Buy a Virginia Tech Cluster PowerMac G5
In the wake of news that Virginia Tech would be migrating their Supercomputer Cluster from PowerMac G5s to Xserve G5s, the fate of the original PowerMacs remained in question. Srinidhi Varadarajan had said they were working on "very good homes" for the historic machines.
It appears MacMall is now selling refurbished PowerMac units from the cluster ($2799 each). Their promo page reads "Own a piece of history!".
Presumably this means that Virginia Tech has already started swapping out PowerMac G5s with the new Xserve G5s.
Note: Non "historic" PowerMac G5 2.0GHz (512MB RAM) refurbs can be found for $2399 at the online Apple Store.
It appears MacMall is now selling refurbished PowerMac units from the cluster ($2799 each). Their promo page reads "Own a piece of history!".
Presumably this means that Virginia Tech has already started swapping out PowerMac G5s with the new Xserve G5s.
Note: Non "historic" PowerMac G5 2.0GHz (512MB RAM) refurbs can be found for $2399 at the online Apple Store.
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105 months ago
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Link: Own a piece of history! MacMall is selling refurbished G5s from the Virginia Tech G5 cluster.
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Link: Own a piece of history! MacMall is selling refurbished G5s from the Virginia Tech G5 cluster.
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105 months ago
Mr. Leo Laporte from TechTV has Bought one just anounced it live over the air
http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/shownotes/story/0,24330,3609697,00.html
Dave
http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/shownotes/story/0,24330,3609697,00.html
Dave
105 months ago
It would be a great way to own a part of history. Comes with 1 GB of memory. As long as you don't need a modem then you'd be all set. From what I have heard at my local store, I think that you would still get the full one year warranty. Also could get Apple Care.
105 months ago
Well, I guess all those people who thought there was no way VT would just sell them used were wrong.
Pretty cool--if I was shopping for a G5 now, I might actually go for the historical value even though I'd rather just get a new one.
Pretty cool--if I was shopping for a G5 now, I might actually go for the historical value even though I'd rather just get a new one.
105 months ago
How much did Dual 2GHz refurbs go for the last time Apple had some on their site?
$2799 seems kind of steep for a refurb - albiet, at least you know it's probably been well taken care of.
$2799 seems kind of steep for a refurb - albiet, at least you know it's probably been well taken care of.
105 months ago
Did anyone else notice that the 1.6 GHz and the dual 2.0 GHz models (not from the VT cluster) had Panther with them, while the 1.8 GHz and the VT cluster models came with Panther. WTF is up with THAT?
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