On 3/8/02 1:04 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a question for members of the group with oldr macs. Please do not > start flaming and yelling.Thanks. > > Why do so many people have such old machines? Is it a hobby thing, or a money > thing? > > I work for a living too so I know these machines can cost a lot. > > Jessie A lot of Mac users have been using their Macs for some time and get attached to them, and often with minor upgrades they continue to do well with whatever they are used for. Others enjoy collecting examples of older Macs and showing how many can still be used. With others its an economical way of getting a useful Mac. As this is the iMac list, if you are refering just to iMacs, I wouldn't class rev a and b iMacs as old. Steve Jobs would though. Most of my Macs were obtained not working, either for nothing or peanuts. I enjoy the challenge of fixing and using something that someone else was throwing out as unrepairable. Excuse me for mentioning products other than iMacs here. I still have a Performa 475 (was used with localtalk bridge software with a PLW 320), a Quadra 700 (used for monitor repairs), a PM 7200/90 USB upgraded (used for monitor repairs), a Performa 6320 (used for accessing getting data from 2.5 and 3.5" ATA hard disks), a 9500/200 (a spare/standby for my 7600), A PM 7600/G3 300/400mb ram 2 x 4 gb HD's (used with photoshop 5.5 with Polaroid sprintscan 35 and other SCSI peripherals for digital photography/scanning/printing), an iMac rev b 233 (bought as scrap, replaced flyback transformer, fitted larger HD and memory, now being sold to fund printer purchase), iMac DV 400 (recent purchase, was water damaged insurance write off, now fixed and taking over from iMac 233, needed firewire). I just bought a IIvx, 21" mono monitor and LaserWriter Pro 630 from ebay for 12 GBP. I reluctantly dumped all but the laser, lack of space and I wouldn't have used them. All the laser needed was the paper out assy removing, rollers cleaning, springs retensioning to fix the paper curling and jams. Its now on my network. I just hate seeing older useable kit going to the dump. Steve Bell -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
