iMac G5 going bye-bye

Gillo:

It's not so bad. I bought an iMac G5 last December myself, knowing that I'd be able to play Alpha Centauri or use whatever other Classic programs I wanted to for years with this. Was I sad that a new iMac was released in January? Well, a little. But this serves exactly the purpose I wanted -- cheap web server, desktop machine, backwards compatible.

Now, I might get a new laptop some day ....

No longer avaliable at the NZ store (Renaissance). Though you can still get a 20" for $2750 at resellers.

The iMac G5 is dead, long live the iMac G5.

As soon as it was announced I knew this was the computer for me, and after a year and a half of ownership I've fallen for it in a big way. Sleek, powerful (relatively) and quiet, it's sad to see it go. I'll be keeping mine for a bit longer, at least to run Photoshop until the macintels can run it.

The G4 mini is also gone!

I picked up a 17" G5 at a retail store in Ireland for 1100 (reduced from 1400 [even when you take away tax {21%} - we pay a premium here and thats why so many people bring i+power-books home from trips to the US]).
B.A.R.G.A.I.N. ^_^
65 for additional 512mb of RAM.
14 for a upgrade copy of iLife 06. (although it took *1 Whole Month* to get to me - cheers Apple >_< )

Im only giving it light to moderate use most days, so the extra little oomph the intel chips give wouldnt be noticeable to mise agus an teaghlach.

I'm usually not an early adopters, but in December I thought to be brave and buy an iMac G5 (not super-recent at that time, but still...).

Then the announcement: Intel iMac. Worse thing: as soon as I bought it, I suggested a friend of mine, a 'switcher', to buy an iMac and guess what she got? The bloody Intel one!!! Not fair, not fair :)

iMac G5 are no longer available at the:
Italy Apple Store
France Apple Store
Germany Apple Store
Austria Apple Store
Belgium Apple Store
Netherlands Apple Store
Spain Apple Store

Make sure to stop by your local Costco to get one... $1475 for the 20" G5 iMac, WITH 3 years of Applecare. Cheaper than Apple, with Applecare included!