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From: Jim on 10 May 2010 11:24 On 2010-05-10, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: >> >> On 2010-05-10, Andy Hewitt <thewildrover(a)me.com> wrote: >> >> > I found one on eBay over the weekend that may do the job. An old G4 >> >> > PowerMac MDD 1.25GHz with 1GB of RAM. No hard drive, or externals, but >> >> > at �50 I couldn't pass that up as a punt. Looks like it may have the top >> >> > end graphics card too. >> >> >> >> Nice machines, but be warned - they can be loud. >> > >> > I don't care, it'll be in Emily's room! Besides, it may teach her to not >> > break the laptop! :-) >> >> Oh, well in that case there are probably a few things you can do to make it >> louder :-) > > Attach those bicycle spoke clackers to the fan! [evil grin] Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "[The MP4-12C] will be fitted with all manner of pointlessly shiny buttons that light up and a switch that says 'sport mode' that isn't connected to anything." The Daily Mash.
From: Andy Hewitt on 10 May 2010 11:32 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > On 2010-05-10, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: [..] > >> Oh, well in that case there are probably a few things you can do to make it > >> louder :-) > > > > Attach those bicycle spoke clackers to the fan! > > [evil grin] Now now chaps, you're giving me ideas.... ;-) -- Andy Hewitt <http://web.me.com/andrewhewitt1/>
From: SimonB on 10 May 2010 11:44 Andy Hewitt <thewildrover(a)me.com> wrote: > I found one on eBay over the weekend that may do the job. An old G4 > PowerMac MDD 1.25GHz with 1GB of RAM. No hard drive, or externals, but > at �50 I couldn't pass that up as a punt. Looks like it may have the top > end graphics card too. > > I've a 200GB drive on the way, and I plan to clone/migrate her existing > drive over (a retail install of 10.5), and use the external as a Time > Machine box (320GB SATA in a FW400 enclosure). Benchmarks I found seem > to show this should be quite a bit quicker than the iBook. > > Out of interest, what's reliability like for sticking a SATA card in > this for a bootable drive? I use an older G4 (Quicksilver with CPU upgrade) with a Seritek (Newertech) SATA card and 320GB boot disk (10.5). No problems with this. -- Simon
From: Andy Hewitt on 10 May 2010 12:01 SimonB <coz(a)ukonline.co.uk> wrote: > Andy Hewitt <thewildrover(a)me.com> wrote: > > > I found one on eBay over the weekend that may do the job. An old G4 > > PowerMac MDD 1.25GHz with 1GB of RAM. No hard drive, or externals, but > > at �50 I couldn't pass that up as a punt. Looks like it may have the top > > end graphics card too. > > > > I've a 200GB drive on the way, and I plan to clone/migrate her existing > > drive over (a retail install of 10.5), and use the external as a Time > > Machine box (320GB SATA in a FW400 enclosure). Benchmarks I found seem > > to show this should be quite a bit quicker than the iBook. > > > > Out of interest, what's reliability like for sticking a SATA card in > > this for a bootable drive? > > I use an older G4 (Quicksilver with CPU upgrade) with a Seritek > (Newertech) SATA card and 320GB boot disk (10.5). No problems with this. Lovely, cheers. -- Andy Hewitt <http://web.me.com/andrewhewitt1/>
From: Flavio Matani on 10 May 2010 13:18
Andy Hewitt <thewildrover(a)me.com> wrote: > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > > On 2010-05-10, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > [..] > >> Oh, well in that case there are probably a few things you can do > to make it > > >> louder :-) > > > > > > Attach those bicycle spoke clackers to the fan! > > > > [evil grin] > > Now now chaps, you're giving me ideas.... ;-) Depending on how old Emily is, it may make itself louder by playing My Chemical Romance at full volume more often than you'd like... :D -- flavio matani guitar tuition http://www.flaviomatani.co.uk http://fflavio.com |