@Humppa
I just wonder how these will drop in price in the unlikely even that some more reasonably priced new hardware is released.
That really depends on wether or not the more reasonably priced hardware is higher spec or not.
If higher spec hardware becomes available then the second hand market for Articia hardware will probably increase as more users upgrade.
It probably still won't be particularly cheap though, because you're not going to get 1Ghz plus G4 motherboards for under $300 (or $500 for that matter) anytime soon.