hork Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 400MHz G4 processor, 640MBs of ram, 20GB HDD I'd mainly use it for browsing the internet, Adium X, and perhaps some old school Unreal Tournament. How much should I be willing to pay and which version of OS X (if any) could it run? [edit] Would it also be possible to take the 120GB HDD, Radeon 9500 Pro, and 1GB of RAM from my current PC and pop it in this machine? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/78014-how-much-should-i-be-willing-to-pay-for-this-archaic-g4-powermac/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTR-33 Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 To be honest it's probably worth about 150 bucks, but see if they'll take something around 50. It can run up to OSX10.4 fine and can run 10.5 with a little hacking though I wouldn't suggest it. As for the PC hardware, it depends. The hard drive will work fine. The video card is doubtful, but it's a possibility. Is the Power Mac and AGP graphics or PCI? If it's AGP you might be able to flash the card to Mac spec. Those Macs used PC100 ram, so if the ram you have is PC100 than it will work. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/78014-how-much-should-i-be-willing-to-pay-for-this-archaic-g4-powermac/#findComment-552695 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hork Posted December 26, 2007 Author Share Posted December 26, 2007 I can probably get it for like $50 including shipping. How do I check which kind of RAM I have? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/78014-how-much-should-i-be-willing-to-pay-for-this-archaic-g4-powermac/#findComment-552788 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Adams Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 There was a PCI and AGP http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powe...owermac-g4.html Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/78014-how-much-should-i-be-willing-to-pay-for-this-archaic-g4-powermac/#findComment-552974 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headrush69 Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 To be honest it's probably worth about 150 bucks Don't pay that much. I picked up a Dual 500MHz with 1G RAM on ebay for $149. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/78014-how-much-should-i-be-willing-to-pay-for-this-archaic-g4-powermac/#findComment-553002 Share on other sites More sharing options...
(MoC) Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 Yeah, get a dual door! It can fly! Then you can use it for hardcore gaming [some] if you wanted. You could also use it for many other demanding things like editing Here is the model you are looking for: http://www.apple-history.com/?page=gallery...e&order=ASC Here is some ram (if you need it) : http://www.memoryx.net/pog4du1dm.html The Mac on Ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/APPLE-POWER-MAC-G4-QUI...1QQcmdZViewItem I'm not to judge your budget and all; but this IS a good investment. Or if you want go the extra mile and get a G5! EDIT: I forgot to put gaming before hardcore, I hope it will not give the wrong idea! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/78014-how-much-should-i-be-willing-to-pay-for-this-archaic-g4-powermac/#findComment-553198 Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 hork, Go for $50. If not, max $150. With a 400MHz processor and a puny 20GB HDD, its not a great performer. I bet if my 500MHz G3 was still alive, it could well rival that machine. Instead, go for a Power Mac G4. Those things have good performance and they'll last you quite a while, plus they are pretty cheap. I found a pretty good deal for a dual G4 on eBay: * Dual 1.25GHz G4 processors * SuperDrive * 512MB RAM (Free Upgrade to 1GB if you Buy it Now) * Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger (which can be easily upgraded to Leopard) * 80GB Hard Drive Current bidding price: $499.99 Buy It Now Price: $549.99 Check it out here Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/78014-how-much-should-i-be-willing-to-pay-for-this-archaic-g4-powermac/#findComment-553386 Share on other sites More sharing options...
(MoC) Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 Yeah, that's a better one than I found! (It Ended XD) And I still have my extremely overclocked BW G3!!!!!!!!! She's still got it Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/78014-how-much-should-i-be-willing-to-pay-for-this-archaic-g4-powermac/#findComment-553420 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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