20" Imac G5 For $250. Good deal?

[CRAZYBUBBA]

I'm getting This model of imac. I plan on finally buying a vesa mount and creating an awesome setup in my room.

I plan on using just regular web stuff, leopard and iweb. What do you think? Awesome?

Also, any advice on using cheap vesa arms would be appreciated. I think that I'm going to get a bargain basement one.

 

[thewireman]

Yeah, good deal, make sure you max out the RAM.

 

[CRAZYBUBBA]

It actually comes with 2 GB! Thanks for the feedback.

 

[jroller]

$250 is certainly fair...

I have several of these in my lab and we use them daily for Photoshop and InDesign. Work well...

Enjoy.

 

[Little Endian]

Great deal, also don't let comments about the G5 being obsolete bother you. Sure the G5 and all PowerPC is going the way of the Dodo but I would hardly call your imac G5 obsolete. You can get another 2 years or so of usage out of the above mentioned imac and for $250 it's a steal.

I have a Quad Core 2.5GHz G5 Power Mac and I would hardly call it obsolete. In fact it has only been within the past 2-3 years that Apple has managed to make Intel portables and AIO like the imac that can out power my 6 year old desktop.

 

[ajsimeon]

I think you could do better but I think I got lucky with mine. I got a 20" early 2008 aluminum for $350 off craigslist yesterday. Pristine condition and I love it. I know about the screen issues but for $350 I thought it was a steal. I hadn't seen an aluminum for this price anywhere.

 

[DolemiteJackson]

I'd get it. For the basics, it should be a serviceable machine.