coolied Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Was checking out eBay several days ago, and came across a heck of a deal. Someone was selling eMac pulls from a school for $50 plus $35 shipping, and I made the impulse buy. It's one of the 1GHz models (G4, of course) and has a 60GB HDD and came with 256MB (but now has 512) RAM and ATI Radeon 7500 or 8500 graphics, I forget which; and 10.4.6 which I upgraded to 10.4.11 immediately. Didn't come with a KB/mouse, but a $35 MS Wireless Mac combo solved that problem quite elegantly. So for a total of $120 i've got myself quite a nice system. Aside from some scuff marks on top, and very minor scuffing on the front, it's a really clean system (with a pristine screen). It's also quite a fast system for its age. Had a grand old time playing Cro-Mag rally on it (1280x960/32-bit) at a really good clip. It IS however one of the louder Apple systems i've ever heard. That cooling fan is pretty heavy-duty. Of course, i'm a Windows/Hackintosh PC guy, so the noise is comforting *LOL* Well, anyways, I guess this thread doesn't have too much of a point, except to brag about what I consider a very good deal. The average $120 PC isn't half the system this little guy is, and I guess the 1GHz eMacs are still worth $350-$500, according to everymac. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/127054-bought-myself-a-new-mac/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockett Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 congrats :mellow: if those machines have the same kind of power audio wise as some of the older macs, will make a good itunes box also. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/127054-bought-myself-a-new-mac/#findComment-900725 Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolied Posted September 25, 2008 Author Share Posted September 25, 2008 congrats if those machines have the same kind of power audio wise as some of the older macs, will make a good itunes box also. Ahhhh, if only it were a USB2.0 model. As it is, USB1.1 is a bit too slow for large transfers to my iPod touch. I use my backup Hackintosh (Asus P5K-E based, 3GHz OCed C2D e6600) to sync my iPod. Does a nifty job in a jiffy. The eMac is just a fun thing to play around with, and now i've installed an Airport Extreme card, so I may move it elsewhere in the house as a wireless internet terminal. One that cost me, all parts considered, a whopping $150; the price of a low-midrange PC processor chip. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/127054-bought-myself-a-new-mac/#findComment-904987 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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