Old iMac Worth it?

[FreedomFighter]

Hey guys,

I am looking for an old imac to do word processing emails, etc for my wife.
She will barely use it and has instructed me to get her an extremely cheap one. I have found an old Power PC iMac with the following specs:

1.9Ghz Power PC G5
17" Screen
1GB Memory (only DDR)
Ati Radeon 9600 128MB
150GB Hard drive
White iMac

This is listed as $200 (Aus) which is about 4 $130 US
First of all is this a good deal (it is ex-lease but has no scratched on screen)
Second, i have a spare license to leopard, would it run on this machine?
and what would the performance be like?

As you may be able to tell i am not sure about the older iMacs as i have never owned one.

Thanks for your help

 

[Eidorian]

Nice for that price. I'd go for it if I was presented with it.

 

[scienide09]

Sounds like a pretty good deal. The small amount of RAM might be a slight concern, but that can bumped to 2GB fairly cheaply (maybe $20 USD?). Is that the G5 iMac with a built-in iSight camera?

 

[FreedomFighter]

Yeah it has the isight camera so I think if it is like my new one I should be able to video conference.......

And yes I was going to upgrade the ram because it o thought that was quite a small amount but i am not sure as to the capacity of the machine. is 2 GB the maximum??

Thanks

 

[new2this09]

And yes I was going to upgrade the ram because it o thought that was quite a small amount but i am not sure as to the capacity of the machine. is 2 GB the maximum??

2.5GB is max on G5 PowerPC iMac. If you want to run leopard smoothly, 2GB is going to make a difference (and it's not expensive at all).

Keep in mind with a PowerPC processor, you probably won't be able to run Snow Leopard (10.6), assuming it's Intel based. But I don't suppose your wife will care!

Great deal otherwise though!

 

[DakotaGuy]

Throw a little more RAM in it and that machine will fly right along on Leopard without any problems. I would buy it for that price for your needs.