They will always do what they were originally designed to do. And that was enough for us then. Have we changed all that much? These vintage iMacs are little gems. I cringe when I read dismissive comments about them. But then--I am a collector. And maybe that is where they belong--in a collection.
But not simply thrown on a pile. Just my ruminations...jb On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 3:35 PM, David Parks < [email protected]> wrote: > In my humble opinion you are going to spend a lot of time and energy > playing with that SNOW Mac and not get a reasonable return on your > investment. I have 3 in my basement that were my kids when they were > little. OS9 served them well even though it was dated then. I installed > Linux on one and that kept it alive for a little longer but I eventually > put them on the shelf next to my Apple IIe gear. > > I may pull them down and do something else when I have spare time but you > can pick up an older iMac for a little of nothing. My oldest iMac is a 5.1 > and it is stuck on Snow Leopard. Even at that it is good enough (Dual > Core) for my High Schoolers to get things done. > > If you just want the challenge of putting OSX on that MAC, then go for it > but I don't think you will get too much out of it. I still have my > original IBM PC somewhere in my basement but outside of trying to get it to > run an original copy of Windows...It is going to be DOS all the way. > > Good Luck! :) > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a > group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iMac Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
