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Operating System Specific Discussions => MorphOS => MorphOS -- Hardware requirements and availability discussion => Topic started by: orange5 on December 09, 2010, 11:34:35 AM

Title: Mac mini prices!
Post by: orange5 on December 09, 2010, 11:34:35 AM
Wowzers!!! Just finished bidding on a mac mini g4 1.5ghz.
The price was an astronomical £215 plus a tenner for p+p!
eBay prices:-sheesh. Any ways I was unsuccessful...
So I reckon all these bidders must be sticking morph os on them! Ha ha never mind. there's always morph fish in the sea (more fish) geddit! Oh never mind!!!
Cheers Lee...
Title: Re: Mac mini prices!
Post by: jj on December 09, 2010, 12:35:10 PM
Took me ages and a bit of luck to get a decent price.
 
managed to get a mac mini silent upgrade from eaby for £150.
 
Just keep looking , the prices always seem to go up after a new version of MorphOS is released.
Title: Re: Mac mini prices!
Post by: Matt_H on December 09, 2010, 02:16:14 PM
Check classified ads and try for a private sale. I paid $175 for mine. £215 doesn't sound too bad, though - in dollars, it's on par, maybe a bit lower than what Apple dealers over here are charging.
Title: Re: Mac mini prices!
Post by: kedawa on December 10, 2010, 04:36:35 AM
I practically gave mine away.  :(
Title: Re: Mac mini prices!
Post by: save2600 on December 10, 2010, 05:53:22 AM
Trends are worthless. I'm patiently awaiting iMac G5 support  :)
Title: Re: Mac mini prices!
Post by: orange5 on December 10, 2010, 12:42:45 PM
Just out of curiosity, I wonder how many of those mac mini g4's, will have morph os put on them, there's about 30 or so at the mo on eBay I think!
Perhaps we'll never know...
Regards Lee
Title: Re: Mac mini prices!
Post by: redrumloa on December 10, 2010, 01:00:04 PM
Quote from: save2600;597992
Trends are worthless. I'm patiently awaiting iMac G5 support :)

Beware the iMac G5, very prone to logic board failure. My friend's iMac G5 had 2 failed logic boards in 4 years. I'd be exceptionally cautious considering MorphOS's licensing scheme.
Title: Re: Mac mini prices!
Post by: redrumloa on December 10, 2010, 01:01:50 PM
Quote from: orange5;597875
Wowzers!!! Just finished bidding on a mac mini g4 1.5ghz.  

The 1.5Ghz model is highly sought. A 1.42Ghz might fetch half that.
Title: Re: Mac mini prices!
Post by: icbrkr on December 10, 2010, 01:03:37 PM
Quote from: save2600;597992
Trends are worthless. I'm patiently awaiting iMac G5 support  :)


I'm patiently waiting for PowerMac G5 support.  I knew I was keeping these around for a reason ;)
Title: Re: Mac mini prices!
Post by: adz on December 10, 2010, 01:31:51 PM
Who'd have thunk it that one day Amiga nuts would be seeking Apple Macs :lol:
Title: Re: Mac mini prices!
Post by: Colani1200 on December 10, 2010, 02:49:47 PM
Quote from: redrumloa;598021
Beware the iMac G5, very prone to logic board failure. My friend's iMac G5 had 2 failed logic boards in 4 years. I'd be exceptionally cautious considering MorphOS's licensing scheme.


True. The number of broken G5s regularly appearing on ebay is noticable. There was a survey on G5 reliability by Macintouch some time ago with some interesting facts:

http://www.macintouch.com/reliability/pmg5.html