I spotted this on http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/

Would be nice for us australians. Too bad I can't find anything to verify it. Any one know anything about this?

jameso

If it is true (why would they limit this to Australia only?), I wonder what they'd do with the machines they get traded-in?

I wonder if they were to do this in the USA, how big the discount would be and if they would accept a G4 whose motherboard happened to find its way into a G3 case and then was given to me ~ish

My G3 is a G4 motherboard with a G3 processor in a G3 case...

(first revision, pci graphics of the G4)

Not that even with a $1699 discount (*the base model is about $1700usd iirc) I still would be able to afford a G5!

It could be a sign that Apple has something up their sleeves and want to make the transition to 64bit on the pro level at least, as fast and painless as possible.

This promotion is true - the traded in macs will be sold off by the resellers who accept the g3/g4 system from the customer. So, if you're after a cheap g3/g4, a lot of dealers may soon have some...

For the deal, the computer has to have been sold in Australia/NZ, be in original specced (or better) configuration, and have OS, keyboard, mouse, etc. I.e., be something that is in a state where it can be sold again.

niceness, where did you find out that info?

jameso

I'm a partner in a small authorised reseller and got an email about it late last week.

And in case you're wondering, I honestly wish I had more info about upcoming hardware, but I don't... But, I reckon it's a fairly strong pointer that Apple is trying to clear the current G5 stock out for an update at the end of March...

Then again, this is coming from someone who bought a powerbook one day before Apple updated the range, and a 1.8 G5 three weeks before they updated it to a dual cpy machine. So what do I know? :-P

If there is going to be a whole bunch of second hand g4 i'm going to get my grubby little mitts on one

jameso

I wonder if there will be a glut of G4 Cubes being traded in for G5s? :P
I might go the opposite and trade in a G5 for a Cube, hahah

i'll swap u my wicked g3 for your crashing g5. =)

jameso

I still wonder if they're doing this in the USA, because ther could in theory be alot of rather inexpensive G4s, too bad there's really no good mac shops within 140 miles that I know of...

work out the postage and i'm sure one of us could help you!

Whilst the deal is a little odd in that it's Australia only they have done things like this before. Apple Germany back in Europe had a deal where you could trade in any PC and get about 100USD towards a G3 or G4 (don;t remember it was a while back).

Releasing new G5's first and or only (at least for a short while) seems like a silly and unlikely event.

However it does point towards new G5's in the not so distant future which is a good thing. If I had a sawtooth or newer I would be all over this deal, G4's on ebay don't usually get over 1000, also you'd be trading in a stock machine and could sell any upgrades seperately. However as a Cube owner there is no way I'm handing over my pride and joy, it'll be a 1.4 gig upgrade then this will be retired as a media box, fashion statement. Won't be for a while though a G4 450 is still fast enough for everything except recent games and a 1.4 Gig G4 will be massive boost that should see me through another 2 years or so.

CompUSA did that awhile back, you traded in your older system for credit toward a new one, I know I was tempted to ask if I could take the iMac down there, but the bottom line of that deal was about 67 MHz too high for my tastes (that is to say, the minimum requirement was about a 300 G3, I was toolin' along at 233

(It was macs and pcs, and there was deals on peripherals as well. I believe the minimum spec on either was from about the same era, 300G3 or 500PIII or more. I'm sure that it would be possible to have combined the offer for a whole lot of G3s and P3s... (this waswhen G4 quicksilver was being rolled out, as I recall)

do you reckon they'll do the trade on Edu? Any news on that Rocket? I assume the credit issues would be indicative of the lesser edu purchase cost, but worth the enquiry.

Noise.

Educational price on a dual G5 1.8GHz without SuperDrive is around $3500, trade in your old G4 for $1000, thats a dual G5 1.8GHz for $2500, not bad at all