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"All" together, besides Oddball, Crowley, and For Parts Only. I have too many of these things and know I should sell some off, but I'm too sentimental. I'll get over it, maybe.​
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And arranged how it actually usually is.
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New addition: iMac G4 (the cutest Mac ever made). Arrived VERY dirty, and VERY dead (£20 eBay purchase). When opened up realised the ATA ribbon connector had been totally removed, and the drive caddy was missing its entire HDD (must have died at some point, was removed but not replaced). Entire thing full of dust. A good clean, a new IDE HDD and an install of 10.4 later and it is now happily on my desk (in place of my Macintosh Classic which is now displayed on a shelf).

So happy with the little beauty!
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When I'm looking at this picture I rather dig out and don't sell my 15" one I have in my basement. It's looking really cute because of its 3:4 format. I have also the 17" and 20" one and those are looking more modern because of their screen ratio.
 
gagigu said:
When I'm looking at this picture I rather dig out and don't sell my 15" one I have in my basement. It's looking really cute because of its 3:4 format. I have also the 17" and 20" one and those are looking more modern because of their screen ratio.
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Yeah, there is something specifically pleasing about the little 15" display... I always thought the 17" and 20" ones looked a bit weird, a bit 'top heavy', whereas the dome of the computer always looked like it was specifically designed with the dimensions of the 15" display in mind.

I had a friend over at my place yesterday. She had never seen a G4 iMac before (I think they were relatively rare in the UK - I don't really remember seeing a lot of them at the time) and she was fascinated by it! She actually asked where she could buy one as she thought it was a new Mac, and I had to explain it was a 20 year old machine!
 
ervus said:
I've been trying out my new DD after cloning the SSD from the previous (now backup) 12" powerbook:

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It's upgraded about as far as it can go, but one last thing I'd like to do is change out the LCD backlight with an LED conversion.

There is also the idea of increasing the onboard RAM, but I don't know if this can be done by simply changing out the 4 RAM chips. I have a feeling it would be more complicated.
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thats incredible, do you think the 1400x1050 screen and 2ghz cpu could work in a 12" ibook? i have the 1.07ghz model that i want to max out with those upgrades if it is possible
 
I feel unclean. Even more so than when I got that Intel MacBook.
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I prefer CRTs when I can use them, but my dual TV and monitor setup was causing this table to bend, so I had to switch out to this hand me down flat panel I got from my sister. At the very least it isn't PWM, but I still hate 16:9.​
 
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lepidotós said:
I feel unclean. Even more so than when I got that Intel MacBook.
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I prefer CRTs when I can use them, but my dual TV and monitor setup was causing this table to bend, so I had to switch out to this hand me down flat panel I got from my sister. At the very least it isn't PWM, but I still hate 16:9.​
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4:3 is the ultimate resolution. Apple may even know this today, since most of their iPads use a 4:3 display.
You can easily watch a video on a 4:3 screen, but then you remember that it’s a computer, and it’s made for work… :D
 
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Actually, 5:4 is the better aspect ratio at the same horizontal resolution: at a width of 2560 pixels, 4:3 gives you 2560×1920; 5:4 gives you 2560×2048.
1:1 is best though.
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5:4 is nice, I’ve tried and liked it. But Apple never used it, I wonder why… and I’m attached to keeping the 4:3 consistent between all Mac desktops and laptops, so that the windows are all sized the same.
 
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5:4 is nice, I’ve tried and liked it. But Apple never used it, I wonder why…
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Presumably because the vast majority of CRTs use a 4:3 aspect ratio, and running a 5:4 resolution on them makes things look weird unless you adjust their settings. 5:4 only really took off when 1280×1024 LCDs became a thing in the late 1990s.
 
