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Originally Posted by Transmogrify
Well, whatever. You can still find similar systems on Ebay.com going for considerably more than you quoted with plenty of bids.
And no, the upgradability wouldn't take the processor up to the spec of an iMac but it's not an iMac and you can't compare the two machines.
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I disagree. I think you can compare any two computers in terms of what they are capable of. The point you made was that the G5 is expandable/upgradable. My response was that even if you do expand it, fill up its slots etc, it's still probably going to fall short of what a basic iMac can do. So, once you've upgraded to the max, and it has nowhere left to go, it's basically in the same position as an iMac with no further room for expansion. His original question was 'what would you pay for it'. Personally I wouldn't even go to $500 but he might find someone that would.
On eBay just now, there were several dual processor G5s (his is a single) with larger hard drives sitting in the $500-600 bracket. Granted the auctions weren't yet closed, but several were in the last hour. Similar machines priced around the $1000 mark had received no bids. I hope (as I'm sure we all do) that herkalees gets a great price when he finally comes to sell it, but if I were in his position I would err on the side of conservatism.