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Re: Reasonable price for used iBook G4?



:D ... yeah...using it for something like that should be just
fine...never hurts to max out the RAM and get a faster hard drive, but
it's always amazing how much life is left in them when you make them
"mono-taskers!"

Have fun; Soundplant can be a hoot!

Best.

Dennis

http://soundcloud.com/usrsbin
http://audiozoloft.com
http://usrslashsbin.angrek.com/



On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Petri Lahtinen <aikuinen@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks, already made the deal!
>
> I'm using it solely for Soundplant39, so it's got Tiger but it's fine.
>
> Had a gig with it today and it performed like a dream! :-)
>
>
> -Petri-
>
> 2011/2/11 Dennis Moser <sinsofmachaut@gmail.com>
>>
>> Keep in mind that with the G4 you will be limited to Mac OS X 10.5,
>> i.e., Leopard and only software that will run on the PPC. There's
>> still a lot you can do (I'm using a G5 tower, so I feel the
>> pain...only alleviated by using my day-job Intel MacBook Pro!) so it's
>> still worth snagging at that price.. And you can do some upgrades to
>> make it more efficient (more RAM, fast hard drive).
>>
>> Good luck!
>>
>> Dennis
>>
>> http://soundcloud.com/usrsbin
>> http://audiozoloft.com
>> http://usrslashsbin.angrek.com/
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Petri Lahtinen <aikuinen@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Thanks Sylvain!
>> >
>> > I think its bit too much. We have already discussed it's under 100
>> > euros.
>> >
>> > What kind of price would PC from the same era hold today = not a dime
>> >
>> > :-D
>> >
>> > 2011/2/10 Sylvain Poitras <sylvain.trombone@gmail.com>
>> >>
>> >> hi,
>> >> worthmonkey says between 167$ and 217$ for an iBook G4.  This is 
>based
>> >> on past and current listings on sites like craig's list and ebay.
>> >>
>> >> http://worthmonkey.com/
>> >>
>> >> Sylvain
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Petri Lahtinen <aikuinen@gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > I got a iBook G4 for tryout from my friend, I'm supposed to use it 
>as
>> >> > SoundPlant-machine on my looping gigs.
>> >> > It's from 2004, it's got 1.2GHz PowerPC G4 processor, 768 MB 
>memory,
>> >> > graphic
>> >> > card is ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 (4X AGP) with 32 MB of SDRAM.
>> >> >
>> >> > What would be reasonable price to pay for this kind of old 
>computer?
>> >> > In euros or dollars, I know there are many Mac-users on this list, 
>so
>> >> > I
>> >> > know
>> >> > you know is this worth any money or not.
>> >> > (My own opinion is 50 euros (60 dollars) or something like that.)
>> >> >
>> >> > Many thanks if you care to answer me...!
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> > Petri Lahtinen
>> >> > http://www.petrilahtinen.com
>> >> > http://petrilahtinen.blogspot.com/
>> >> > http://soundcloud.com/petrilahtinen
>> >> > http://twitter.com/PetriLahtinen
>> >> > http://petrilahtinen.bandcamp.com/
>> >> > ---------------------------------------------------
>> >> > "Only become professional musician if there is no choice." -Robert
>> >> > Fripp-
>> >> > ---------------------------------------------------
>> >> > "Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must
>> >> > lead."
>> >> > -Charles Bukowski-
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Petri Lahtinen
>> > http://www.petrilahtinen.com
>> > http://petrilahtinen.blogspot.com/
>> > http://soundcloud.com/petrilahtinen
>> > http://twitter.com/PetriLahtinen
>> > http://petrilahtinen.bandcamp.com/
>> > ---------------------------------------------------
>> > "Only become professional musician if there is no choice." -Robert
>> > Fripp-
>> > ---------------------------------------------------
>> > "Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must 
>lead."
>> > -Charles Bukowski-
>> >
>> >
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Petri Lahtinen
> http://www.petrilahtinen.com
> http://petrilahtinen.blogspot.com/
> http://soundcloud.com/petrilahtinen
> http://twitter.com/PetriLahtinen
> http://petrilahtinen.bandcamp.com/
> ---------------------------------------------------
> "Only become professional musician if there is no choice." -Robert Fripp-
> ---------------------------------------------------
> "Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead."
> -Charles Bukowski-
>
>