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Apple unloads Mac Mini G4′s at Costco

April 15, 2006 by in Apple with 5 Comments

Of all places, I’m not at all surprised to see Apple clearing out its inventory of G4 powered Mac Mini’s at Costco [Wholesaler]. They did it with iPods six months ago.

The $699 price tag gets consumers a 512Mb Mac Mini with a 80Gb hard drive, as well as a wireless keyboard and mouse, which originally weren’t included with the Mac Mini. It also comes with a three year warranty, where the Apple stores only offers 90 days.

Not too shabby a deal. 3 year warranty versus Apple’s 90 days. Read more on Silicon Valley Sleuth. Still no sign of the Mini’s on Costco.com at the time of posting.


  • FernyB

    I need a new computer although I dont want the intel mac just because of photshop is not out for intel macs. I am still using an old Power Mac G4 400 Mhz, I will be buying a PPC mac mini sometime soon before they run out. then when Photoshop comes out for the Intel Mac’s then I will buy an Intel Mac.

  • Justin

    Yeah, I remember seeing it there a few weeks ago when looking for Spinach Dip.

  • http://ikonq.com ikonQ

    FernyB, You may notice that Photoshop will actually run faster through Rosetta on an Intel Core Duo Processor than on your G4 400Mhz. A lot of people actually believe that running Photoshop (PowerPC) on an Intel MacBook or iMac is a lot like running it on a G4 Mac Mini or G4 iBook.

    You may have better luck/power/efficiency/balance in your bank account if you go for an Intel one straight away.

    Hope this helps in some way, Cheers.

  • http://www.eptexasgaming.com/phpnuke/ Jack_EP

    just as the white speck on the top of chicken crap is still chicken crap – the intel mac is still a mac

    How about open source MAC? – SLOGAN: An Apple on every Desktop

  • http://www.never2funky.com Alex

    Seems like a nice package and I think I will consider one for my kids, but about the Open Source comment…… let it go…

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