Wha'ts my G5 Power Mac Worth?

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Wha'ts my G5 Power Mac Worth?

So, I've got a general question: How much could I expect to sell my G5 Power Mac for?

Computer Summary: Its the original G5 desktop, and I got it from the first run when they were first being produced so its 8 years old. I replaced the disk drive and the HD. Its got a new 250 GB HDD (hitachi), and otherwise is running fine. It doesn't have the intel chip. The original monitor was destroyed a few years back by accident when I was moving. Oh, and I've got the wi-fi antenna for it as well.

Thoughts?

Power MAC G5, Mac OS X (10.4.11), 4GB RAM, 250GB HD

Posted on Mar 27, 2012 7:57 PM

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Answer 1

Kappy

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Mar 27, 2012 8:01 PM in response to penname

Need a boat anchor? Donate it to your church or Salvation Army and take a tax deduction. The only real value that machine has is for someone who wants a case for a home built PC project. The hard drive may be worth keeping if it's a SATA drive, but it is a tad small.

Look on eBay.

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BDAqua

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Mar 27, 2012 8:48 PM in response to penname

G5s are dropping in price, check eBay...

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=Power+Mac+G5

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John Galt

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Mar 27, 2012 10:02 PM in response to penname

Shipping costs will be prohibitively expensive so sell it on Craigslist, or give it to someone with children too small to use Daddy's iMac. They can play games like Nanosaur, Bugdom, Ottomatic, Pac-Man...

The G5 is fine for Internet use, iTunes, email... in other words just about everything people do with a new $1500 iMac anyway 😁

You can probably get at least $150. I sold a G3 iMac last year for $100.

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