New PPC! Power Mac G5

[Tony Danger]

I recently picked up a 1st gen G4 mac mini for about £40 or something close.

Well, I spent my first day riding a motorcycle, got my CBT (provisional licence that allows you to drive a 125cc bike for you non-UK people), got back, sat on facebook for a wee while and found myself a Power Mac G5 for £50.

£50!!! FIFTY QUID!

2 Ghz Power PC. 4GB DDR2 RAM, 500GB Hard Drive, not sure on the VRam yet. Will double check in the morning when I get the mouse dug out.

Also came with an apple keyboard an official Leopard 10.5 disk. Chuffed!

 

[eyoungren]

I recently picked up a 1st gen G4 mac mini for about £40 or something close.

Well, I spent my first day riding a motorcycle, got my CBT (provisional licence that allows you to drive a 125cc bike for you non-UK people), got back, sat on facebook for a wee while and found myself a Power Mac G5 for £50.

£50!!! FIFTY QUID!

2 Ghz Power PC. 4GB DDR2 RAM, 500GB Hard Drive, not sure on the VRam yet. Will double check in the morning when I get the mouse dug out.

Also came with an apple keyboard an official Leopard 10.5 disk. Chuffed!

That's awesome man! Welcome to the PowerPC club!

 

[poiihy]

£50!!! FIFTY QUID!

Quid = Pound?

 

[Goftrey]

A retail copy of Leopard alone is still worth anywhere between £25 and £50 on eBay so you've really got a great deal there. Congrats.

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Quid = Pound?

Yep. Similar to 'bucks = dollars' across the pond.

 

[eyoungren]

Quid = Pound?

Yes.

It's a euphemism. Like bucks is to dollars.

 

[Tony Danger]

I'm dead chuffed with it. Problem is I can't find a damn dvi cable or my USB mouse, so I've had to order some off amazon.

 

[eyoungren]

I'm dead chuffed with it.

You should be, that is one fantastic price for a machine that cost thousands new.

 

[Tony Danger]

Since I don't have a DVI cable to hook it up at the moment, I took the machine apart to clean.

The graphics card is the 256Mb Nvidia Geforce 6600.

 

[tevion5]

Since I don't have a DVI cable to hook it up at the moment, I took the machine apart to clean.

The graphics card is the 256Mb Nvidia Geforce 6600.

Ahh so you've got yourself a dual core late 2005 model so. The best and final line of G5's

 

[Altemose]

Well, I spent my first day riding a motorcycle, got my CBT (provisional licence that allows you to drive a 125cc bike for you non-UK people), got back, sat on facebook for a wee while and found myself a Power Mac G5 for £50.

You are going to have a real fun time getting that G5 home on the back of a 125cc bike.

In all seriousness, that is a very nice computer that will serve you well. I am not sure what that converts to in terms of US dollars, but it doesn't sound that high.

 

[poiihy]

You are going to have a real fun time getting that G5 home on the back of a 125cc bike.

In all seriousness, that is a very nice computer that will serve you well. I am not sure what that converts to in terms of US dollars, but it doesn't sound that high.

£50 is $75.80.

 

[Altemose]

£50 is $75.80.

That is a decent price!

 

[SuperKerem]

Well, there are more if anyone wants them!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Apple-Pow...838?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item51d059bc66

 

[Tony Danger]

Still not as good a deal as mine. ;-) haha

 

[jbarley]

You are going to have a real fun time getting that G5 home on the back of a 125cc bike.

Just takes determination, I used to hunt with a 125cc Honda trail bike, and over the years I managed to haul several Blacktail bucks and myself out of the mountains.

 

[Tony Danger]

It works! Got a DVI cable and USB mouse. Re-installed leopard, popped another HDD into it so it now has 1Tb of storage and it works perfect!

 

[Altemose]

It works! Got a DVI cable and USB mouse. Re-installed leopard, popped another HDD into it so it now has 1Tb of storage and it works perfect!

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Very Nice! What are your plans for it?

 

[Tony Danger]

Media box, emulation and general browser

 

[Altemose]

The fact that the Leopard disk was included makes this a much better deal.