iMac G5 17'' - $249?

[tom2847]

Now how good of a deal is this?

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=M9248LLA-NOOS-B&cat=SYS

I'm debating on purchasing one now, even though I have a Macbook Pro that is one year old and I love to death. I would buy this to maybe edit some footage on and stuff but do you all think this is a good price?

Is the display on this model good too? Never seen a G5.

 

[wordoflife]

Don't buy it. In my opinion, they're worthless. (YES, I'm aware that they work) but still, old technology... meh.

Let's point this out,
80GB HDD
512RAM
1.6GHZ

I have no idea why you would want to 'edit some footage' on a 1.6ghz, 512 RAM computer compared to your shiny, sparkly, fast new Macbook.

Oh, it doesn't come with an OS disk so you need to find a leopard disk because snow leopard won't work.

 

[tom2847]

Don't buy it. In my opinion, they're worthless. (YES, I'm aware that they work) but still, old technology... meh.

Let's point this out,
80GB HDD
512RAM
1.6GHZ

I have no idea why you would want to 'edit some footage' on a 1.6ghz, 512 RAM computer compared to your shiny, sparkly, fast new Macbook.

Oh, it doesn't come with an OS disk so you need to find a leopard disk because snow leopard won't work.

Hahaha you're probably right. Someone at my work wants it for browsing. Do you think its even worth that?

 

[Hisdem]

If it's only for browsing, get a cheap PC, really. $249 for an iMac that may perform worse than some netbooks isn't worth it IMO.