Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 2:31 AM, spiceyweasel <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > I don't know about the rest of you, but I find my old trusty G4 tower > and green, see-through iMac G3 to be more aesthetically pleasing than > the newer, metallic offerings from Apple. Further, I am dismayed by > the fact Apple has turned it's back on it's plastic past and not > allowed we, the retro-digging users, to share the benefits of an Intel > processed machine. Is it asking too much of Apple to release mother > boards that fit our machines with some of the technical savvy their > metal wrapped cousins enjoy? I'm not asking for something that will > put my Power Mac G4 on par with a Mac Pro, but it would be nice to > compete with a mini AND still have a little room for expansion. Give > me a 2GHz Intel with, let's say.....8GB of RAM, space for three hard > drives, perhaps dual layer super drive support or, better still Blu > Ray capability? Am I asking too much, really? I think it would open a > whole new stream of revenue for Apple and make a lot of die hard old > Mac fans very happy. Heck, I even came up with an ultra mod, way cool > logo! Come on Steve Jobs, let's do this! > > > I to am a Dreamer myself, and have wondered aloud here " why not'. To > be inundated by the "realists" refutation of any such scheme. The > Corporate Church must not be expected to give boons to the devotees. > Many on LEM will be happy to bore you with good rational reasons why > this will idea of Intel mobos for old Macs will NEVER happen. I will > let them work their magic in peace. > > Perhaps though you would give some attention and money to plop a Mini > mobo or whatever you can afford used into one of your beloved Macs > and be proud of the accomplishment. > > > > > > > -- > Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://www.facebook.com/FluxStringer > http://flux-influx.blogspot.com/ > http://fluxdreams.designbinder.com/ > http://twitter.com/FluxStringer > http://mog.com/FluxMuse > > > All interesting stuff, and I have to say I'm a fan of older macs myself. This dual G4/450 I'm on right now is that fastest mac I've ever owned. Started with an SE/30 that I still have now. If you really want to get the best out of your older macs, I hate to say it but leave Mac OS behind. Right now I have ubuntu 8.04 installed, with FluxBox as a WM.. It's not going to win any speed contests against a modern day mac, though even with 4 virtual desktops it's quite usable and much more responsive that when I had 10.4.11 on here..
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