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From: Andy Hewitt on 10 May 2010 10:48 I've been trying to find a way to get Emily a slightly better Mac than the iBook she's currently got 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? The iBook, as I've mentioned before is a little beaten up, but actually performs just fine as a desktop box with an external monitor. It's running off an external FW400 drive though [1], and is a tad slow with some operations. Is this worth flogging? FYI - last model 14" iBook 1.42GHz 1GB, and 60GB drive, smashed screen and broken hinge. Cheers. [1] I could never be bothered with upgrading the drive on this. -- Andy Hewitt <http://web.me.com/andrewhewitt1/>
From: Jim on 10 May 2010 10:53 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. 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 10:57 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> 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! :-) -- Andy Hewitt <http://web.me.com/andrewhewitt1/>
From: Jim on 10 May 2010 11:04 On 2010-05-10, Andy Hewitt <thewildrover(a)me.com> 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 :-) 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: Woody on 10 May 2010 11:21
Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > On 2010-05-10, Andy Hewitt <thewildrover(a)me.com> 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! -- Woody |