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G4/450

68kMLA · PowerPC · 12 posts · Jan 17, 2010 — Jan 18, 2010 View original thread ↗

#1 Sun, 17 Jan 2010 - 23:47 68kMLA

I happened to browse the local classifieds but rarely do since nothing cheap is ever there, and came across someone selling G4/450 towers for $20 a pop. No ram or HD, but I've got lots of stuff that should work. Going tonight to pick one up. This will replace my G3/400 tower.

#2 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 - 00:26 68kMLA

Imagine buying a ton of them and making a server cluster.

Specially for someone like you who has that awesome site.

#3 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 - 00:36 68kMLA

Around 9 years ago when I started the site, I was also going to run a cluster of older machines with Linux. I still wouldn't mind building some sort of cluster just to see how much CPU power I could combine but space and cash are holding me back.

#4 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 - 01:05 68kMLA

Wouldn't this be your chance?

#5 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 - 01:17 68kMLA

I happened to browse the local classifieds but rarely do since nothing cheap is ever there, and came across someone selling G4/450 towers for $20 a pop. No ram or HD, but I've got lots of stuff that should work. Going tonight to pick one up. This will replace my G3/400 tower.

If this is the Sawtooth, that's a nice box. Mine is the file server.

#6 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 - 01:32 68kMLA

Wouldn't this be your chance?

No room. Plus I'm out of work for a while so I can't be dropping too much cash.

#7 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 - 01:57 68kMLA

Oh...

You should put ads on preter human.

#8 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 - 02:05 68kMLA

G4's are still dropping in price, in another year they will be freecycle finds so don't drop money on one now unless it is a great deal.

#9 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 - 03:11 68kMLA

Oh...You should put ads on preter human.

Tried that once, few days worth of annoying ads brought in maybe a dollar. I always wanted that site run only on donations anyway. I know I'll never break even but it is such a low cost to me anyway.

#10 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 - 03:12 68kMLA

G4's are still dropping in price, in another year they will be freecycle finds so don't drop money on one now unless it is a great deal.

These deals never come around this area. I probably won't find another used Mac for sale here for months.

#11 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 - 04:09 68kMLA

Never say never, funny things happen when you look around (try a recycler).

#12 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 - 04:40 68kMLA

Trust me. There is no such thing as a computer recycler in this city. Sometimes the city holds a dump usually once a year for old computers. Nobody is allowed to go through the stuff.

Anyway I picked up the system. Came with a standard Rage 128 16mb vga/dvi video card. Also had an ATI tv tuner in it for some reason... The thing was from a medical office.