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Thanks! I wish it still looked this good though. Now Im down one G5, and in its place is a fairly new win7 HP system. (I traded my dual 1.8 G5 for the win7 system, Im a new apple fan, (about a year), so I still like windows for a few small things.... tho 99% of all my needs are met by my MBP)
Should be adding a few more older macs in the future though.
I'm similar, I've had a couple of macs here and there.
I would like to get some more, but windows 7 and windows 8 do fine for me so I have no complaints here
Alright, here is my PowerPC set up. I use it for all sorts of media. I'm watching a soccer match on it at the moment for example It boots off an 80GB SSD and all my media is stored on a 2TB HDD. Both are internal. My next task would be to setup Time Machine. I'm searching for an external drive large enough that also supports Firewire!
PS. Does anyone know why Macrumors rotates my pics?
It boots off an 80GB SSD and all my media is stored on a 2TB HDD. Both are internal. My next task would be to setup Time Machine. I'm searching for an external drive large enough that also supports Firewire!PS. Does anyone know why Macrumors rotates my pics?
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Okay, weird. I wanted the entire setup to be visible and obviously its more tall than wide so
Here are my 2 Macs. I have a PowerBook G4 1.33 Ghz 15" and a late 2013 15" rMBP. Also in the picture is the second monitor I use with my rMBP and my retina iPad mini. I also have a Power Macintosh 7100/80AV that I just bought and need to go pick up this weekend. I'm looking forward to getting it setup.
Heres my updated set up. Cleaned up and simplified. (no more multiple keyboards, with screen sharing set up on the macs, and Microsofts Remote Desktop for the w7 system. Also shows my new white Ikea lights, in addition to my monitor lights. (set on red now, to match my new money tree pot, and red sheets on the spare bed behind me)
Was playing around with VSCO Cam today, thought I'd try some different effects. Here's my eMac with my Windows 8 notebook. I'm running Synergy and am sharing the keyboard and mouse between the PC and the eMac.
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As it is now
Quicksilver G4 1.2Ghz (Sonnet upgrade)
1.5GB RAM
2x 500GB SATA HD
2x 160GB IDE HD (RAID1 for 260GB ttl)
Dual Layer DVD Burner
Zip 250
NVDIA GeForce 2 MX
ATI Radeon 9200
ATI Rage 128
USB 2.0 / FW400 PCI card (2USB, 2FW ports)
PCI SATA card
2x 17" Studio Displays
20" HDTV (Main display)
18" Gateway FPD1810 display
- Could be driving four monitors right now, but I need DVI to ADC transformers
On the way
Powerlogix 1.6Ghz Dual G4 processor card
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
20" Cinema Display
Future plans - 5x 23" Cinema HD Displays, replace Rage 128 with TV Tuner card.
Quicksilver G4 1.2Ghz (Sonnet upgrade)
1.5GB RAM
2x 500GB SATA HD
2x 160GB IDE HD (RAID1 for 260GB ttl)
Dual Layer DVD Burner
Zip 250
NVDIA GeForce 2 MX
ATI Radeon 9200
ATI Rage 128
USB 2.0 / FW400 PCI card (2USB, 2FW ports)
PCI SATA card
2x 17" Studio Displays
20" HDTV (Main display)
18" Gateway FPD1810 display
- Could be driving four monitors right now, but I need DVI to ADC transformers
On the way
Powerlogix 1.6Ghz Dual G4 processor card
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
20" Cinema Display
Future plans - 5x 23" Cinema HD Displays, replace Rage 128 with TV Tuner card.
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My two PowerPC notebooks
2005 Powerbook G4 15' DLSD and an original 2003 iBook G4
Very nice!
Mind sharing what applications you have on the G4? I have a G3 that I'm going to be putting Tiger onto and not really sure what to put on it or if anything would really even run that well haha
My only plans are TenFourFox and Office 2004.
