[G4] Mac mini is the way to go

[John Niven]

I think you may be right. I think we Mac lovers always
paid a premium price, and expected to see that in the
resale value.

IIRC a G4 was comparable to a Pentium 3 at three times
to speed. That didn't change. What value is even a
dual Pentium 3 these days?

I think the real value in older Macs is when they
allow you to use old 
s/w, that still does the job, but costs fractions
less.

IMHO if you want to sell an older system, you should
sell it with the correct period s/w, that enables it
to perform a given function(s).

I just bought a G4 350MHz, I have it dual-booting into
OS 9.2.2 or 10.3.9.  That's useful, but now I have to
hunt for period Pro Tools s/w.

John

> Mac Mini  it's 
> performance  blows the older G4's in the dust. I
> think this computer for 
> 649.00 makes the other computers worth about 1/3
> what the sellers think 
> their old systems are worth. Mac Minis are the way
> to go.

> what my  current set up 
> >might be worth?
> >
> >Dual 1GHz MDD G4
> >Four internal drives -- 2x80GB 1x120GB 1x40GB
> >DVR-108 optical drive
> >Two 17" Apple Studio displays
> >2GB ram
> >Wireless card


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