02-05-2011, 11:42 PM
I've got a G4/450 in mine, but haven't turned it on it 3+ years. Maybe even 5 years this June.
I've got a mini - 1.42GHz, and I prefer to run it from a FW drive.
I just can't think of anything to really do with either of them.
and to make matters worse... of the smurfs -- I've got 5 of them. And while I did have a dozen iMacs
(G3-400, 450 and one white 600 - that was free, but DOA, much to my disappointment), I've reduced
that via donation and destruction to 5... got a few airport cages, and still can't think of anything useful for
them - even though I've always thought the sound from the iFruit was excellent - and I've got a 120GB
drive and 1GB of RAM in my "test machine" - (1GB in the G4 Smurf too... and enough RAM to max out
another pair of Smurfs, using the 256s or a pair of iMacs using the 512s)
I originally was ready to deploy them at a few places I thought might want the computer help - a few half-way houses, an animal shelter, etc. I thought of making a drive farm out of the Smurfs, but what good is
a computer with a 120, a pair of 80s and a 40GB drive, vs a single $69 1TB external??
Then there is the matter of the Pismo... aging screen, fatigued plastic, needs both a PRAM battery and
a regular battery - but once you remove the dead PRAM battery, works as a Boot Drive in target mode,
if you're willing to just let it be that (and format it as one) or just a storage drive with no OS on it -
because I've already got the Macbook. And even temporarily, no Pismo it going to take the MacBook's place
if it needed repaired!
So what to do with these ancient pieces of gunk? I'll definitely keep a single, G3/450 iMac, but having
trouble not looking at the dumpster for the rest of them each time I get a little pressed for room.
(and I haven't even addressed the 68000s that are in storage in South FL yet!)
I've got a mini - 1.42GHz, and I prefer to run it from a FW drive.
I just can't think of anything to really do with either of them.
and to make matters worse... of the smurfs -- I've got 5 of them. And while I did have a dozen iMacs
(G3-400, 450 and one white 600 - that was free, but DOA, much to my disappointment), I've reduced
that via donation and destruction to 5... got a few airport cages, and still can't think of anything useful for
them - even though I've always thought the sound from the iFruit was excellent - and I've got a 120GB
drive and 1GB of RAM in my "test machine" - (1GB in the G4 Smurf too... and enough RAM to max out
another pair of Smurfs, using the 256s or a pair of iMacs using the 512s)
I originally was ready to deploy them at a few places I thought might want the computer help - a few half-way houses, an animal shelter, etc. I thought of making a drive farm out of the Smurfs, but what good is
a computer with a 120, a pair of 80s and a 40GB drive, vs a single $69 1TB external??
Then there is the matter of the Pismo... aging screen, fatigued plastic, needs both a PRAM battery and
a regular battery - but once you remove the dead PRAM battery, works as a Boot Drive in target mode,
if you're willing to just let it be that (and format it as one) or just a storage drive with no OS on it -
because I've already got the Macbook. And even temporarily, no Pismo it going to take the MacBook's place
if it needed repaired!
So what to do with these ancient pieces of gunk? I'll definitely keep a single, G3/450 iMac, but having
trouble not looking at the dumpster for the rest of them each time I get a little pressed for room.
(and I haven't even addressed the 68000s that are in storage in South FL yet!)