, there's still plenty of room to upgrade to "new" XPostFacto-able boxes >from your Powersurge... > >1/ OK, it doesn't have any PCI slots. But it's got everything you're likely >to be using them in your upgraded 7x00/8x00/9x00 built in. And of course >like the Beige box it uses cheap PC RAM and hard disks.
Thanks to all that replied to my request for opinions. I purchased a G4/ 450 Sawtooth with 256MB RAM, 20 MB HD, 128 Rage Pro AGP Video, DVD-RAM, ZIP-100 and mouse/keyboard for $455 on ebay plus 25.00 shipping. I will add another 512MB RAM and I should be good with Panther. I will be selling a 9600/300 upgraded with a Sonnet G3/500 and 640 MB RAM, with (3) 9GB UW SCSI drives. Currently running 10.2.8. IF any interest let me know as I will be listing total or for parts on ebay. Also, I had recently purchased 128MB RAM from OWC for this machine, it is still in the box and will be selling that too. Thanks -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive <http://www.mail-archive.com/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
