LF: G5

[paradisal]

Hi Everyone, im looking to purchase a G5. I'd like to pick up one of the later machines. Does anyone have one they're looking to sell?

Let me know. Thanks,

Matt

[MacMoore]

I just came across this ad.

http://www.usedottawa.com/classified-ad/10245877

[paradisal]

Looks like a great machine! I wonder how it would compare to one of the new Imacs though at the same price.

[drutledge4445]

I have a G5 tower, twin 1.8 processors, 1.5 GB ram, 2 harddisks.  Haven't used it for a couple of years, so I'm thinking of selling it.  It has a lot of software on it.  Not sure what it's worth, but I don't want to sell it for peanuts.

Dave
drutledge4445@videotron.ca

[paradisal]

Hi Dave, i didn't realize this thread was still up. I was originally looking for a G5 in order to build a server for our business, but i've gone the route of hackintosh and saved lots of money with the build.

[z-mac]

Not only did you save some money for your business, but the box has a future. The PowerPC architecture now depends on hackers willing to create unofficial Linux distributions... and on IBM.

[ben schmidt]

Not only did you save some money for your business, but the box has a future. The PowerPC architecture now depends on hackers willing to create unofficial Linux distributions... and on IBM.

Yeah. The Apple decision to Intel sure looks like a no-brainer from our perspective at the end of 2009! In 2005 when Apple announced the move to Intel, it was a bold gamble. And an amazing behind-the-scenes story, as Apple revealed in 2005 that it had been maintaining a secret, parallel Intel-build of OS X, since OS X 10.0, just in case.

[paradisal]

For sure. The PowerPC architecture is now well behind. We ended up building a Quad Core Xeon Hack. Its fantastic.

[z-mac]

Matt, would you be willing to post the specs of your computer in the General Discussion forum? Not to promote what you have done, of course. I am just curious to know how the components compare, as a consumer.

[paradisal]

Hi Z-Mac the specs have been posted.