G4 Titanium Powerbook being offered

Hello,
I was looking to purchase a 15 inch G4 Titanium Powerbook from a classmate of mine. I do know that it is an older model, being that there are technology advances made every year. The specs are below. He is offering to sell it for $500.00 Is this a good deal? Any feedback is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Currently it has Mac OS X Version 10.3.9 Panther 1Ghz processor, 512mb Ram, ( can be 2G,) 60 GB Hard Drive.....
Included in the sale are 2 power adapters and two batteries.

Hi ciscokidbj21,
First of all, Welcome to the  Discussion Forums!
That models specs and an est. current value can be found at EveryMac.com's page Apple PowerBook G4 1.0 (Ti) Specs (M8859LL/A). They est. the current value of it at $700-850. Personally, I agree with eww's response above and think you could do better with a little shopping around if there is any problems with the PowerBook at all.
EveryMac's site certainly is a good general reference for prices but tends to be on the high side in my opinion. It will suffice though to help compare value from model to model though.
hope that helps some,
littleshoulders
edit: You said "the 1Ghz processor is slow isn't it?
Well, it is fast enough to run the latest OS, Leopard 10.5 though at the low end of its performance most likely. Todays desktop Macs are pushing 3Ghz so I would have to say in the near future even a 1Ghz machine will be considered quite slow. Of course this comes from one who uses an old iMac G3 350 10.3.9 (though I'm still happy but not as happy as if I had a iMac 3Ghz machine...lol!
Also, that model you are looking to purchase was the first PowerBook to come standard with a superdrive capable of burning dvd's which is a big plus if it is in good working order.
Message was edited by: littleshoulders

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