Picked up an apple today....

jeffslot · Post by **jeffslot** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 8:01 am

Hi guys,

I'm pretty unfamiliar with apples. I picked up an

Apple Macintosh Imac
OS 9 G3 400 Mhz
10 G hard drive
Cdrom

The lady at the yardsale wanted $50, but I got it for $38. How did I do? How much do you think I could resell it for? Someone at work is looking for a new computer.

Thanks.

Jeff S

Harshboy · Post by **Harshboy** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 9:44 am

Wow, there was a yardsale here too. I think that's a decent deal. I wouldnt have gone any higher than 30, but 38 is good.

As for selling it, how does it look? Is it yucky and dented, or is it mint? And if someone wants a new compy, why would they want that slow thing

blackbox_dev · Post by **blackbox_dev** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 9:46 am

After looking on eBay you could probably get $80 for it. How much RAM does it have?

jeffslot · Post by **jeffslot** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 10:06 am

Here are a couple of pics of the imac.

Front

http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/4421/img01065tf.jpg

Side

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/521/img01073ot.jpg

I'm staring to like it. Not sure how to check the ram, yet.

Post by **Gamelver** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 10:22 am

that looks pretty good, actually

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MM007 · Post by **MM007** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 10:30 am

Full see-through scheme in blood red...

That's dead sexy. Too bad the only Apple machine I have is an Apple][c, but hey, its better than nothing. ^^*

Post by **Triton** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 11:32 am

i still want a g3 powerbook or a fruit ibook, those things are cool lookin lol

daleighan · Post by **daleighan** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 11:34 am

You should put osx on it and keep it

Super Cameraman · Post by **Super Cameraman** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 11:59 am

Hey, good deal! I always wanted a Mac... I don't care how old! We have these at my school.

-Super

Post by **Triton** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 12:21 pm

hey cameraman wanna buy a mac SE or 2? im not sure if they work or not but they are all there and i have keyboards too!

sgtpepper · Post by **sgtpepper** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 12:38 pm

Two words of advice: Put OS X on it!!! But don't put Tiger (OS 10.4) on it, unless the RAM is fully loaded (2x 512MB PC100), otherwise put Panther on it (OS 10.3).

Any other questions you might have, I own two of these, and I know them inside and out!

Post by **bicostp** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 1:23 pm

Great find! I was going to trade my school a big RAM upgrade, a PC, and a laser printer for one of those, but they kept it because 1 person out of 30 in that class used it and liked it.

Their loss, this was probably $100 worth of stuff!

The fastest Mac I have is a Motorola StarMax 4000 (I think) with a 200mhz 604e PowerPC, roughly half as fast as that iMac. (Actually I think an early version of OSX will run on my PowerMac 7600/132 with patches.) For you Pentium people, that's about as fast as a 400mhz P2.

paul4990 · Post by **paul4990** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 1:41 pm

now that is good

its a RUBY imac THE RAREST EVER IMAC

i have a grtaphite

it is broken though

it came cracked in the mail but it still work:)

joevennix · Post by **joevennix** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 1:45 pm

That's a good price, I've seen 400mhz imacs go for as much as $75 recently. But, if you like it enough to keep it, buy OS X and stick it on there. It's worth it.
I have a couple iMac's, including a 500? graphite. They're perfect for making tabletop arcade machines.

kidw/32+systems · Post by **kidw/32+systems** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 2:32 pm

I liked those when they got them at my school from a fund raiser that my mom ran. They said they would give them both to me but I haven't seen them yet. They are green and I got the box for a blue one. That red is awesome though.