[G4] Re: G4 dual 500 Mystic questions

[Roger Harris]

Hi Wade,

I saw that SmallDog (Sorry; they are gone this morning) has Mini  
Refubs for $430 with the large HD. This would start to get you in the  
price range you need. I have had a lot of my support customers buy  
refurbs and it has worked out very well as they have full Apple  
warrantees.

Roger Harris
On Dec 5, 2005, at 2:34 AM, Wade Tinney wrote:

> Roger Harris <roger at rogerdharris.com> wrote:
>> Issue:  these had a tendency to corrupt hard drives. There is a  
>> firmware at Apple that will fix this.
>
> This is the kind of info I was looking for.  Thank you.  I checked,  
> and it has already been updated.
>
>> When these first came out many had the power button go bad; And  
>> this often took out the MB. This was shortly resolved and only  
>> seemed to happen in the first few months of
>> operation.  I don't recall any of this happening out of warrantee.
>
> Doesn't seem to be an issue.  I think if it was going to go out, it  
> would have by now.
>
>> I just had a student buy a Quicksilver 733 for $325 so I don't think
>> you will get a Mini out of it.
>
> I did some checking on eBay.  I think I can get a little more out  
> of it by adding a DVD burner - which I already have.  It's not  
> Apple certified, but it's listed as bootable and Patchburn  
> compatible on the xlr8yourmac website.
>
> I'm hoping to get a bargain on eBay.  It's happened before.  (I'm  
> not holding my breath though...)
>
> In any event, this computer is miles above the Mac he had - a  
> 7300/180 which isn't even working right now.
> -- 
>
> Wade Tinney
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