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Price advice: Collector's boxed Beige G3 Tower — #1

Heya folks. Just had an odd one come in to work, and I'm wondering if anyone can suggest what we should expect to get for it. Beige G3 tower in original box, foams, and plastic w…
68kMLA Hardware by Bunsen Thu, 31 Jul 2008 - 02:44

iBook G3 Clamshell - approximate value? — #9

Its funny what people will sell today because they need gas to get to work. Pawn shops pay very little for electronics and jack up the prices when they try to resell it (knowing s…
68kMLA Hardware by Unknown_K Thu, 31 Jul 2008 - 01:22

iBook G3 Clamshell - approximate value? — #8

Pawn shops make money selling items like computers to suckers. I have found great deals on hand tools. I have picked up vicegrips, screwdrivers, torque wrenches and more. Never pa…
68kMLA Hardware by Temetka Thu, 31 Jul 2008 - 00:58

OS 9 and the PM 7300 Upgrade — #12

Just remember the old saying. Click to expand... Adjusting your expectations is the cheapest accelerator you can buy.
68kMLA Hardware by porter Thu, 31 Jul 2008 - 00:24

iBook G3 Clamshell - approximate value? — #7

As fast as computer and video game hardware depreciates, I am surprised pawn shops deal in them at all. If I get $200 for a computer from a pawn shop, all I do is wait a few months…
68kMLA Hardware by Quadraman Thu, 31 Jul 2008 - 00:04

OS 9 and the PM 7300 Upgrade — #11

Just remember the old saying. RAM is the cheapest accelerator you can buy. You should bump up the RAM as much as you can afford before you start playing around with CPU upgrades, v…
68kMLA Hardware by Quadraman Wed, 30 Jul 2008 - 23:54

iBook G3 Clamshell - approximate value? — #5

FWIW, around these parts (Silicon Valley), clamshells are going for around $100 (a bit more for the 466MHz generation). Icebooks are going for only a little more than that, with Ai…
68kMLA Hardware by tomlee59 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 - 22:32

iBook G3 Clamshell - approximate value? — #3

If you go by eBay prices, it's a nice deal actually. What makes it even sweeter is it doesn't get destroyed in shipping and you actually went in and looked at it. If it looks goo…
68kMLA Hardware by TheNixer Wed, 30 Jul 2008 - 19:56

OS 9 and the PM 7300 Upgrade — #10

To get a faster system you need more RAM, an ATA/66 IDE card or a fast wide SCSI card and some decent HDs. Click to expand... "Need"? That's a bit excessive. Yes, more RAM. …
68kMLA Hardware by Unknown_K Wed, 30 Jul 2008 - 17:47

OS 9 and the PM 7300 Upgrade — #9

The later 604EV with full 1MB cache on the cpu card should give a g3 a good run for its money. I would think photoshop is limited by CPU cache along with bus speed bottlenecks. …
68kMLA Hardware by Quadraman Wed, 30 Jul 2008 - 17:28

OS 9 and the PM 7300 Upgrade — #8

To get a faster system you need more RAM, an ATA/66 IDE card or a fast wide SCSI card and some decent HDs. Click to expand... "Need"? That's a bit excessive. Yes, more RAM. …
68kMLA Hardware by Bunsen Wed, 30 Jul 2008 - 09:44

OS 9 and the PM 7300 Upgrade — #7

The later 604EV with full 1MB cache on the cpu card should give a g3 a good run for its money. I would think photoshop is limited by CPU cache along with bus speed bottlenecks.
68kMLA Hardware by Unknown_K Wed, 30 Jul 2008 - 01:29

iBook G3 Clamshell - approximate value? — #1

A local pawn shop has an iBook G3 laptop for $150, looks great, runs fine. Was wondering what the value of one these would be, is this anywhere near a decent deal on one? I don't t…
68kMLA Hardware by phreakindee Tue, 29 Jul 2008 - 23:38

Beige G3 Crashing... — #23

xpostfacto removes the 8gb limit if the drives larger then 8gb. if you was to try to install OS X (testing using 10.2) on the 120gb hdd without xpostfacto it will not allow you to …
68kMLA Hardware by register Tue, 29 Jul 2008 - 23:01

OS 9 and the PM 7300 Upgrade — #6

Here's a little Photoshop comparison from BareFeats http://www.barefeats.com/Photo.html The single G3 300 easily beats even the dual 604e 200.
68kMLA Hardware by Quadraman Tue, 29 Jul 2008 - 20:15
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