DirtyLarry Veteran Posted December 29, 2004 Veteran Share Posted December 29, 2004 This is not only a good move, but also a necessary move IMHO, as even with the astromical sales of the iPod this holiday season, I think Apple have finally come to the reality that the iPod is only going to take them so far. When these come out I need to: 1) Take back the First Generation Single Processor G4 I gave to my parents last Christmas, and sell it for whatever I can. 2) Get them one of these little suckers as a replacement. Hopefully I will make just a little extra cash as a result of this transaction. 3) Then I need to sell my current Dual G4. 4) Then with the money from both, I will be hopefully have over half the money I need to put towards a Dual G5, finally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBoy Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 All that for $200?I don't think so. I smell BS. :rolleyes: 585192638[/snapback] Nope - no BS. It's actually quite easy these days if you are an Internet shopper. Head over to Slickdeals, Gotapex ot Bensbargains - deals like this are not uncommon. $500 for a 1.2 GHZ Mac is still overpriced hardware. It'll sell of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilsbury Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 the specs are crap... even for a mac... looks like the specs from a 6 years old computer (apart from the firewire part) 585192622[/snapback] Except that six years ago Macs were running G3/333's at most. And x86 PC's were about the 500MHz mark. And Macs had FireWire FIVE years ago... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coolme Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 What's needed:- A PVR/TV-tuner card - Larger hard disk (even regular DVR boxes have a minimum of 100GB these days) - More RAM (256MB just isn't going to cut it for a Media-Center-like machine) - A DVD burner - A software frontend that will tie everything together. Factor all that in, and you're definitely not getting a "Media-Center Mac" for $500. But you can still dream on. :p 585188995[/snapback] LOL, why don't you try and find me a media center PC that's less than a grand? http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediace...n/products.mspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogz Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 Eh, I have a 1.2ghz G4 iBook with 256mb of ram and it's really slow compared to my PC (I still don't understand how the people with the older 800mhz G3's can even claim that they're fast, but they do anyway...). For surfing the internet and chatting, though, this'll be a decent machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NetRyder Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 LOL, why don't you try and find me a media center PC that's less than a grand?http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediace...n/products.mspx 585192996[/snapback] Read my posts again. Did I claim (or even imply) that I could? All I said was that it's unrealistic to expect a $500 headless iMac to be a fully-functional Media-Center-like computer. Funny how some of you get so defensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Veteran Posted December 29, 2004 Veteran Share Posted December 29, 2004 Oh jeez, this is turning into another Mac vs PC thread. I think its a great idea for Apple to create a headless iMac. If I didn't have an eMac already I would probably purchase one. *Goes and looks at 17" TFT's* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porsche Design Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 Thing is folks will have to get new software or even hardware - if it sucks and are not Mac compatible. Apple OS' have better deals than Microsodt Windows XP e.g: Family Pack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coolme Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 Read my posts again. Did I claim (or even imply) that I could? All I said was that it's unrealistic to expect a $500 headless iMac to be a fully-functional Media-Center-like computer. Funny how some of you get so defensive. 585193028[/snapback] Yeah well, my point is that building a mac-based media center is cheaper than a Windows-based one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntoskrnl Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 if this does come out then ill get one. even if it is a G4 its still as fast if even just a little slower than the current ibooks wich ive been looking into for awhile. Finaly i can afford a mac :) (waits to get flamed) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NetRyder Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 Yeah well, my point is that building a mac-based media center is cheaper than a Windows-based one. 585193078[/snapback] Yeah? We'll talk when it actually happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burning_jonny Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 This is great! First I convince my friend why he should get a Mac, and one comes along that he can afford! He doesn't even have to buy a new monitor... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicane-UK Veteran Posted December 29, 2004 Veteran Share Posted December 29, 2004 Wow. Go Apple. Will be buying one of these for sure if they become a reality! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argote Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 It may be cheap... but it's still a Mac, and a such, it's whorthless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fahad Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 would you be able to upgrade stuff like the hard drive? 40 gigs seems small Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBoy Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 LOL, why don't you try and find me a media center PC that's less than a grand?http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediace...n/products.mspx 585192996[/snapback] You know - it's actually not so hard to put one together for about $600. That's with a small factor nice looking Shuttle or MSI Mega case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack_canada Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalN. Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 I might have to pick one of these up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StealthMode Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Eh, I have a 1.2ghz G4 iBook with 256mb of ram and it's really slow compared to my PC (I still don't understand how the people with the older 800mhz G3's can even claim that they're fast, but they do anyway...). For surfing the internet and chatting, though, this'll be a decent machine. 585193023[/snapback] Get some more RAM...that 256 you got is choking your system :pinch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.weir Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 this summers work money is going to a kvm switch, and one of these babies! I'm super excited for this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burning_jonny Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 would you be able to upgrade stuff like the hard drive? 40 gigs seems small 585193182[/snapback] Some would probably just buy a new computer rather than upgrading... I would configure it at purchase. Plus, didn't they say 60-80 GB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webeagle12 Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 wow cant wait :happy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giga Veteran Posted December 30, 2004 Veteran Share Posted December 30, 2004 Get some more RAM...that 256 you got is choking your system :pinch: 585193467[/snapback] Agreed. 256mb is the bare minimum to run OSX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartan_X Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 http://applepete.com/concepts/images/icentre.jpg^^ 585190206[/snapback] jesus! that looks a lot like the xbox next prototype from... ehmmm... cough... hehehe... upppss! :blush: lets just pretend you dont read that... :ninja: :whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giga Veteran Posted December 30, 2004 Veteran Share Posted December 30, 2004 jesus! that looks a lot like the xbox next prototype from... ehmmm... cough... hehehe... upppss! :blush: lets just pretend you dont read that... :ninja: :whistle: 585194525[/snapback] Care to elaborate? :woot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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