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Originally posted by wild_jester / BOB:
I am looking into buying a MAC in the next month or so. My budget is extreamly limiteds so i was thinking about going with a B&W G3. I have been looking on ebay and they seem to be around 300$ or so and i could aford that. Would a G3 be abvle to run Panther? Also i would also be planning on upgrading it to a G4 a little later. Is that idea feasible? Also would it be cheaper to build one or just to buy a complete one. I have acces to cdroms and harddrives and ram at scool so i could get all those for free. The only hard thing to get would be the MotherBoard and case/power supply.
For your budget, this Mac looks like an excellent buy. This seller has alot of positive feedback. Thats always good.
Power Mac G4 Tower, 450MHZ, AGP, DVD-ROM, 256MB RAM, 20GB Hard Drive. $380 is currently the bid you need to beat out the rest of the bids.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2760499871&category=14912I don't think you would be able to upgrade a G3 Mac to a G4. You may be able to stick a G4 motherboard in a G3 tower, but any other G3 is probably a lost cause for upgrading(I don't know this for sure, someone else may be able to answer this accuratley).
[ October 22, 2003: Message edited by: Viper ]