[DM-MUG] Options for least expensive G4 or G5??

[Rod Ragner]

On May 1, 2005, at 5:47 PM, Donald Brown wrote:
> Get a mini.  Very cheap, and it's going to run rings around your cube. 
>  Not very expandible, but neither was the cube.

A Mac mini only has DVI output and the older Cinema Display (that came 
with a Cube) only has ADC input. Therefore, a $100 DVI-to-ADC adapter 
would be required (to provide power to the ADC display), meaning that a 
Mac mini will cost a little more than originally thought.

A refurbished Power Mac G5 or even G4 is probably a better choice if 
the original Cinema Display is to be retained.

I have a 22" Cinema Display (purchased August 2000 for $4,000) and am 
worried that someday I will not be able to use it with anything new. 
Fortunately, it has worked beautifully with the Dual 500MHz G4 with 
which it was purchased, then a Dual 800MHz G4 in August 2001 and 
finally a Dual 2GHz G5 in July 2003.

Rod