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From: Jon B on 12 Apr 2010 05:36 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Ian McCall <ian(a)eruvia.org> wrote: > > > ...all roughly in order of owning them. > > In my case it would be something like this: > > LC475: Memory. > > 6400/200: memory+hard drive (taking the front panel off that sucker was > *horrible*) > > iMacDV400: Memory+hard drive. > > G4 MDD 1.25: Memory, hard drive(s), optical drive (replaced the CDRW,DVD > Reader with a proper CD/DVD RW) and a USB2 card from Purple World. A > Belkin, if memory serves. > My G4 MDD I stuck in PCI wireless & USB 2 cards, extra HDs, fitted DVD-writer, extra ram etc. The works ones had the PSU's swapped for the quieter versions, a AIT-3 drive fitted where a CD drive should be, SCSI cards... > G3 iBoko: Memory+Airport card > > G4 PBoko: Memory. > + MacBooks, MacBook Pros, MacBook Airs... Maybe easier to say what I haven't replaced on those machines ;-) > 20" Intel iMac: Memory. (incidentally, that's a *nice* machine) > They are, the Alu's are even nicer, possibly a bit easier to work on too. > Mac Pro 2*2.8: Memory (upped from stock 2GB to 6GB), hard drive (all > four bays filled) (and this is an *awesome* machine) > > Also, G4 Cube: Hard drive+Airport card. (utterly cool machine to > upgrade) > Still want one of those, still wondering about having one of the iLamps currently available in the 9-5, just because I like them. Already have a graphite iMac for the same reason. Done plenty of HD, internal ram & optical drive swaps on the G4 iMacs now. Mac Mini did the dual HD upgrade before the Apple version came out. My Unibody Alu MacBook got powered up to make sure worked from Apple, then powered down & the HD swapped out for a 320GB, and a few months later when the ram prices dropped that maxed out too. > > Common factor seems to be RAM - where possible I've always stuck more > in. Also, hard drives are never large enough, but that's generally true > anyway. > -- Jon B Above email address IS valid. <http://www.bramley-computers.co.uk/> Apple Laptop Repairs.
From: Jim on 12 Apr 2010 05:45 On 2010-04-12, Jon B <black.hole(a)jonbradbury.com> wrote: >> >> G4 MDD 1.25: Memory, hard drive(s), optical drive (replaced the CDRW,DVD >> Reader with a proper CD/DVD RW) and a USB2 card from Purple World. A >> Belkin, if memory serves. >> > > My G4 MDD I stuck in PCI wireless & USB 2 cards, extra HDs, fitted > DVD-writer, extra ram etc. > > The works ones had the PSU's swapped for the quieter versions, a AIT-3 > drive fitted where a CD drive should be, SCSI cards... As I recall I also replaced the big fan towards the back. That reduced the sound quite considerably. > >> 20" Intel iMac: Memory. (incidentally, that's a *nice* machine) >> > They are, the Alu's are even nicer, possibly a bit easier to work on > too. It _is_ an Alu - think it was one of the first. Can't rememebr the exact specs though. It's Core2Duo in the 2GHz area. My wife uses it now and it copes with stuff like Parallels like a champ. 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: T i m on 12 Apr 2010 05:57
On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:31:34 +0100, "James Dore" <james.dore(a)new.ox.ac.uk> wrote: >>> I grew out of it before I hit 30, having built dozens of machines from >>> bits, bought, begged, borrowed, sto^h er, borrowed - some worked, some >>> didn't, most ran windows, some ran Netware, some ran Linux. It was a >>> tedious process which ended when I went all-mac at home. >> >> So why did you ever bother doing it? If you did it because you had to >> (money etc) then there's the reason and justifiably why you wouldn't >> necessarily enjoy it. > >At the time I was interested in such things, and had time on my hands. Ok. > It >was about the same time as my living room was full of Sun kit. When I had >no girfriends. I've had rooms full of all sorts of kit / hobbies and also always had girlfriends? > >>> >>> Actually that's a Lie - I have a homebrew blackbox with very modern >>> hardware in it, which is supposed to be my home VM box running SLES 11 - >>> but the PSU has had a funny and keeps switching off. I am now finding it >>> very difficult to match a PSU to the motherboard. Sometimes too much >>> choice is a bad thing.... >> >> Yup, choosing the wrong thing in the first place etc. ;-) > >Well no, it was the right one when I bought it eight months ago. Except now you can't get parts for it (easily)? In my mind that wasn't a good design (for that sort of thing when you do have other choices)? If I'm thinking of buying another motorbike I first ask my bike mechanic mate about any vices it might have. If it's 'known' for (say) ignition faults or poor parts availability I generally give it a wide berth. Maybe if you have loads of cash you can just get what looks nice or you 'want' without having to consider those things. Personally, I would rather recycle / repair / modify stuff than buy new. By salvaging a �400 washing machine (1 year old but written off as un repairable then given to me) I don't have to work to earn �500+? > Now it >has failed I can't tell from all the various thousands of replacements >which is the correct one. So you aren't good in this field then and that's fine, especially if you don't enjoy it. It's the same when I buy any sort of tech gadget these days, I work out if I can afford to put the money down the drain when the guarantee runs out (because much of it is un repairable), especially laptops and things like this Mac mini (except with desktop PC's of course). > Needless to say this particular model is no >longer made.... And that can be an issue if you buy 'special' hardware. That is always in my mind when I actually make a purchase choice (as opposed to getting stuff given to me or they come along 'at the right price' as with most of our cars and motorbikes etc). Hence why I feel happier with my WHS (built using generic parts) than I do this Mini. The WHS being a 'computer' rather than a dedicated box / NAS I can do so much more with it. So, if my NAS becomes outmoded (as the two I have did) I don't have to waste more time and money looking for a new one, I just recycle this box. ;-) The Mini is a pretty remarkable bit of kit, till say the motherboard dies then it's probably a write off (as with most laptops etc). Cheers, T i m p.s. Daughter and b/f have just gone back to Scotland and the back seat of his little Corsa was a modified desk (by him and I) that I found for him on Freecycle down here. We cut it down to both fit his space at home and his car. The chances of him finding a ready made desk to fit the available space is highly unlikely. They also took back the heavy-duty drill I was given and sorted for her to do her rustic - crafts with. They were guided by an old_but_reliable Garmin GPS that I'd bought cheap off a mate and given to them because his new_but_crap Garmin had died after 6 months. It doesn't do postcode searches but that's mute if it doesn't work at all. Oh, and they also took a 17" TFT that I made out of the two dead ones I saved from going into a skip. Fit's nicely on the new desk apparently. ;-) |