[G4] is this G4 worth buying?

[Tim LaCroix]

Well as far as the HD's go, you can get 80 gig 7200 rpm WD special 
editions with 8mb cache at www.newegg.com right now for $70 a piece, 
not really expensive the graphics card priced would be a bit more 
expensive by my estimation, at about $200, the ram at about $200, the 
rest are spec. I got my G4 on ebay for $465 with shipping, bought a 80 
gig and a combo drive for $120, installed em myself, not that hard, 
came with 256 megs of ram so If I were to build that machine it would 
come out less than what he is asking, really.  Throw in a processor 
upgrade at $300 and you have a 1ghz machine. Yea, It seems like a 
pretty good deal to me.


On Apr 1, 2004, at 2:05 AM, <ptm at temple.edu> wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> I am making a video film for a graduate project (a very large
> project) and I found someone selling a G4 for $825.  It
> sounds good but I'm not that savy, can you tell me if it's
> worth it.  Here's the specs:
>
> 1.25GB RAM
> 3X80 GB hard drives
> 400MHZ cpu
> ATI Radeon 8500 Graphics card
> cd/dvd rom
> zip 100 drive
> dual boot OS 9.2.2/10.2.8 intalled
>
> That's what I know and I would really appreciate any feedback.
>
> Best,  Paul
>
>
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