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da G5 is in tha house!!

aussie_geek

aussie_geek

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So, I finally went out and bought a G5!! I got a sweet deal on a dual 2.5Ghz - they knocked $1000 off!! Added some ram, airport extreme and a bluetooth dongle and I am in heaven.

Seriously, if anyone is considering buying a G5 - hunt around now for a bargain. The speed of this machine is unbelievable - makes my PowerBook feel like a slug!!

aussie_geek
 
If you look over to the south east a couple of thousand kilometres you'll see an incredibly enviously green mad jew! I'm glad someone's content with the speed of the PowerMacs, even if they aren't at 3.0GHz.

Enjoy. :)
 
Wow! That is great!

Which dealer did you get it from,and how much did you end up paying?

Seems like a real sweet deal man :D

Congrats!
 
Regarding where I got it from - I'd rather keep that to myself at the moment ;) - it was totally legit, with reciept etc but I essentially got it for cost price.

The price for dual 2.5's in Australia is now $4299 from $4899. I do know there are a few still floating around at Domayne stores - Alexandria in particular :cool:. $4299 is a price set by Apple - I rang around some AppleCentres and they were offering it for the same price. When you consider that the new 2.0GHhz is priced at $3999, and can only take 4 Gb of ram (I don't know why they did this??? :confused: ) the extra few hundred bucks would make it worthwhile getting an old 2.5. Fair enough, the hard drives are bigger and there is a dual layer superdrive, but for a home user, these things are not that crucial.

So, after weighing up these differences (it took all of 5 mins... :p) out came the Visa.

If you want a bargain - try and buy one of the older models now - they will not be here forever.


aussie_geek
 
great find and nice Mac.

I just picked up the dual 1.8 for $1500, i think you saw my grab in a different thread aussie_geek. But to others get'm while their still here and cheap, I sure as hell thought it was well worth it.
 
aussie_geek said:
When you consider that the new 2.0GHhz is priced at $3999, and can only take 4 Gb of ram (I don't know why they did this??? :confused: )
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$3,199...don't you mean? :cool:
 
mad jew said:
If you look over to the south east a couple of thousand kilometres
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Southeast of Sydney would surely either put you in the ocean or in NZ, yet your Location field says Australia :confused:
 
Nermal said:
Southeast of Sydney would surely either put you in the ocean or in NZ, yet your Location field says Australia :confused:
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Yeah -that would put him in the ocean alright!! Maybe he has a secret base out there with Tiger - like out of the James Bond film :p.

Nah - really, he may have got the compass wrong - it could have been south west - that would put him in South Australia - about 2000 k from here.


aussie_geek
 
Nermal said:
Southeast of Sydney would surely either put you in the ocean or in NZ, yet your Location field says Australia :confused:
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Some of you people read what I say far too closely. ;) I'm an Aussie who's in NZ (Auckland) for a couple of days on a conference. It's my first visit and I've gotta say I'm very impressed. I only wish I had more time to spend here seeing the sites.
 
Nermal said:
Aha :)

I'm going to Sydney in June, just for a week or so. What part of Australia are you from?
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Well, someone kind of guessed it before. I'm from South Australia, which is kind of embarrassing... But at least we make great wine! I spend far too much time in Sydney though. It's a great city, you should have heaps of fun.
 
wow.

DeSnousa said:
Thats a sweet buy. Now to sit down put your seatbelt on and feel the power of a g5 :D

Btw im from Brisbane great part of Australia as well.
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I feel like I shouldn't even be looking at this thread. I'm from Idaho. No, You da ho. Ehh...I hate that saying. Everytime I tell someone where I'm from they say that like it's the first time it's come into the human thought process. Lame. :mad:
 
FlyNolJ said:
I feel like I shouldn't even be looking at this thread. I'm from Idaho. No, You da ho. Ehh...I hate that saying. Everytime I tell someone where I'm from they say that like it's the first time it's come into the human thought process. Lame. :mad:
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Relevence? :confused:

I'm awaiting these Rev B iMacs until getting my G5!

I'm from Melbourne, great part of Aus!
 
FlyNolJ said:
I feel like I shouldn't even be looking at this thread. I'm from Idaho. No, You da ho. Ehh...I hate that saying. Everytime I tell someone where I'm from they say that like it's the first time it's come into the human thought process. Lame. :mad:
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Are you refering to the thread name or my quote, if so Sorry did not mean anything bad from it. Im Australian so i have no idea about the thing from where you are.
 
DeSnousa said:
Thats a sweet buy. Now to sit down put your seatbelt on and feel the power of a g5 :D

Btw im from Brisbane great part of Australia as well.
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I tell you what - I need a racing harness to handle this beast!! :p Apps open up just as fast as Finder windows open! Churning out SETI data in under 4 hours... Combine that with Tiger and just as Steve says - 'boom' :eek:

aussie_geek
 
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