eBay cheep G5 price question

[MacArtist]

You have to be on the hunt to get a dual G5 in the $500 range. The one I found was in mint condition. All original packaging. My wife said she felt like she was opening a new computer.

Finding deals like that takes some time and a little luck.

[incognegro]

what MacArtist said is true.

i found a steal on a 17in iMac Core 2 Duo. didn't have the box, but was essentially new, and was upgraded to 2 GB of RAM. just spent part of today migrating data and moving some hard drives from my G4 tower to external enclosures.

now to find a deal on a good powered USB 2.0 hub for my printers, scanner. hard drives, and other devices. 3 ports on the iMac is not enough.

got the mini-DVI to DVI adapter so i'm ready for a 2nd display, too.

[hal]

G5's w/o the original box are a real gamble... the cases get easily deformed if not properly packed. Sometimes even when the are properly packed.