iBook 800 For Sale or G4 Tower Trade

[drewdespair]

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I have a Like New iBook G3 800 With 384MB RAM, Combo Drive and 30GB Hard Drive. I have had it since Christmas. I have never used it outside of my home. I hook it up directly to a Apple Pro Mouse and Keyboard and an Apple 17inch Monitor.

I am looking to sell this, or trade twords a G4 Tower. I am selling/trading the ibook, and the Apple Mouse/Keyboard, but I still need the monitor! If anyone is interested, please email me at drewdespair@mac.com or post a reply!


--Cheers! Drew

[drewdespair]

I also have a PC for sale:

Shuttle SN41G2 (The Mini Cube Style)
Nforce2 Chipset
512MB Corsair XMS Memory
80GB 7200RPM Hard Drive
Hauppauge TV/FM Tuner Card

I am using it as a Tivo/Game Cube. But Unfortunately, due to fiscal reasons, I need to get rid of it!


Thanks for takin the time to look!

--Cheers! Drew

[beltane]

Is the iBook the new version (i.e. no cute colors?)

[drewdespair]

Yessir.. The new All-White "Snow" Version.

[beltane]

:(

[drewdespair]

Sorry my man.. Looking for the Clamshell?


Drew

[beltane]

Yeah, I sure am :)

[bokdol]

could you give more specs on the shuttle. wondering what kind of optical drive you put in and if there is a graphics card in or were you using the onboard graphics? also how much were you looking for it?

[drewdespair]

Right now it has a Radeon 9700 Pro AIW in it. I was using the Box for a Game Station/Digital VCR. I was planning however to take out the Radeon and use the Onboard Graphics, along with a Hauppague TV/FM Card. It only has a regular old DVD Rom in it at this time.

The Onboard Graphics are good enough for regular TV Watching, and light gaming, but not anywhere near as heavy duty as the Radeon.



Without the Radeon I would like to get 650 dollars or so, but with the Radeon, I would like to see more around 900..

Thanks for the reply!

Drew

[chipchen]

WHOA... $600? LoL...

Shuttle SN41G2 (The Mini Cube Style)
Nforce2 Chipset
512MB Corsair XMS Memory
80GB 7200RPM Hard Drive
Hauppauge TV/FM Tuner Card

The Shuttle is about $350 new

Ram is around $100 (maybe $150)

80GB drives are cheap... $80 after rebate

And the Hauppauge card is less than $100

You're basically trying to make back your money on a USED PC... haha... good luck.




BTW... what's the asking price on the iBook?

[drewdespair]

Hmmm I guess.. But it is 6 weeks old, and when I added up those numbers I get nearly 700 dollars. (you forgot the Athlon, in all its 50 Dollar Glory too! HAHA! :) And also remember that no one EVER gets what their asking for, or have you never haggeled?

I have made a deal on the iBook, but thanks for asking anyways!

--Cheers! Drew

[chipchen]

Yea.. true I guess....

Nice setup on the Shuttle... I almost bought one... actually I did... but I couldn't justify spending money on something I didn't need, so I returned it.

Heh... oh well...

[MacAztec]

I emailed you about my powermac, but here are the specs again:

G4 500Mhz (Sawtooth/AGP)
Radeon Mac Edition (32MB DDR)
768MB PC 133 RAM
35GB IBM HD (can be loaded with software)

Extras:
Handspring Visor Deluxe (ice blue/8MB RAM/game pack)
18GB Seagate SCSI HD w/ATTO SCSI Card

Email me at JCarian@mac.com for more info

[drewdespair]

chipchen - Thats exactly what happened to me..! :eek:


MacAztec - I got your mail, and replied twice, the second time via my work email, rather than webmail@mac.com.. Its ticking me off lately..


I was offered a G4 Quick Silver 800Mhz almost at par for the iBook.. I am wondering if it is a worthwhile trade.. That is to say, will I notice a huge difference, or should I save up a few more hundred (ie. Seven Hundred) and trade it in for a New PowerMac G4 1ghz?

Now the main reason I am doing this is due to the fact that I am in fact a switcher, and I need to be able to run VirtualPC on my Mac to do some work oriented stuff, and the iBook just Crawls in VirtualPC (Running XP Home)

Will the 800 be fast enough? Or should I consider a wait for the 1ghz?

I can buy a 1Ghz Sonnet card for under the $700 difference, but would it be as fast as the newer DDR Macs (I think I answered my own question, but I will chuck it out to you pros :) )

Thanks for your help everyone!

[drewdespair]

orrrr do I hold on to the iBook and wait until the 970s are released??!

-- Drew

"You know, if you went and got us a couple more beers, and walked away, that would be a little slice of heaven."

[Porshuh944turbo]

Drew,

I emailed you

:)

[drewdespair]

Ping? Pong! -- Right back at you!

Drew