Re: Slightly off-the-wall idea for getting a new Mac...

Flavio Matani <flavio_mataniTAKETHISBITOUT@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

[..]
> > > I bought a MacBook which works really well as a desktop with its lid
> > > closed and a monitor, keyboard & mouse. For day to day stuff it's
almost
> > > silent and uses a lot less electricity than my G5.
> > 
> > I'm suspecting a MacBook and a Mini would be similar in performance,
> > albeit with not as good graphics on the Mini, although I see the MB
also
> > has Intel onboard with shared memory.
> 
> In my Mini  it is the GMA 950 chipset for the integrated graphics, on
> the current MacBook it is the GMA X3100, which takes 144 MB off the main
> memory against 64 MB on the 950. The wording about this in System
> Profiler is curiously different, it refers to 'Shared system memory' on
> the mini and 'VRAM (total)' in the MB.

As long as it works at least as well as what I have now, I am not
bothered, I'm not after any more performance, the G5 performs quite well
thank you, but I wouldn't want any performance hits either.

I think if the Mini had a 7200rpm drive in it, or a FW800 ****t, I
wouldn't be hesitating. I'd really love to go for an iMac, but I don't
think I'd get enough for my G5 kit to cover it.

Out of interest, anyone got any idea what this'd be worth...?

Original G5 dual 1.8GHz (8x RAM, and 3x PCI-X slots)
Upgraded with 4.5GB of RAM
Upgraded to a DL Superdrive
Will be refitted with the original 160GB internal drive.
And an additional 300GB internal drive too.
Supplied with a spare AGP card (a PC flashed Radeon 9800 Pro).
New PSU fitted in August 2007.
No mouse, but will have a slightly sticky Apple Pro keyboard.
And can throw in a free Apple Colorsync 20" monitor.
Supplied with a full retail box with OS 10.5.
I could even include my original Aperture 1.5 disc too.

Looking on eBay it could be anything from £500 - £900, would it be
reasonable to look for about £700 for that lot?

-- 
Andy Hewitt
<http://web.mac.com/andrewhewitt1/>