A is for Apple, B is for Bargain, C is for Central – Return of the Bargain Mac!
OK, so another of my great Apple Mac bargain clear-outs!
I have a selection of good solid, reliable G4 Apple Mac Towers for sale ranging from £80 to £120 depending on model/specification.
All HD’s are tested/checked and they are all dual boot machines having a full install of OS 9.22 (for OSX Classic) with all software updates run & more importantly, all firmware updates applied before having a fresh install of Mac OS 10.411 (Tiger) installed, again with all available updates installed.
They all have my standard studio software install left on them which I'm happy to leave on as you might find it useful, or you can simply delete it if you prefer, your choice?
By default this includes the Adobe CS2 software suite with Photoshop, ImageReady, InDesign, Illustrator, Bridge, Acrobat Pro, Acrobat Distiller as well as Macromedia Studio MX with Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks and Freehand along with MS Office 2004 (Word, PowerPoint, Excel & Entourage) plus all the other usual suspects such as iTunes, Firefox, Safari, iCal, Mail, Dictionary/Thesaurus, Toast Titanium, MSN etc.
Sorry, I don't have enough mice/keyboards to go with them all, but they are just standard USB 1.1 connectivity. However, if you do want an Apple Pro keyboard/mouse I might have some that could be available for a bit extra…
Basically, they are all great, fully functioning graphics/web work stations that would also make a great internet/email/music/photo home/office machine for you, or even your children – Virus worry free computing for any PC users out there!
They all look the same and the cases are in pretty good nick, although there is the odd scuff/scatch here and there, but nothing to write home about.
1) Power Mac G4 (AGP Graphics) – Model Nº M5183 400 MHz processor, 40GB HD, 512Mb RAM and ATI Rage Pro AGP graphics card. It has all the usual industry standard connectivity with USB(x2), Firewire(x2) and Ethernet (10/100 BASE-T) so great for internet/cameras/iPods/scanners/printers/routers etc. plus audio in/out connections. It also includes an internal CD/DVD ROM drive.
Now SOLD!
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2) Power Mac G4 (AGP Graphics) – Model Nº M5183 450 MHz processor, 40GB HD, 512Mb RAM and ATI Rage Pro AGP graphics card. It has all the usual industry standard connectivity with USB(x2), Firewire(x2) and Ethernet (10/100 BASE-T) so great for internet/cameras/iPods/scanners/printers/routers etc. plus audio in/out connections. It also includes an internal CD/DVD ROM drive.
Now SOLD!
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3) Power Mac G4 (AGP Graphics) – Model Nº M5183 500 MHz processor, 40GB HD, 512Mb RAM and ATI Rage Pro AGP graphics card. It has all the usual industry standard connectivity with USB(x2), Firewire(x2) and Ethernet (10/100 BASE-T) so great for internet/cameras/iPods/scanners/printers/routers etc. plus audio in/out connections. It also includes an internal CD/DVD ROM drive and a Iomega Zip 100 drive.
These G4 Macs can easily & cheaply be upgraded to wireless connectivity as well if you want via the built in Airport slot.
It has built in graphics support for dual monitors with separate DVI & 15 Pin VGA video output. It also features dual power supplies so your monitor power lead can be plugged in to the back of the Mac and thus reduce the number of plug sockets taken up.
All of this for £90 collected, or plus £15 extra to be posted anywhere within mainland UK, or if you prefer, you can arrange for your own courier collection if you prefer?
Full spec on these three machines can be found here; Power Mac G4 (AGP Graphics) - Technical Specifications
some more bits to be added once I've done some more pics etc.
Full (boxed) retail edition of Mac OSX 10.35 (Panther)
OK, the box is a bit battered from storage, but the contents are mint! All four original CDs (3 x Installer CD's plus 1 x Apple Xcode Tools) and literature are present and in very good condition, and even includes the famous 2 x White Apple logo stickers!
Although the layout of components/sockets at the back vary slightly
4) Power Mac G4 (Digital Audio) – Model Nº M5183 533 MHz processor, 40GB HD, 640Mb RAM and NVIDIA GeForce2 MX graphics card. It has all the usual industry standard connectivity with USB(x2), Firewire(x2) and Ethernet & Gigabyte Ethernet as standard (10/100/1000 BASE-T) so great for internet/cameras/iPods/scanners/printers/routers etc. plus 16 bit audio in/out connections**. It also includes an internal CD/CDRW drive.
