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Hey there!

I thought about buying an Imac g3...is there some sort of price list?
or can someone tell me how much it would be?


Greetings, AppSt
 
please dont buy a G3 iMac haha. Apple doesnt support G3 processors anymore with Leopard needing a G4 or better and Snow Leopard will be Intel only.

the G3 is 2 back from the last Apple Power PC CPU, the G5, which a dual core Intel kills. so an Intel iMac will BURN that G3 iMac and they are still pretty cheap. get the first Intel iMac the 1.83 GHz Core Duo model which is around $500-$600 http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...ult&cd=1&q=imac+17"+1.83+GHz+core+duo&spell=1

unless you want the cool transparent plastic bubble look with a CRT.
 
Hey there!

I thought about buying an Imac g3...is there some sort of price list?
or can someone tell me how much it would be?


Greetings, AppSt

I just purchased one for 60 BUCKS!!! its shipping now.
DVD
40GB HDD
512MB RAM
400MHz Processor
MAC OS X 10.4


now obviously this isnt state of the art but i mean come on for sixty dollars i think this is a steal. and as much as i dont like the hockey puck mouse that comes with it i still made sure that the one i purchased came with it so i had everything original. i wanted the (snow) white one but the teal one i got had the best specs for the same price as all the other ones.
 
I just purchased one for 60 BUCKS!!! its shipping now.
DVD
40GB HDD
512MB RAM
400MHz Processor
MAC OS X 10.4


now obviously this isnt state of the art but i mean come on for sixty dollars i think this is a steal. and as much as i dont like the hockey puck mouse that comes with it i still made sure that the one i purchased came with it so i had everything original. i wanted the (snow) white one but the teal one i got had the best specs for the same price as all the other ones.

Nice! How does the computer run? If you get a PATA to SATA adapter on Amazon you can put an SSD in there and it will be fast.
 
please dont buy a G3 iMac haha. Apple doesnt support G3 processors anymore with Leopard needing a G4 or better and Snow Leopard will be Intel only.

the G3 is 2 back from the last Apple Power PC CPU, the G5, which a dual core Intel kills. so an Intel iMac will BURN that G3 iMac and they are still pretty cheap. get the first Intel iMac the 1.83 GHz Core Duo model which is around $500-$600 http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=safari&rls=en-au&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=imac+17"+1.83+GHz+core+duo&spell=1

unless you want the cool transparent plastic bubble look with a CRT.
maybe with OSx tiger and one gb of ram and ssd it would be usable? who know…
 

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LMAO quite the necro. I imagine anyone picking up a G3 these days for only $60 USD would consider it to be quite the steal.
 
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Nice! How does the computer run? If you get a PATA to SATA adapter on Amazon you can put an SSD in there and it will be fast.
Lol this user has not posted since June 2011. Jeez Steve Jobs was still alive and I was still in high school. iPhone 4 was still the current. Idk if this person is going to reply lol.
 
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