WTB: Leopard Capable Mac ~$200

[Ryan T.]

Just has to meet the minimum specs for Leopard, so anything over a 867MHz G4 I believe. Just a computer to act as a print server/file server.

Price is slightly flexible but I need to stay around there somewhere.

Thanks -

Ryan

[CRAZYBUBBA]

See This (http://rochester.craigslist.org/sys/452947927.html) Craigslist ad. You can try to talk to price down to $200, he's asking $250. He's local.

[Ryan T.]

See This (http://rochester.craigslist.org/sys/452947927.html) Craigslist ad. You can try to talk to price down to $200, he's asking $250. He's local.

Thanks very much, I may pursue that. The eMac is the one machine I'd rather avoid since it takes up so much space and I already have a flat panel, but if that's my only choice I may have to.

I'd much rather find a 1GHz tower or Mini or something though.

Appreciate the help for sure.

[shu82]

In the under 200 price range, you are looking at an emac or a low end g4 tower. I picked up a emac g4 700 for $85 I am going to target disk install leopard on.

[Ryan T.]

In the under 200 price range, you are looking at an emac or a low end g4 tower. I picked up a emac g4 700 for $85 I am going to target disk install leopard on.

Yeah, I see plenty of eMacs going for that. I was more hoping for a Quicksilver tower or something like that. Maybe even a 1st gen mini for couple bucks more.

[Ryan T.]

Willing to spend ~$250 shipped now if necessary.

[suneohair]

Just a note, Leopard actually runs well on some of the Dual CPU G4s. Like my DP 500, I am running Leopard server for directory and file services. Now, of course this doesn't meet the specs for Leopard, but check out the guide in my sig which explains how to run Leopard on an older Mac.

I picked up my DP 500 for $75 with 1GB of RAM and I got a Radeon 9000 Pro for free from my local library (old parts). Good luck!