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I won an eMac for 99p

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Heavertron

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Jun 2, 2011
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After selling off all my PPC macs, I happened across an eMac on e8ay and got it for 99p.

Spec:
1.25 G4
1gb ram
40gb HDD

I am thinking of using it to play Warcraft III. Will it have the power to do that? Can the Radeon 9200 cope with WCIII?

What other things could I use it for? Perhaps an iTunes machine, as I'm told the built in speakers are quite ok? I need an excuse to keep it before the Mrs notices it....:eek:
 
Rodus

Rodus

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Oct 25, 2008
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WCIII will be fine, I used to play it on a G3 400 with a Rage 128 GPU, the Radeon 9200 is far more powerful. 99p is a bargin, enjoy the machine!
 
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And

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Feb 23, 2009
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Heavertron said:
After selling off all my PPC macs, I happened across an eMac on e8ay and got it for 99p.

Spec:
1.25 G4
1gb ram
40gb HDD

I am thinking of using it to play Warcraft III. Will it have the power to do that? Can the Radeon 9200 cope with WCIII?

What other things could I use it for? Perhaps an iTunes machine, as I'm told the built in speakers are quite ok? I need an excuse to keep it before the Mrs notices it....:eek:
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Just do what I do with my partner, tell her that she did know you had it, it has been around for years. This only works if you can intercept the arrival of it! A bargain for 99p, well done. I'm using my G4 for ripping CDs mainly, I have no idea if games are any good on it...
 
tersono

tersono

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Jan 18, 2005
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Hey - nice pickup! Only problem with the eMac is that they're a nightmare to get into if you have to replace the HD. My wife still misses hers, even though she's got a 20" iMac now...
 
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Heavertron

macrumors regular
Original poster
Jun 2, 2011
130
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UK
Does it have a notebook sized IDE drive? 2.5"?

Tempted to just plug in an external USB disk, as it has USB2 and I hear they are a nightmare to service. Plus the risk of the CRT zapping you!
 
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