Sure, I have these items in the dock -
iPhoto 09 (Part of iLife 09; Which I'm not 100% runs on a G3)
VLC Player for video playback
MacTubes for YouTube
Skype
Spotify
BitTorrent
Photoshop CS2
Office 2008
The rest are standard Apple apps such as iTunes, iChat etc. Great choice on TenFourFox! Whilst I personally prefer Webkit, as far as I'm aware it requires Leopard.
I just installed iLife '09 on my G5 today and have the box handy. According to the label it's only compatible on G4's, G5's and Intel Mac's.
WebKit for Tiger - https://code.google.com/p/tenfourkit/, not recently updated but still good.
Cheers
Hugh
I would pick up a copy of iLife 08' from Amazon. I just bought a family pack for $6.41!
It is the last version of iLife compatible with Tiger.
EDIT: I just realized you have a G3, I'm not sure iLife 08' is compatible with G3s.
This is the last of my Power PC machines. It's my iBook G4.
This iBook has a little history behind it. I purchased an iBook G3 back in 2003 that had a lot of problems with the display chipset in it. It was in for repair 5 times under the repair program that Apple set up. I really liked the laptop, but having it break so often was getting tiring.
The last time I had it in for repair, it was about a month before the 3 year extension was up. I wound up emailing Steve Jobs about it, saying that even though I really liked the laptop, I felt that it wasn't going to last. Well, I wound up getting a phone call from Apple's 'office of Steve Jobs'!
To make a long story short, they replaced the iBook with a brand new iBook G4. I was completely floored by their service. They got me as a valued customer for life after that!
This is my iBook, which still works flawlessly, though it's a bit old and slow these days. I don't really use it anymore, but I keep it around since I like it so much.
I'll also probably be getting my old 1.6Ghz G5 back from my parents at some point, so my Power PC boxes may be multiplying again. We'll see.
This iBook has a little history behind it. I purchased an iBook G3 back in 2003 that had a lot of problems with the display chipset in it. It was in for repair 5 times under the repair program that Apple set up. I really liked the laptop, but having it break so often was getting tiring.
The last time I had it in for repair, it was about a month before the 3 year extension was up. I wound up emailing Steve Jobs about it, saying that even though I really liked the laptop, I felt that it wasn't going to last. Well, I wound up getting a phone call from Apple's 'office of Steve Jobs'!
To make a long story short, they replaced the iBook with a brand new iBook G4. I was completely floored by their service. They got me as a valued customer for life after that!
This is my iBook, which still works flawlessly, though it's a bit old and slow these days. I don't really use it anymore, but I keep it around since I like it so much.
I'll also probably be getting my old 1.6Ghz G5 back from my parents at some point, so my Power PC boxes may be multiplying again. We'll see.
Well, I would have gone after the display, but shipping from the UK would be prohibitive. I paid $30 to have my 20" shipped from Atlanta to Phoenix. Can't imagine how much it'd cost for a 23" display to get across the pond and then on to me from the east coast!
Thanks! And since I never miss a chance to whore out the Enterprise-D...
I actually won the national people's choice model contest through hobbytown with that model.
Ok... back to your regularly scheduled PowerPC systems...
That's awesome! Very cool model!Thanks! And since I never miss a chance to whore out the Enterprise-D...
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I actually won the national people's choice model contest through hobbytown with that model.
Ok... back to your regularly scheduled PowerPC systems...
Apple Cube. Bone stock with the original 450 mHz G4 the only thing that is upgraded on it is the memory and the HD is 80 GB. I got this about a month ago and I got the Cube, Monitor, keyboard and mouse for $75.00. I found Harmon Kardon soundsticks on ebay for $30.00 and today I picked a couple black Apple Pro Mouse's for $8.00.
I also have got off ebay a 2nd cube for $25.00 as a parts machine for the first one. I really hope that the case is in better shape then the one I have as it has several deep scratches that will not buff out.
I also have got off ebay a 2nd cube for $25.00 as a parts machine for the first one. I really hope that the case is in better shape then the one I have as it has several deep scratches that will not buff out.
