that price seems fairly reasonable-here are www.smalldog.com 's used prices currently G4/1GhzDP 256/80/Superdrive/Radeon9000/56K OS 9 bootab r 36 1399.00 PowerMac G4/1GHz 512/80gb/Superdrive/56K Lot 166 . . . u 1 999.00 PowerMac G4/1GHz 512/80gb/Superdrive/56K Lot 164 . . . u 1 999.00 PowerMac G4/1GHz 256/60/Combo/Geforce4MX/56K (Single P r 8 1079.00 PowerMac G4/350 64/10gb/DVD Lot 159 . . . . . . . . . . u 1 625.00 PowerMac G4/400 256/10gb/CDROM/56K Lot 162 . . . . . . u 1 689.00 PowerMac G4/400 768/20gb/DVD Lot 171 . . . . . . . . . u 1 699.00 PowerMac G4/466 128/30gb/CDRW56K Lot 156 . . . . . . . u 1 749.00 PowerMac G4/500 256/20gb/DVD/no modem Lot 149 . . . . . u 1 749.00 and remember that retail (just like with used cars) are usually higher than private sales. sandor On Jan 4, 2004, at 1:50 PM, YmaSumac wrote: > hi. > > i'm fairly new at using a mac. i used one in college in an art class > creating a digital mural and i worked on one as an editor of a > magazine. > i'm in the process of buying a mac to use at home for the purposes of > creating short (eventually feature is the plan) films and photography. > my > friend who is a music producer is selling his mac. it's a 2002 G4 > dual 450 > mgHz processor the hard drive has 40 gigabites it is equipped with a cd > burner, player, dvd RAM cartridge, internet keyboard and has the > ability to > put 9 gigabites on 1 bit. he's selling it to me for $700. since i > don't > know to much about macs, i'm curious as to whether this is a good > price for > what i'm getting and what i need. any help would be very useful in my > decision process. thank you. > > sincerely, > > ymasumac > > > ---------- > G4ist, a listserv for discussion of everything G4. > FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/G4.html>. > Send a message to <G4-DIGEST at themacintoshguy.com> to switch to the > digest. > > XRouter | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! > Dr. Bott | Now $139.99 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/xrouter.html> > > Dr. Bott LLC 4-port USB Hub in translucent Graphite! > Dr. Bott LLC <http://www.drbott.com/prod/ghub.html> > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Canon Digital > Cameras | > --Quicksilver & refurbished G4's arriving daily! | and Camcorders!! > | > > MacResQ Specials: LaCie SCSI CDR From $99! PowerBook 3400/200 Only > $879! > Norton AntiVirus 6 Only $19! We Stock PARTS! <http://www.macresq.com> > > OS X News, Dr.Mac, Forums, Tutorials, Tips, Hints, FAQ?s - > http://www.osxfaq.com >