---------- Original message ---------- Subject: Re: Why are you (still) using PowerPC-based Macs? Date: Donnerstag 21 Januar 2010N From: brettallica <[email protected]> To: "G-Group" <[email protected]>
> What fun is life without a little novelty/frivolity? :-) I totally agree! It was such fun to make the heart of this old G3 B&W beat again. And I loved to see how my other Macs keep runnig, to install and try out old and new operating systems (I actually bought Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar, 10.3 Panther with Mac OS 9.2.2, 10.4 Tiger and 10.5 Leopard -- the Leopard is the family edition). I also liked to get Gentoo Linux running on my Dual-1.0 GHz MDD. This MDD is now upgraded with a Dual-1.42 GHz processor card from a FW800 and it is running 10.5 Leopard and some graphics applications at my sisters: she actually uses it for real work. In the end the cleaning it, putting it all together again and making it actually work again was the best part. To be honest, now that I have all these Macs I don't know what to do with them. I only use the 2.0 GHz Dual Core G5, sometimes with Leopard and sometimes with 64-bit Gentoo Linux; I use the Dual-800 G4 Quicksilver very seldom, but the Gigabit Ethernet with the 1.4 GHz processor and the AGP Graphics with the original 400 MHz CPU are just sitting around. The G3 B&W with 350 MHz is now my workhorse at the office. So at least some of them keep doing something useful. Cheers, Andreas aka Mac User #330250 -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
