Looking to buy imac g3 atleast 500 mhz

I've looked all over ebay for an crt imac but haven't found anything. I'm looking for anything at or above 500 mhz, all colors except indigo. I will make a good offer. If you don't have one, anyone who knows of somewhere besides ebay to find one, i would appreciate your help. Thanks.
-Aaron

Allan et al,
Some of these places are not-for-profits... schools are shedding old iMacs and eMacs.>
Exactly, that's what I do here in Chicago. Here's my blurb:
"I gather, restore, upgrade and repair computers. These computers are then donated to schools in the inner city. These are typically high needs schools. Many have no computers at all!
The iMac in particular is very desirable in these situations:
a) It has a small footprint and is self contained.
b) I have a large amount of educational software that I load them up with.
c) The kids love them. I have seen iMacs get hugged. I never see that with any other computer.
Most of the children who are at these schools have no computers at home. In cases I'm working with now this is true for all of the children. The ones I donate provide the first hands on experience they have ever had.
Harry Porterfield did a piece on me last year.
http://www.vimeo.com/clip:150591
Here's the URL to the TV station site:
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=local&id=5097319
And like you said schools are cycling them out. I recently moved 20 350s out of a school here in IL. 8 are still waiting in my basemsnt.
Richard

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There is no such thing as a "business" Mac, versus one for an individual consumers. You should look at this list, and find your model and complete specifications.
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Dear Tonele,
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I am looking at buying a new iMac but not sure if I need the Nvidia Geforce GTX 680 MX 2GB or put the money into Memory I will not be gaming

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Questions:
1. I am an engineer and have the desire to run some applications that would normally only run on windows, I would thus plan on using Parallels. From other discussions, Parallels works great!
2. [Edited by Host, please do not speculate on future Apple products.]
3. Overall, you Mac Mini owner, is the Mac Mini generally good? Are you happy with it? Is it robust? That is, do you expect it to start up regularly and use it 8+ hours a day for all sorts of things? Is it a good investment? I'd like to think that once purchased (with the Apple care and such) that I'd get five solid years' worth of production out of it.

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In addition, because of my generally BAD experience
with the G4 Cube, I don't want to get hosed by
purchasing a slower machine a month before a faster
one comes out. As a loyal Apple customer for quite a
while, I think I deserve to be a bit skeptical.
Whether you like it or not, attempting to discuss Apple's future plans or products that as yet don't exist IS a violation of the terms of use of the site here, because as you'll know as a long-time Apple user, Apple doesn't discuss it's plans or policies with anyone. As such, they created this site as a user-to-user forum for the specific purpose of discussion of technical matters relating to existing products. A brody may not have expressed it in an elegant manner, but your question could do nothing but solicit responses from those who can't contribute anything but speculative responses, and since those would be highly likely to get the thread removed completely, would not be in your own interests to see posted.
You are at liberty to avail yourself of any of the other sites which discuss Apple products and seek information about future plans there, though in truth you'll still get nothing more than guesswork - which seems to me a rather poor foundation on which to make a purchasing decision.
There is nothing, however, to prevent you seeking help with potential upgrades - as has actually been detailed here before, including information about possible processor swap-outs for minis which you'll find if you search for it.
That said, with a history of Apple systems use, you have earned the right to be a bit skeptical! All the more reason I'd think to ensure that regardless of what might or might not be the next product off the production line, the system you buy actually meets your needs, since if it does, the fact that it will be replaced at some point (as all systems are of course) will not matter because it will continue to meet that need.
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If, and only if, you would like the option to run both operating systems, the mini is an excellent system to choose. Not perfect and not lightning fast, but with 2Gb RAM it would outperform your now-deceased Cube by a significant factor. In context, it would give you roughly equal performance to a G5 dual processor system, and in processor-intensive work, actually be able to outperform it.
The limitations of the mini are that it contains a laptop 5400rpm drive and doesn't permit internal expansion (other than maxing out the RAM). However, it can be expended with additional storage and peripherals by adding them externally, so the core system does not really limit your options in the way that many people at first assume.
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Poikkeus wrote:
1. Your MBP will be somewhat slower than your iMac, as reflected in the general speed; desktop Macs have more RAM and storage.
You recon? If he get's the 17", he would have up to 8x more RAM, 4 x more GPU,, and a bit faster CPU;.
2. Be aware of the advantages and disadvantages of extra RAM. Loading up the slot will make juggling multiple applications easier, like Photoshop, VLC, and Safari. However, more than 4gigs of RAM will make loading your MBP on startup twice as slow - at least a minute, probably longer. That's why a MBP user with extra RAM should sleep their machine nearly always when not in use, rather than powering off.
I did not know this, I just upgraded from 4gb to 8gb the other day. Have not noticed it being slower, but I don't often shut it down. It's nice to not even have to bother with ifreemem.
3. Additional storage and RAM will maximize the basic capabilities of your MBP, but you won't be able to make a 2.3ghz machine any faster than it already is.
SSD
4. I still feel that your iMac will be faster than your prospective MBP. The only way to dramatically increase the speed would be the installation of a SSD drive (like the lauded OWC series). But they're not cheap.
I don't want to rain on your parade, but want you to get a more realistic idea of your performance.
I chose a macbook pro, 17" of cause. I use it for gaming. Yes a iMac is better for gaming. But, it's nice to be able to move around. Set up a man cave in the lounge 1 week, or in the bedroom, the next. But you fork out a lot more dosh for that luxury. And yes, not as much power as Poikkeus has said.

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My son was home from college. He had this Al PB charging on the breakfast nook table, and the dog got tangled in the cord and pulled it off. This broke the DC in jack, leaving part of it in the jack, so a new AC adaptor would not work. He had to leave, so I put his HD into my old 500 MHz Ti PB, it booted, and he could leave to go back to school with at least all his files accessible. I pulled the DC in/sound card out of his Al PB (a major undertaking) and got the rest of the plug out of the Jack. I would now like to get my hard drive to boot in his Al PB, as I have some classic programs I would like access, though not 100% required until he returns for Christmas and we can swap hard drives back. (I am pretty sure the Al PB will not boot in OS 9, but it will run classic)
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It has to be the original CDs.
Any way to get the CD out if the machine is not booting?
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106178

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He has been frustrated by being attacked by Hackers before on his PC (I think that he might have gotten a couple of Remote Trojans) and he wants to go back online again of the Internet.
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How about the low end model will it run this decently?
I'm looking for individuals who have used this on their iMac to respond preferably.
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'83Mac,
I think you might want to reconsider your recommendation. While your friend may not want to go $2200 for the high end model, it seems to me that an extra $300 for twice the video RAM, twice the system RAM, 30% more HD space and a slightly more powerful CPU in the 2.66GHz. 20 in. model would certainly be worth it. 128MB of Video RAM is just not that much any more, and your friend is looking at buying a Mac specifically for x-plane, a graphic intense program. As you may know, and your friend would certainly be aware of, x-plane is in constant development and is always pushing the edge of the envelope as far as current system capabilities are concerned. It would give your friend a system that would be able to handle whatever is in the x-plane pipeline for a longer time to come, and extend his capabilities with the program's current state. Just my two cents.
Hope this helps,
Jeff

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styler,
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