Owen -
I'm finding my older macs provide superb "server" services in my
house: basically older devices that are always-on and provide local
web, ssh, storage, music and other services through the firewall.
Generally use ssh keys for pub key crypto, thus turn off all logins
from the internet.
Amazing how robust these critters are. Legacy is now back to a good
word in computing as it is in culture and life.
Showing my FanBoi side, I can attest that when I occasionally spin up my
Circa 2004 12" G4 Laptop it is still quite useful (though not with
anything newer than a 2008 OS on it) for some limited tasks. I am
considering making it the image and control workhorse for our Multiplex
Hologram recorder.
It is this very "legacy" capability that had me buying a used 2010
vintage laptop instead of a new one when my existing 2011 one failed
(too many drops, water/wine/coffee spills, tear-down/rebuilds).
As Josh pointed out, there are systems for replacing the DVD/combo drive
with a HD (or SSD) and plenty of people seem to drop in a 128G or 256G
SSD in their primary location and move their existing HD into the
location where the DVD/CD was. I still have enough use for CD/DVD to be
willing to move to an external (I have one from when the CD/DVD went out
on my first MBPro). Soon such media will be as obsolete as floppies! I
think it has been 10 years since I tried to read a floppy OR a Jazz or
other removeable media from the 90's!
- Steve
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