WTB: Your old PPC Mac Mini...

[California]

Broken hard drive or bad optical drive or no memory okay. I need a mini! But no Intel. PowerPC G4s only. Thanks!

[JMT529]

Broken hard drive or bad optical drive or no memory okay. I need a mini! But no Intel. PowerPC G4s only. Thanks!

Just curious, but why PPC only?

[California]

I can't boot an iBook in Target disc mode easily off an Intel Mini, as far as I know.

If I can boot an iBook off an Intel Mini, let me know!

[livingfortoday]

I don't see that there would be a problem. In the past I've booted up an Intel iMac in Target Disc Mode when it was hooked up to my Cube, and used it as a DVD drive for it. Maybe you meant something else, though, and I'm confused?

[California]

I mean booting up an iBook in Target Disc Mode so I can read the iBook's hd through a mini and the mini's larger screen...

[chipchen]

Correct. He wants to boot off the iBook while the iBook is in Target Disk Mode... and an Intel Mac mini would require the Intel version of MacOS X to be installed, and it is not. So he does need a PPC Mac mini to continue to boot off the iBook's hard drive.

I've got a used 1.42GHz Mac mini, working fine with 40GB hard drive and a combo drive and 512MB RAM. I was asking $450 (so I had room to negotiate)... but I'll take $400 shipped. These are still going on ebay for almost $450 and over for some reason.

[mulletman13]

Hey there,

I have a PPC 1.25ghz Mini with Combo Drive, and 1gb RAM that I'll let go for $325 shipped. They are about this on ebay, but most have 512 RAM, so it's like getting an extra 512 for free =)

[ReanimationLP]

Correct. He wants to boot off the iBook while the iBook is in Target Disk Mode... and an Intel Mac mini would require the Intel version of MacOS X to be installed, and it is not. So he does need a PPC Mac mini to continue to boot off the iBook's hard drive.

I've got a used 1.42GHz Mac mini, working fine with 40GB hard drive and a combo drive and 512MB RAM. I was asking $450 (so I had room to negotiate)... but I'll take $400 shipped. These are still going on ebay for almost $450 and over for some reason.

She. ;)

[California]

She. ;)
RLP, how ru and yr puters running lately?

PMs sent on all offers thanks --

[ReanimationLP]

RLP, how ru and yr puters running lately?

PMs sent on all offers thanks --

The iBook RAM you sent me is still running great inside of the iBook. :D My mom uses the iBook for email mainly. Thanks again, and I'll keep you in mind and keep an eye out for when I get around to getting money to max the thing out to 640.