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It would be great to stick a tiny LED strip behind it. I, back then, put a battery-powered LED behind it, which is weak and pretty silly.
Nice G3 u got there, that's one Mac which I can't seem to find....u should get the rest frm storage n display it.... U did take out the battery right !
Here's my faithful dual 1ghz Quicksilver next to the two MDDs I've been tinkering with the past few days. The center one is also a dual 1 ghz, and the right most one is a single 1.25.
Since I had all three systems next to each other, I thought I'd run Geekbench on all three. You can see the results for yourself.
This time tomorrow, the single 1.25 should also be a dual 1ghz. I'll be interested to compare the benchmark numbers of what should be two identical systems after I've done the upgrade.
Since I had all three systems next to each other, I thought I'd run Geekbench on all three. You can see the results for yourself.
This time tomorrow, the single 1.25 should also be a dual 1ghz. I'll be interested to compare the benchmark numbers of what should be two identical systems after I've done the upgrade.
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And here's my "mobile" setup:
Haha I love that
Very well done!
I like those old Powerbooks-Macbook pros
Also MC on your tv hehe
Just got a new addition to my Power Mac Collection. Power Mac G3 B&W 400MHZ. Here are all my G3/G4 towers I have collected. Makes quite the pretty picture.
Also have a Power Mac G5 Quad but using it now
Also have a Power Mac G5 Quad but using it now
Just got a new addition to my Power Mac Collection. Power Mac G3 B&W 400MHZ. Here are all my G3/G4 towers I have collected. Makes quite the pretty picture.
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Also have a Power Mac G5 Quad but using it now
I too have those PowerMacs you have pictured there and just got a G5 dual-core!
I was gonna get a quad-core, but the sellers sadly had sold their last ones. It makes for a good picture, indeed. ----------
Odd that they engraved the bezel, and very unfortunate for a Mac that's in such great condition. I got my 17-inch 1Ghz iMac G4 for free as well! I put 1GB of RAM in it but it's still weak with Leopard. I wouldn't go past Tiger on the machine. Still a nice one though. My school happens to have one or two of them somewhere. I actually opened up 'Network' on a school computer and wrote down the classroom numbers that had PowerPC Macs in them. xD Just in case.......(found eMac/s, iMac G4/s, and PowerMac G5/s).
I also have a dual 2.0 sitting unused and for sale as I bought the quad core recently. My Power Mac collection is quite extensive and I have to curb the buying. I could probably fill an entire page of posts if I submitted all that I have ;P
Yeah, same with me. I have like 76 computers. How does your quad-core run? I was surprised even at how fast my dual-core 2Ghz (250GB HD and 3.5GB RAM) has been running.
Runs great and fast for web browsing. It was a school computer I believe and when I got it from someone I assume got it second hand it was the most disgusting mac I have ever seen. It had a sign on it saying never to shut it off as it was used to do backups. There was a layer of hair and dust so thick on the fans and other internal parts it could have been made into a carpet! The graphics card was also full of debris so it didnt work unless it was in safe mode. Now I got a new graphics card from an ebay seller I deal with and I cleaned the mac out. It has 10gb of ram and I installed a sata 2 ocz 120gb ssd with leopard on it.
Man, that is awesome! I sadly passed up a $100 Mac Pro 1,1 that had 10GB of RAM. It was on Craigslist... I didn't think I needed it then because I thought my brother was going to give me his, and I didn't think it was at all necessary, but that would have been an amazing deal considering they go for around $350, I believe. My school has a G5 in one of my classes, and it's the backup server. It runs constantly and is probably really dirty. I am really curious to know what its specs are, but I am not able to know.
Bro, just get something modern and with an Intel processor
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Schools seem to be the best source of free PowerPC Macs.
Bro, just get something modern and with an Intel processor
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Schools seem to be the best source of free PowerPC Macs.
