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Ideas on how to repurpose a G4 iMac (lampshade)?
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Picked up a 17" iMac G4 on craigslist

I always loved this form factor - I think this was the peak of Apple's industrial design

So, even if it wasn't functioning, I wanted one as a collector's item and for nostalgic reasons (I've owned several in the past)

Turns out this one works fine. It had Panther installed which I upgraded to Tiger yesterday

There's no Airport card installed, so no wifi, but ethernet does work

I don't believe it has bluetooth either

USB, firewire and ethernet ports are working

The optical drive also doesn't seem to be able to read discs, though I haven't tested it extensively

So, does anybody have any thoughts on what I can do with this? Or, should I just marvel at its incredible design and be happy with that?

Thanks
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Ideas on how to repurpose a G4 iMac (lampshade)? - by pinkoos - 09-08-2020, 04:55 PM

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