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iBook G4 1.2GHz
Posted by: beta_train on 2009-01-14 06:22:58
Hello everyone 🙂

This conquest is not mine, but a friend of mine. He picked up a great shape iBook G4 1.2GHz model with 30GB Hard Drive 512 ram and a carrying case for about $75 CAD. The only catch was that it was from a school and they said that he had to install his own version of Mac OS X. Now he is not that computer literate, so he asked me to install OS X on it for him. Needless to say I gladly accepted. I only had 10.4 discs, so it went from 10.5 to 10.4 but other then that it worked perfect. Battery holds up for a long time, and hardly any cosmetic damage. And the best part is because he lives 400kms away from me, I get to play with it for two weeks 🙂

Posted by: Strimkind on 2009-01-14 07:42:54
Very nice deal. The iBooks are still good machines and are getting cheaper and cheaper as ppl move to intels.

Posted by: MultiFinder on 2009-01-14 07:54:36
Sweet 😀

The later G4 'Books are really getting cheap these days, now that people are being affected by the whole 'SWEET JEEBUS this thing won't run *all* the latest stuff' syndrome with the Intel switch. Because everybody knows that a computer becomes obsolete and useless the moment an app comes out that it won't be able to run :🙂

Posted by: bluekatt on 2009-01-26 17:37:41
got the same only with 1,25 gig of ram and no carrying case

it dwarfs my 12 inch ibook whom for some reason i stil like better

Posted by: iMac600 on 2009-01-26 21:36:32
I've got the 1.07GHz 12" model, a very nice machine indeed especially with Tiger. Rather than replace it for 2009 i've just ordered a brand new battery for it so it should see some additional use yet...

Posted by: bluekatt on 2009-01-27 02:27:40
i actually like the form factor of the 12 inchers better then the 14 inch ibooks

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