Second hand 15 inch powerbook advice

Got offered a second hand 15 inch g4 powerbook, 3 months old for US$1300 from a guy i know that uses it for business and did not need it. I think its the 1.5gig model. Anyhow, is there anything i should be aware of for this model second hand?
Is the above a good price? I have a rev A imac which i will sell, horrible machine that one. Already have a 3 yo 15 in al powerbook and it has been great. Thought i would up grade and get rid of the imac as my back up machine and use the old 15 inch as a back up.
Any comments, thanks all.
regards
Joe

Some of the issues affecting the last G4 PowerBook involved the display and sound issues. I believe OS X release 10.4.5 or 10.4.6 took care of the sound issues. On the screen, you can do a search in the discussions...to get you started, you can read here and here.
The machine may be just fine, however, I wouldn't pay for it sight unseen. I'd want to run the Apple hardware test on it, maybe memtest, and be very sure the screen doesn't exhibit any of the horizontal lines cited by other owners. It would be a plus if it comes with Applecare, which is transferable to a new owner.

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