Value of PPC Mac's decline.

[combatcolin]

After the news of Boot Camp, any ideas of me picking up a cheap PPC PM have now been firmly ground into dust.

Anyone else holding out for when the big Cheese Grater of Power goes Intel?

 

[FF_productions]

Wouldn't hurt to look for some refurbed powermac G5's. They have a lot of life left in them, depending what you are going to try to do on the computer.

 

[andiwm2003]

what surprises me is how high the prices of G4 mac mini's are. i expected them to get significantly cheaper with the intel mini core duo, frontrow and all that. but looking at ebay people still pay 90% of retail for a used g4 mini🙄

therefore i don't expect the prices for powermac to drop. they are still up to date and with photoshop not being native before the end of the year..........

 

[combatcolin]

While the knowledge that the (almost) entry level Intel Mac can play full QT HD film trailer better than a PPC PowerMac has been known for a while, the release of Boot Camp gives you options that PPC simply cannot match.

Still, by the time thr Rev B Intel Powermac is out i should have cleared my Credit Card down to a third its current balance.

🙂

 

[caveman_uk]

My G4 MDD Powermac is worth tops about £400 according to recent sales on eBay. It seems the old G4 imacs sell for more because they are more sexy - even if they do only have one CPU in them and it's slower than either of the processors in my powermac 🙄

If you're after a PPC bargain the late model G4 powermacs are where to look. The dual 1.42's are pretty fast regardless of them 'only' being G4's

 

[combatcolin]

Intel only for me now.

🙂