Ok, here's the story: I stopped back in the campus computer shop, as we continue from the story in this post, where I noticed a G3 two weeks ago on May 18.

This is the same shop of lore where the infamous $50 iMac incident occurred, as well as my liberation of an epic 300 Mhz desktop G3 for $30 in Oct of 2008.

Today, I have walked out of the shop with yet another Mac. As it turns out, there was a surprise waiting for me: a graphite G4 had arrived during my absence (as well as the CRT for it, I asked the price.... wait for it.... no joke, $100! WTF, man?)

I asked about the G4, and it was priced at $40. The G3 was also priced at $40.

Here we have the showdown:

Option A:

- 450 MHz G4

- No RAM

- No HD

- DVD ROM drive

- Zip 100

- $40

versus

Option B:

- 400 Mhz G3

- 128 MB RAM

- 6 GB HD

- DVD ROM drive

- Zip 100

- $40

I walked out of the shop 20 minutes ago with $40 fewer money and a used Mac. Which one did I take home in my trunk today????

I will post the answer in a day or two.

Bonus question: which one would you take home?

(PS: Oh, man! I can't wait until G5's can be had for $40!)