What did you Pay?

[eyoungren]

And now an extra $40+ for the logic board? This thing is costing you!

LOL! $60 is the lowest I can find. Yeah,

Funny thing…the seller (got it on eBay) declared it to be on it's "last" legs. I was determined to prove him wrong. Still am.

Oh yeah, that reminds me. About $12 for case screws because the seller tried to take it apart and lost them!

 

[BaddestArvai]

I have 3 Macs, but one of them is an Intel, so I will only mention the two that are PowerPCs.

The first one I got was my Power Mac G4 in the summer of 2012. I paid $60 for it. Originally, in the Kijiji ad, it was listed to have an 80GB hard drive, a single 1.25GHz processor and 256MB of RAM, but I actually got it with two 1.25GHz processors, 2GB of RAM and a 120GB hard drive. Still works great.

Then, in the fall of 2012, I got my iMac G3. I paid $30 for it and had to drive an hour and a half across the city to pick it up. It came with 192MB of RAM, the original 6GB hard drive and its 350MHz processor. The hard drive was changed about 4 times and the RAM had its amount changed at least 5 times. The reason to this was I couldn't make up my mind as to what I wanted. When I was finished with that, it had an 80GB hard drive and 512MB of RAM. Unfortunately, the PAV board fried in it, so it doesn't work anymore. As of now, it has no RAM and no hard drive, and I may potentially remove the CD drive.

I would have never paid $30 for a first gen G3. Especially if it were that far away.

 

[Altemose]

2001/2002 PowerMac G4 QuickSilver: Dual 800 MHz, 1.5 GB RAM, 80 GB HDD - Free

2003 PowerMac G4 MDD: 1.25 Single, 2 GB RAM, 160 GB HDD - Free

2004 PowerMac G5: Dual 1.8, 4 GB RAM, 2TB - $265 in 2011, died a year later

2004 (June) PowerMac G5: Dual 1.8, 2 GB RAM, 2TB- $99.99 + $35 in shipping 2012 or 2013 can't remember

2005 PowerBook G4: 1.67, 768 MB RAM, 80 GB HD- $40 in 2013

2000 iBook G3: 600 MHz, 384 MB RAM, 20 GB HD- $130

2003 iBook G3: 900 MHz, 640 MB RAM, 40 GB HD- Free from RedCroissant's generosity, just paid shipping costs

I feel like I am leaving something out in this list though...

 

[eyoungren]

I would have never paid $30 for a first gen G3. Especially if it were that far away.

I would have. But that's only because I have a certain sick and twisted soft spot for them. When I was first getting started in graphic design in school these were the Macs they had. Cheap and capable, even when OS X came along. And the commercials were cool.

Sentiment often sees me parting with more money than I should.

 

[robertdsc]

1999: iMac DV-SE G3 400MHz Graphite: $1600 from Apple direct. (I still have it in storage.)

2003: PowerBook G4 500MHz Titanium: $350 on eBay. (Storage; no hard drive)

2008?: PowerMac G4 DA 466: Free; gift from old Boss. (in use as file server)

2009: eMac G4 1.25GHz: $300 on eBay. (e-recycled)

2010: PowerBook G4 1.67 GHz, $300 on eBay. (e-recycled after freak power surge killed it)

2012: 17 inch ADC Apple Studio Display: $25 from local computer shop (in use, connected to DA 466)

2013: Power Mac G5 Dual 2.0: $100 on Craigslist (in use, main machine)
ADC 23 inch Apple Cinema HD Display: $50 on Craigslist (in use, main monitor)
Power Mac G4 MDD Dual 1.25: $25 on Craigslist (in use, backup machine)
17 inch ADC Apple Studio Display: $25 on Craigslist (storage)
ADC 23 inch Apple Cinema Display with adapter: $100 on Craigslist (in use, connected to MDD Dual 1.25)
Power Mac G4 MDD Dual 1.0: $20 on Craigslist (storage)

2014 (proposed; details still have to be worked out)
Power Mac G5 Dual 1.8 or 2.0 (at least one if not two)
Power Mac G4 Dual XXX Quicksilver (as a storage server)
I would prefer to get rid of my MDDs due to the windtunnel thing, but I'll keep them if I can't get rid of them.

 

[abundantmussel]

Newest purchase:

iMac G5 20" iSight 2.1GHz, 2GB RAM, 320GB HD - €75

 

[Mr Rabbit]

My PPC timeline...

Sometime in early 2003 - Used 1Ghz Titanium PowerBook G4 - Traded for my 83 VW Rabbit, which I'd been trying to sell for $1100~.

Mid 2004 - New 1.5Ghz 17" PowerBook - $2,800 or so. I picked it up with my college discount but since it was a CTO I still paid close to the base price.

Mid 2005 - Green G3 iMac - Bought for $50, collecting dust in my basement.

Mid 2007 - Refurbished (not from Apple) 1.33Ghz 12" iBook - $250~, bought for my wife, this is still her main Mac.

Early 2008 - Used 1.25Ghz 17" iMac G4 - $125, outbid my old employer when someone was wanting to trade it in. Still used as a file server.

Early 2008 - Sold my 17" PowerBook for $1700 and bought an aluminum iMac.

Mid 2008 - New in the box 1.5Ghz 12" PowerBook (part of a large acquisition from a school district) - $200

Mid 2008 - Used Clamshell G3 iBook - $50, bought as a present for my aunt.

Mid 2008 - Traded my Titanium PowerBook for a 500Mhz G4 Cube w/ 17" CRT Studio Display

Late 2009/Early 2010 - Sold my 12" PowerBook for $200 after inheriting a 17" MacBook Pro.

Early 2011 - Sold my Cube for $250

Mid 2011 through Mid 2012 - PowerMac G4 (FW800 model), Dual 2.5Ghz PowerMac G5 (the liquid cooled model), Purple iMac G3, 450Mhz G4 Cube w/ LCD Studio display, 20" iMac G4 and Titanium PowerBook G4, along with several broken G5 iMacs and PowerMacs - Free, snagged before they made it into the recycling truck during my time at an AASP. All collecting dust and irritating my wife. Not to mention an equally long list of Intel Macs.

 

[And]

G4 Quicksilver 867 MHz in 2009, £85, with the lcd monitor.

G5 Dual 2.0 GHz in 2012, £120.

Still both working. G5 is in daily use.

 

[SkyBell]

iMac G3 Rev. A - $120 in 2004
iMac G3 Rev. C - $50 in 2009
iBook G3 Clamshell - $160 in 2006
12" iBook G3 (white) - $350 in 2005
12" iBook G4 1.33 - $450 in 2008
12" iBook G4 1.07 - $80 in 2012
eMac 1.42 GHz - $200 in 2009

 

[LOLZpersonok]

I would have never paid $30 for a first gen G3. Especially if it were that far away.

T'was the only iMac G3 on Kijiji at the time. I wanted it and I had the money, so I got it. It isn't a first generation G3, though. It is a slot-loader G3. The original generation with the tray-loading CD drive was available in slower speeds. The one that I have was (I think) the slowest of the slot-loading G3s.

At this point, the only G3 on Kijiji now is very expensive. At least $85, which I don't think to be worth it. But, it is very close to my location, unlike the one I have.

 

[Starfighter]

G5 (DP, 2.0 GHz) - $230
G4 Sawtooth (500 MHz) - $30
PowerBook G4 (15", 1.67 GHz) - $80
iMac G3 Snow (500 MHz) - Free