Haha---speaking of schools with PowerPC Macs, I went into 'Network' on a newer Mac in the school and it listed all the computers on the network and what rooms they were in. I located all the PowerPC Macs and wrote down their room numbers. You know...around.
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Thought I'd post my best ppc laptops. Ibook G4 12 inch 1.33GHZ with 768mb ram. Powerbook G4 12 inch 1.5GHZ 1.25GB ram. Great capable machines for basic web surfing.
I had that same model iBook a few years ago as my workhorse and daily drive, and I currently have that same PowerBook model for light browsing, writing and DVD's in bed.
So… has anyone gotten FreeBSD running on a PPC Mac? It's fast and still supported. I did that on an iBook G4, but I couldn't figure out how to get prebuilt packages with pkg, so I compiled everything. Took forever. I was only patient enough to let nano compile; compiling gnome2 was going to take way too long.
Added PowerPC Mac to replace my G4 MDD set-up...
So I just bought a 2003 model PowerMac G5 Dual 2.0Ghz, 3.5GB RAM, 250GB HD. Honestly, the cosmetic condition is horrible. The sides of the casing are full of scratches, scrapes, and gouges. However, I have mine inside a cubby and you cannot notice! It was a fine price at $40, considering these go for around $115 in my area. It even came with an Airport Extreme card, but I do not have the antenna and do not want to do the safety pin hack. I use ethernet anyway. I will just put the card in my iMac G4, as it badly needs one. So here I have a similar set-up to replace my G4 MDD set-up. I brought back the second display, which is a 2003 Sony model SDM-HS73. My brother let me have his speaker system, so here I have two nice speakers with a subwoofer underneath. I have a piece of poster board to hide the wire mess! I made a ghetto stand for the second monitor by taping together DVD-movie cases and wrapping them in sheets of paper. (hidden by phone) Poking from in between the two monitors is a lamp with a 7-watt LED lightbulb in it. On the right I have my APC back-up battery with my iSight camera on top of it. My dad, brother, and I built this desk several years ago. It's a long slab of marble on top of a custom-assembled plumbing pipe stand! I removed the LED lights from my MDD and put them on the underside of the G5. I am planning to put lights inside of the Mac once I get the chance. Thanks for looking. (P.S. No, my G5 isn't powered by EVGA)
So I just bought a 2003 model PowerMac G5 Dual 2.0Ghz, 3.5GB RAM, 250GB HD. Honestly, the cosmetic condition is horrible. The sides of the casing are full of scratches, scrapes, and gouges. However, I have mine inside a cubby and you cannot notice! It was a fine price at $40, considering these go for around $115 in my area. It even came with an Airport Extreme card, but I do not have the antenna and do not want to do the safety pin hack. I use ethernet anyway. I will just put the card in my iMac G4, as it badly needs one. So here I have a similar set-up to replace my G4 MDD set-up. I brought back the second display, which is a 2003 Sony model SDM-HS73. My brother let me have his speaker system, so here I have two nice speakers with a subwoofer underneath. I have a piece of poster board to hide the wire mess! I made a ghetto stand for the second monitor by taping together DVD-movie cases and wrapping them in sheets of paper. (hidden by phone) Poking from in between the two monitors is a lamp with a 7-watt LED lightbulb in it. On the right I have my APC back-up battery with my iSight camera on top of it. My dad, brother, and I built this desk several years ago. It's a long slab of marble on top of a custom-assembled plumbing pipe stand! I removed the LED lights from my MDD and put them on the underside of the G5. I am planning to put lights inside of the Mac once I get the chance. Thanks for looking. (P.S. No, my G5 isn't powered by EVGA
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Yeah, I had just had tape on it before but wrapped it because it looked ugly with my new set-up. I'll standby for pics of your set-up. Mine did too; I just posted this PowerMac G5 set-up recently and I have already dismantled the entire set-up and put it into a different room.
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I know this is Linux and not FreeBSD, but they have Lubuntu PPC, which looks kinda promising. (however many problems can arise from installing Linux on a PPC).