Ideas on how to repurpose a G4 iMac (lampshade)?

[bhaveshp]

The last gen 15” with a 1 GHz CPU had USB2. I think using such a machine with an SSD would be an example of diminishing returns, though cool for sure.

[btfc]

Apple Pi:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2__ZCBf5_oU

[d4]

A clock.

[pinkoos]

Thanks for all the replies

Looks like maybe a screensaver/slide show type device could possibly work for us

[PeterB]

jdc wrote:
[quote=PeterB]
Recipe / music server for kitchen. Consider a wall mount, such that the LCD hangs downward and at eye level.

Huh, never thought to wall mount one. They gotta be close to 25 lbs.

Im in the same camp as you guys -- I have my moms in the garage -- its a 15" G4 1 Ghz w/USB 2 -- one of the last/fastest ones.

No idea what to do with it.

I have a 2006 20" and 2007 24" sitting that are for more capable... but not the same adjustment...
25 lbs is not that much to wall-mount. The advantage of this is that the body of the iMac is not taking up valuable counter space, and the screen can be conveniently placed at or near eye-level. The disadvantage is that the optical drive will no longer be level with the floor, but few people actually use the optical drive any more anyway. It makes a definite design statement.

Not quite wall-mounted, but you get the idea:

[Sarcany]

You want to actually put it to work, as opposed to turning it into a neat sculpture?

Find someone who needs an old Mac for Pro Tools.

Audio guys collect ancient plugins and refuse to spend money on upgrades. They always seem to need old Macs.

[RAMd®d]

The last gen 15” with a 1 GHz CPU had USB2.


That would be the third gen of G4 iMac.

I do like the idea of a music machine + flip clock.

Could be tough on the screen though.

I've never found an app that would create Lissajous patterns from left and right audio output.

My Marantz 150 tuner does that but for tuning.

Looks exactly like:



There was an iTunes plug-in that came close, but I think it stopped working early in OS X.

I don't know if I have it on one of my old drives, or where I could even find it.

It would be the only 'visualizer' I'd want to use.

I suppose I could go way back old school and actually get an o'scope, but that's just too clunky.

[decay]

Before our office closed, I kept an old one on my desk running some Brian Eno software, 77 Million Paintings.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/77_Million_Paintings

https://longnow.org/events/02007/jun/29/...brian-eno/