These G4 Macs can easily & cheaply be upgraded to wireless connectivity as well if you want via the built in Airport slot.
It has built in graphics support for dual monitors with separate ADC* & 15 Pin VGA video output. This one only has a single power supply input for the Mac itself
All of this for £100 collected, or plus £15 extra to be posted anywhere within mainland UK, or if you prefer, you can arrange for your own courier collection if you prefer?
Full spec can be found here: http://support.apple.com/kb/SP113
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5) Power Mac G4 (Gigabit Ethernet) Dual Processor – Model Nº M5183 2 x 450 MHz processor, 40GB HD, 576Mb RAM and NVIDIA GeForce2 MX graphics card. It has all the usual industry standard connectivity with USB(x2), Firewire(x2) and Ethernet & Gigabyte Ethernet as standard (10/100/1000 BASE-T) so great for internet/cameras/iPods/scanners/printers/routers etc. plus audio in/out connections. It also includes an internal CD/DVD ROM drive.
These G4 Macs can easily & cheaply be upgraded to wireless connectivity as well if you want via the built in Airport slot.
It has built in graphics support for dual monitors with separate ADC* & 15 Pin VGA video output. It also features dual power supplies so your monitor power lead can be plugged in to the back of the Mac and thus reduce the number of plug sockets taken up.
All of this for £100 collected, or plus £15 extra to be posted anywhere within mainland UK, or if you prefer, you can arrange for your own courier collection if you prefer?
Full spec can be found here: http://support.apple.com/kb/SP117
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6) Power Mac G4 (QuickSilver) – Model Nº M8493 733 MHz processor, 60GB HD, 768MB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce2 MX graphics card. This one i running Mac OSX 10.58 Leopard (with all updates applied plus as it is also a dual boot model, it also has a full version of OS9.22 installed. It has all the usual industry standard connectivity with USB(x2), Firewire(x2) and Ethernet & Gigabyte Ethernet as standard (10/100/1000 BASE-T) so great for internet/cameras/iPods/scanners/printers/routers etc. plus 16 bit audio in/out connections**. It also includes an internal CD/CDRW drive.
The case design on the QuickSilver range is IMHO, the pinnacle of Apples product design at this period, simply stunning!
Unfortunately on this example, it is worth pointing out that cosmetically the case has what I would term ‘above average’ signs of wear and tear with various scuffs/scratches and some peeling of the finish on the inside of the right hand side panel. If this lives under your desk, you will never really notice this, just that it is not in the best of cosmetic condition. Functionality is not affected, so other than the marks, this is a cracking little machine!
These G4 Macs can easily & cheaply be upgraded to wireless connectivity as well if you want via the built in Airport slot.
It has built in graphics support for dual monitors with separate ADC* & 15 Pin VGA video output. This one only has a single power supply input for the Mac itself
All of this for £120 collected, or plus £15 extra to be posted anywhere within mainland UK, or if you prefer, you can arrange for your own courier collection if you prefer?
Full spec can be found here: http://support.apple.com/kb/SP108
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Extras
* I have a couple of really nice ADC connectivity flat screen monitors that would be great with these G4’ s if anyone was interested?
1) A 15" LCD Apple Studio Display (M2454) which has two additional USB sockets built into the rear. Superb monitor, quite usable as a main monitor at 1024x768 or as a great second monitor for tools/palettes/emails etc. This is £50
2) A very cool 17" Formac Platinum Gallery monitor (FGD 1740-1) LCD TFT (Active Matrix) with a maximum resolution of 1280 x 1024. This is now SOLD!
As both of these monitors work off ADC connections, they get the power and (digital) signal through the same cable which keeps things nice & simple, plus image quality is excellent!