I'm pretty sure the CRT Studio Displays could do 1280x1024, which is 5:4. Personally, I'm more fond of 3:2 for laptops (hence why I went for the 15"), but that might just be because I'm sick of XGA, I haven't tried 1400x1050 yet.​
 
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Another one joined my collection today. A Pismo PowerBook G4 (400Mhz). In PERFECT condition, not a scratch on it! Even has all four of its original feet! All original, even the optical drive (DVD) works. Only 6Gb HDD though, so probably best to leave OS 9 on it. Such a shame the battery no longer holds a charge. But thankfully it hasn't bulged, so can still stay in the machine for aesthetic reasons. Would love a new battery for this - would be a good emergency portable DVD player!
 
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lepidotós said:
I'm pretty sure the CRT Studio Displays could do 1280x1024, which is 5:4. […]
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Yes, but the tube’s native aspect ratio is 4:3, so 5:4 modes will probably be stretched horizontally, making circles look like ovals unless you adjust the picture to compensate.

The 17” eMac’s CRT does 1280×960, which is the more appropriate 4:3 cousin of 1280×1024.
 
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True, I was responding to "But Apple never used it". The stretching doesn't bother me on my E773s (the 60Hz does, however, so I usually go back down to 1152), but with a geometry adjustment it looks normal.
@fooyork If you ever want to experiment with battery repacking, it doesn't seem that difficult and is potentially a lot cheaper and more reliable than seeking a new or lightly used battery for one. Obviously do your research, but you can maybe shove in higher capacity cells from what I've read. I have a second battery for my Lombard to experiment with repacking, and I'll post my results when I do, but a quick and dirty bit of math tells me you might be able to squeeze about 10 and a half hours out of a single battery with an SSD, assuming the original cells were 1800mAh and you use 3300mAh cells.​
 
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True, I was responding to "But Apple never used it".
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What about these 20” (or so) 1280×1024 fixed-frequency CRTs used with old Unix (SGI?) workstations: do these have a native 5:4 aspect ratio, since they don’t support any other resolution?

But you’re right, any decent 17” (or larger) CRT can do 1280×1024.
 
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True, I was responding to "But Apple never used it". The stretching doesn't bother me on my E773s (the 60Hz does, however, so I usually go back down to 1152), but with a geometry adjustment it looks normal.
@fooyork If you ever want to experiment with battery repacking, it doesn't seem that difficult and is potentially a lot cheaper and more reliable than seeking a new or lightly used battery for one. Obviously do your research, but you can maybe shove in higher capacity cells from what I've read. I have a second battery for my Lombard to experiment with repacking, and I'll post my results when I do, but a quick and dirty bit of math tells me you might be able to squeeze about 10 and a half hours out of a single battery with an SSD, assuming the original cells were 1800mAh and you use 3300mAh cells.​
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I’m not particularly handy with a soldering iron! But let me know how you get on! Would love to hear the results!
 
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I recovered last year in UK a powerbook G4 12", with this serial 4H53821KRJ7, but in apple serial number info site it is not recognized, this is normal?
 
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tayloralmond said:
I had to do a little rearranging to get these shots, but here's my setup:

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Top Shelf- iBook G3 500MHz 12" (Dual USB) and iBook G3 900MHz 14"
Middle- Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh and Macintosh Plus
Bottom- Mac Pro (1,1) and PowerMac G5 Quad

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PowerBook G3 Pismo (G4 Upgraded), iBook G3 466MHz (Firewire), PowerBook G4 1.5GHz 12", PowerBook G4 1.67GHz 17"

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PowerMac G4 MDD Dual 1.42GHz (Overclocked to 1.5GHz)

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iMac G3 (Summer 2001) 600MHz
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That were great time too!
 
Lots of systems in these pics...

Operational units are my MDD, the iMac G4, the Mac Pro 2010 and the modded XPS

Other units in pics not being used are the 2 G5's, the Quicksilver, the Mac Mini G4, Mac Pro 2008 and off camera is a Mac Mini 2010, Powerbook Pismo, Mac Classic and Powermac 7500 and a custom PC server hosting the Drobo Elite.

Units not in the office are my Powerbook Ti, an iMac 2007, and Dell Inspiron laptop.

PS. forgot about my Macbook 2009

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Great, there is a lot to find in the pics!
Is that Cinema Display a 20" or 22"?
iMac G4 seems to be a 15 or is it"?
 
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