Can you fix them up to the point that they are reliable net appliances
with a functional StylWriter for printing? If so, build them up and
donate them to some sort of public accessability project. Consider
providing semi-annual or quarterly maintenance as part of the donation.
You get to play with the hardware, don't have to store it, and provide a
valuable service to your community. There are those who would consider
that gift worth a lot more than the $3000 the equipment would have cost new.
Sp00ky
Craig Phillips wrote:
> Hi, I suffer from too many macs. 10 macs and 5PCs. When I think of
> just giving them away, I wince. The trouble with this is people expect
> you to keep fixing them, or adding SW etc, afterwards. There is
> nothing worse than giving a mac system away
> (mac/moniter/printer/scaner/modem) to a friend only to be called to fix
> it months later and finding they have not invested in anything as far as
> SW or even ink or cables. Even fixing up old ones I find myself putting
> larger 4 gig HDs in them. This is a disease that makes no sense because
> I really only use my G3 or G4. When I look at a Quadra I see the
> $3000.00 mac I could not aford and lusted after for years.
>
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