** I do have one pair of the very cool (& quite rare) Apple Pro Speakers (M6531) to fit the smaller 2.5mm Apple speaker minijack (16 bit sound) that these machines have. Apple Pro Speakers feature powerful Harman Kardon audio technology. They connect to your Power Mac G4 desktop systems using a single cable which provides 20 watts of sound (10 watts/channel) to the speakers with a frequency range of 70 hertz to 20 kilohertz. These are now £SOLD!
All HD’s are tested/checked and they are all dual boot machines having a full install of OS 9.22 (for OSX Classic) with all software updates run & more importantly, all firmware updates applied before having a fresh install of Mac OS 10.411 (Tiger) installed, again with all available updates installed.
They all have my standard studio software install left on them which I'm happy to leave on as you might find it useful, or you can simply delete it if you prefer, your choice?
By default this includes the Adobe CS2 software suite with Photoshop, ImageReady, InDesign, Illustrator, Bridge, Acrobat Pro, Acrobat Distiller as well as Macromedia Studio MX with Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks and Freehand along with MS Office 2004 (Word, PowerPoint, Excel & Entourage) plus all the other usual suspects such as iTunes, Firefox, Safari, iCal, Mail, Dictionary/Thesaurus, Toast Titanium, MSN etc.
Sorry, I don't have enough mice/keyboards to go with them all, but they are just standard USB 1.1 connectivity. However, if you do want an Apple Pro keyboard/mouse I might have some that could be available for a bit extra…
Basically, they are all great, fully functioning graphics/web work stations that would also make a great internet/email/music/photo home/office machine for you, or even your children – Virus worry free computing for any PC users out there!
They all look the same and the cases are in pretty good nick, although there is the odd scuff/scatch here and there, but nothing to write home about.
1) Power Mac G4 (AGP Graphics) – Model Nº M5183 400 MHz processor, 40GB HD, 512Mb RAM and ATI Rage Pro AGP graphics card. It has all the usual industry standard connectivity with USB(x2), Firewire(x2) and Ethernet (10/100 BASE-T) so great for internet/cameras/iPods/scanners/printers/routers etc. plus audio in/out connections. It also includes an internal CD/DVD ROM drive.
Now SOLD!
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2) Power Mac G4 (AGP Graphics) – Model Nº M5183 450 MHz processor, 40GB HD, 512Mb RAM and ATI Rage Pro AGP graphics card. It has all the usual industry standard connectivity with USB(x2), Firewire(x2) and Ethernet (10/100 BASE-T) so great for internet/cameras/iPods/scanners/printers/routers etc. plus audio in/out connections. It also includes an internal CD/DVD ROM drive.
Now SOLD!
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3) Power Mac G4 (AGP Graphics) – Model Nº M5183 500 MHz processor, 40GB HD, 512Mb RAM and ATI Rage Pro AGP graphics card. It has all the usual industry standard connectivity with USB(x2), Firewire(x2) and Ethernet (10/100 BASE-T) so great for internet/cameras/iPods/scanners/printers/routers etc. plus audio in/out connections. It also includes an internal CD/DVD ROM drive and a Iomega Zip 100 drive.
These G4 Macs can easily & cheaply be upgraded to wireless connectivity as well if you want via the built in Airport slot.
It has built in graphics support for dual monitors with separate DVI & 15 Pin VGA video output. It also features dual power supplies so your monitor power lead can be plugged in to the back of the Mac and thus reduce the number of plug sockets taken up.
All of this for £90 collected, or plus £15 extra to be posted anywhere within mainland UK, or if you prefer, you can arrange for your own courier collection if you prefer?
Full spec on these three machines can be found here; Power Mac G4 (AGP Graphics) - Technical Specifications
OK, (4) and (5) look like before eg; this…
Although the layout of components/sockets at the back vary slightly
4) Power Mac G4 (Digital Audio) – Model Nº M5183 533 MHz processor, 40GB HD, 640Mb RAM and NVIDIA GeForce2 MX graphics card. It has all the usual industry standard connectivity with USB(x2), Firewire(x2) and Ethernet & Gigabyte Ethernet as standard (10/100/1000 BASE-T) so great for internet/cameras/iPods/scanners/printers/routers etc. plus 16 bit audio in/out connections**. It also includes an internal CD/CDRW drive.
These G4 Macs can easily & cheaply be upgraded to wireless connectivity as well if you want via the built in Airport slot.
