[DM-MUG] dual core G5 sale question

[Darcy Baston]

Is anybody in the club in the market for a dual core G5 tower at  
2x2GHz, 1.5GB ram, 2x160GB internal drives, with a 20" 16:9 Apple LCD  
display Mac setup? I paid $1999 for the tower and $799 for the  
monitor a year and a half ago, ram was about $100 and extra hard  
drive was $120 (total cost: $3018). I'm considering getting a MacBook  
pro or iMac for the portability, gaming and Windows emulation  
opportunities (good ol' Intel cpus). There's another 18 months left  
on the Applecare warranty and there's a complimentary iSight camera.

This computer chews through web design, print work, photo editing,  
audio production and media conversion like crazy. If it wasn't for my  
new grab'n'carry/gaming/Windows needs, I wouldn't let this one go  
until my soul lost touch from an archeological dig in 2150. :) It's  
very quiet (I sleep near it) and the fans have never had to blow hard  
even when playing World of Warcraft or converting media. I've noticed  
their RPM change using a utility like iStat, but the noise level  
seems to stay the same. It's efficient like that. They work to their  
full spectrum though. Put in the Apple hardware test CD (or boot into  
Ubuntu Linux) and vroooom! I've only ever had one kernel panic with  
it while unplugging a USB M-Audio MobilePre while it was in use by  
audio software.

There's a bit of scuffing on the tower's right side from when the  
edge of a silver metallic waste basket rubbed up against it. I nearly  
cried when it happened. I've tried so hard to pamper it! The monitor  
has no dead pixels and it's been wiped only with the cloth that came  
with it in the box.

A couple teaser photos of it sitting in its current home:
http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=425646645&size=l
http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=425966630&size=l

You know I'm sure how well Macs hold up when they're adored. This one  
is no different. It's been hugged often.

Darcy