Powermac G5 Quad 2.5, 1000 GB, Nvidia Quadro 512?

[Veritas&Equitas]

Hey guys. I've got a friend who is trying to sell me his Powermac he won in a raffle at work (web design company). Anyway, it's still sealed (b/c he hasn't opened it), and under the 1 year Apple Warranty I guess. Here are the rest of the specs:

2 dual-core 2.5GHz PowerPC G5 processors 1.25GHz frontside bus per processor
1MB L2 cache per core 8GB of 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM (PC2-4200)
2x500GB Serial ATA hard drive
16x SuperDrive (double-layer)
Three open PCI-Express expansion slots NVIDIA QUADRO FX with 512MB GDDR SDRAM

Now, the 1000 gb hard drive, 8 gb memory, and quadro 512 card really up the value don't they? We're friends, so I'm trying to convince him to get me a good deal. Here's my question(s):
1) How much should I attempt to get him to sell it to me for realistically?
2) How much do you guys think it's really worth in the market? (via eBay, CL, etc?)

Thanks guys, I really appreciate your response! HELP ME!

 

[daneoni]

$1999?

 

[amin]

$1999?

Apple still sells that machine for $7,324 plus tax and shipping. If it is really unopened, then it came from Apple that way. It is the ultimate machine for running non-Universal apps, and to some pros it is worth the price Apple asks. $1999 is way too low if you ask me. Even susbstituting third-party RAM and hard drives, it would cost $6000 to buy that machine right now. I think it's worth over $5000 brand new, unopened on the open market.

 

[daneoni]

it was a joke.

 

[Veritas&Equitas]

So any answers to my first question?

 

[Anonymous Freak]

it was a joke.

Yeah, I mean, come on... It's PowerPC.

It can't be worth more than, what, $499?

 

[Felldownthewell]

So any answers to my first question?

It all depends on how gulible your friend is, as well as his knowledge of the computer market and your willingness to lowball him.

A "fair" price would be 5000-7000. Since you are friends maybe he'll go a bit lower, but you aren't going to see anything under 4000, no way no how.

 

[QCassidy352]

he won a $7000 computer in a raffle??

 

[Veritas&Equitas]

he won a $7000 computer in a raffle??

Yup Bought 2 $100 tickets I guess. It was the 3rd place prize. #1 was a Passat Thank you everyone else for your responses!

 

[Clydefrog]

thats one hell of a raffle jesus cars and quads

 

[hal0n]

thats one hell of a raffle jesus cars and quads

i doubt that jesus drove a passat.

 

[BlueRevolution]

I gotta ask... what was second prize?

Oh, and I'll trade you a Mac Mini for it.

An Intel Mac Mini.

Edit: and I'll buy you both a beer.

 

[KingYaba]

$5,000 is fair. He got the machine for free, so it's money he wouldn't otherwise have. Secondly he's your friend so he has to hook you up, ya know? Very nice machine, I am so jealous.