It has built in graphics support for dual monitors with separate ADC* & 15 Pin VGA video output. This one only has a single power supply input for the Mac itself
All of this for £100 collected, or plus £15 extra to be posted anywhere within mainland UK, or if you prefer, you can arrange for your own courier collection if you prefer?
Full spec can be found here: Power Mac G4 (Digital Audio) - Technical Specifications
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5) Power Mac G4 (Gigabit Ethernet) Dual Processor – Model Nº M5183 2 x 450 MHz processor, 40GB HD, 576Mb RAM and NVIDIA GeForce2 MX graphics card. It has all the usual industry standard connectivity with USB(x2), Firewire(x2) and Ethernet & Gigabyte Ethernet as standard (10/100/1000 BASE-T) so great for internet/cameras/iPods/scanners/printers/routers etc. plus audio in/out connections. It also includes an internal CD/DVD ROM drive.
These G4 Macs can easily & cheaply be upgraded to wireless connectivity as well if you want via the built in Airport slot.
It has built in graphics support for dual monitors with separate ADC* & 15 Pin VGA video output. It also features dual power supplies so your monitor power lead can be plugged in to the back of the Mac and thus reduce the number of plug sockets taken up.
All of this for £100 collected, or plus £15 extra to be posted anywhere within mainland UK, or if you prefer, you can arrange for your own courier collection if you prefer?
Full spec can be found here: Power Mac G4 (Gigabit Ethernet) - Technical Specifications
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6) Power Mac G4 (QuickSilver) – Model Nº M8493 733 MHz processor, 60GB HD, 768MB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce2 MX graphics card. This one i running Mac OSX 10.58 Leopard (with all updates applied plus as it is also a dual boot model, it also has a full version of OS9.22 installed. It has all the usual industry standard connectivity with USB(x2), Firewire(x2) and Ethernet & Gigabyte Ethernet as standard (10/100/1000 BASE-T) so great for internet/cameras/iPods/scanners/printers/routers etc. plus 16 bit audio in/out connections**. It also includes an internal CD/CDRW drive.
The case design on the QuickSilver range is IMHO, the pinnacle of Apples product design at this period, simply stunning!
Unfortunately on this example, it is worth pointing out that cosmetically the case has what I would term ‘above average’ signs of wear and tear with various scuffs/scratches and some peeling of the finish on the inside of the right hand side panel. If this lives under your desk, you will never really notice this, just that it is not in the best of cosmetic condition. Functionality is not affected, so other than the marks, this is a cracking little machine!
These G4 Macs can easily & cheaply be upgraded to wireless connectivity as well if you want via the built in Airport slot.
It has built in graphics support for dual monitors with separate ADC* & 15 Pin VGA video output. This one only has a single power supply input for the Mac itself
All of this for £120 collected, or plus £15 extra to be posted anywhere within mainland UK, or if you prefer, you can arrange for your own courier collection if you prefer?
Full spec can be found here: Power Mac G4 (Quicksilver) - Technical Specifications
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Extras
* I have a couple of really nice ADC connectivity flat screen monitors that would be great with these G4’ s if anyone was interested?
1) A 15" LCD Apple Studio Display (M2454) which has two additional USB sockets built into the rear. Superb monitor, quite usable as a main monitor at 1024x768 or as a great second monitor for tools/palettes/emails etc. This is £50
2) A very cool 17" Formac Platinum Gallery monitor (FGD 1740-1) LCD TFT (Active Matrix) with a maximum resolution of 1280 x 1024. This is now SOLD!
As both of these monitors work off ADC connections, they get the power and (digital) signal through the same cable which keeps things nice & simple, plus image quality is excellent!
** I do have one pair of the very cool (& quite rare) Apple Pro Speakers (M6531) to fit the smaller 2.5mm Apple speaker minijack (16 bit sound) that these machines have. Apple Pro Speakers feature powerful Harman Kardon audio technology. They connect to your Power Mac G4 desktop systems using a single cable which provides 20 watts of sound (10 watts/channel) to the speakers with a frequency range of 70 hertz to 20 kilohertz. These are now £SOLD!
