Arne

I'm clearing out some of my Apple collection and would appreciate some price check feedback:

G4 PowerMac MDD 1.25 Dual Processors (FW800) / 2GB RAM / 2 x 320GB HD / 2 x DVD-R/W / CD-R/W
Identifiers: Firewire 800 - Order No. M8840LL/A - PowerMac 3,6 - Model No. M8570

Excellent condition, very clean (smoke-free, pet-free home) and well cared for.

Number of CPUs: 2
CPU Speed: 1.25 GHz
L2 & L3 Cache: 256k "on chip" level 2 caches running at processor speed (1 GHz) and a 1 MB DDR SDRAM backside level 3 cache with "up to 4-GBps throughput"
Memory: 2 GB PC2700 DDR SDRAM
Video: One DVI and one ADC port.
VRAM: ATI Radeon 9000 Pro 128MB
Firewire: One 800 and two 400 ports
USB: Two dual channel 1.1
Modem (built-in): 56k v.92
Max. OS: 10.5.8

Upgrades & Extras:
Hard Drives: Two 320GB Western Digital Caviar Blue, 7200RPM, 16MB caches
RAM: 2GB total
Optical Drives: Two - LG GSA4163B Super Drive (DL) and Apple Combo Drive (LG 4480B)
USB 2.0: 4 ports via LaCie PCI card
Video card: ATI Radeon 9000 Pro 128MB

Full specs: Power Macintosh G4 1.25 DP (FW 800) Specs (Firewire 800, M8840LL/A, PowerMac3,6, M8570, 1914) @ EveryMac.com and Power Mac G4 (FW800) - Technical Specifications

Boots into OS9 using the Classic environment in OS X.4.11.

Both hard drives were zeroed out and no bad sectors were reported; comes with fresh installation of OS X.4.11 (Tiger). Includes power cord only. No keyboard or mouse.

Thank you.

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Macfury

With entry-level G5 towers closing in on $150, I would try $100. Its saving grace is that anyone wanting to preserve OS9 capability would be doing so with a powerful model.

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John Clay

I'd say between $75 and $100, if you're lucky.

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Arne

Thank you for the feedback Macfury and John Clay.

I checked prices on Kijiji and Craigslist and...boy, the prices run the gamut:
G5 from $150 to $550. G4 from $95 to $275, though there are very few high end Dual Processor MDDs available. As expected, upgrades, specs, and condition seem to influence prices the most.

I'm going to try $225.

Rob

This is a misleading statement. The Firewire 800 G4s cannot boot into OS9 natively. They can run OS9 applications via Classic, as can G5s. You should remove the word "Boots" from the statement.

The Firewire 400 G4s could boot into OS9, but you still need to have the special OS9 install disks specific to the MDD models. The regular OS9 installers will not recognize the MDD G4s.

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