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enough demand to give away old PPC macs vs trash?
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My recommendation is to put them on Craigslist for free. I can't think of a time when I wasn't able to at least give away old computers / computer parts. Someone might be willing to pay the cost of shipping a free Mini but the cost of packaging and shipping a G5 tends to make them local exchanges. As someone who had to ship a G5 just a few months ago it was a PITA...and that was using the same packaging it came in.
What are the configurations? If you have any later model G5's, especially the quad, you should be able to unload them for free fairly easily.
What are the configurations? If you have any later model G5's, especially the quad, you should be able to unload them for free fairly easily.
I haven't seen the G5s yet but, are quads. the minis seem pretty small and not too heavy except only single cores
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Hi! I Would love a G4 mini for a pit computer. I am on a robotics team and we need a lightweight computer to serve as a server for our files while at competition.
I'd gladly pay up to $75 USD for a working quad. I can't imagine shipping being more than $40, so the remaining $35 would be some extra beer money for you. Let me know. Thanks! Heck i'd even take a mini too.
i know it's a similar size and weight to the dell T5500 which i shipped not long ago for right about 75. of ocurse your in the midwest which helps. send me a PM
Those are...not cheap...to ship. They're also a bit awkward unless you have the original box. I think my negotiated price on my Xserve G5 included shipping, but I seem to recall it costing the seller $50 or so. Granted an original G5 or Mac Pro box-whether Xserve or tower-weighs a good 15lbs by itself.
A while back, I drove up to Indianapolis and picked up a G4(similar in weight) along with two Xserve RAIDs. To be fair, the Xserve RAIDs were Apple's heaviest product at well over 100lbs fully dressed. I think the blades are in the 60lb range. The seller had pulled the drives and packed them separately, but there were a bunch of spare parts including a half dozen drives or so-plus I think he threw in a few G4 towers.
The seller pulled up in a Cadillac Deville and his rear end was sagging. I spread the stuff out through my car and it rode at normal height(fortunately I wasn't in my MG, where the computer equipment alone would have exceeded the weight limit on the car
) but I could feel those RAID racks in the trunk.packed an ex K9 unit police Ford crown vic with about 600-800 lbs of equipment from a fully dressed rack once heading out of phoenix. hit some of the mountain passes on the way out and it handed PRETTY darned well for the weight, probably because it lowered the ride height we even ended up going faster than we realized. the outside edge of the tread on all the tires was feathered off and they need to be immediately rotated. all good fun. i'll miss that crown vic for sure.
we re use various server boxes and make sure to double pad and reinforce the corners when shipping. they also have those self expanding, expanda foam like shipping pillows you can put the box that form to fit what ever is in the box.
if you want icing on the cake look up "shock stickers" they change colors if the package is exposed to X or Y amount Gs during shipping.
the outside edge of the tread on all the tires was feathered off and they need to be immediately rotated. all good fun. i'll miss that crown vic for sure.we re use various server boxes and make sure to double pad and reinforce the corners when shipping. they also have those self expanding, expanda foam like shipping pillows you can put the box that form to fit what ever is in the box.
if you want icing on the cake look up "shock stickers" they change colors if the package is exposed to X or Y amount Gs during shipping.
I'd be willing to pay shipping for a G4 mini. Never had one before and would be nice to keep it from being recycled.