4 Apr
2013
4 Apr
'13
10:29 p.m.
I inherited a G5 tower from a non-profit org. They had retired it in favor of newer
hardware.
First thing I did with it was to archive their data.
I was in the process of setting it up for my use. Got it personalized then went to power
it on the next weekend and it wouldn't start?? No screen and an increasing fan
noise?..
Was their a common problem with these? And yes I flushed the pram and tried a new
battery.
George Rachor
george at rachors.com
Bummer. Would have been a nice box.
On Apr 4, 2013, at 7:27 PM, Toby Thain <toby at telegraphics.com.au> wrote:
On 04/04/13 10:01 PM, Dave Land wrote:
On 4/4/13 6:58 PM, Toby Thain wrote:
In 2011, I got my 2009, 8 x 3GHz core Mac Pro for half Apple's *refurb* price (ebay
again).
Pretty sure you can find them in dumpsters by now. That's how I got *two* dual
processor Mac G5 workstations.
--Toby
On 04/04/13 9:03 AM, geneb wrote:
I can attest to that! Bought my Mac-Pro off E-Bay almost 2 years ago for
$650 + shipping. It's a first generation Intel (2006), and runs On Wed, 3 Apr 2013, Dave Woyciesjes wrote:
>>> Yeah, I was gonna say I've seen wierder. Something about Intel Macs
>>> being worth the price we are charged for them...
>>
>>
>> Hahahahahahahahahahah *gasps* ahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
>>
>> Good one!
>>
>> g.
>
> I'm guessing you recall that thread from (almost exactly) 7 years ago?
> ;)
Actually, I was laughing at the idea that _any_ Mac is worth what you
paid for it new. :)
The way to buy Macs is refurb/used. Will save a fortune, and you get the
same great hardware.
--Toby everything I can throw at it, plus Windows XP Pro
in a virtual machine
on a second screen for stuff that just won't work on OSX. I have had
pretty much *zero* problems with it, and compared to all the windoze
boxes I've owned, that's saying a lot! Only thing I've done is add a
couple extra drives and more memory. With a pair of Intel Xeon
dual-cores at 2.0 Ghz, it's pretty snappy. ;)