Someone has offered me to have an iMac G3 (yeah, one of those crazy colored Macs) for free, but I'm not sure if I would need it. I already have a white iMac, so of course mine is already far better. But what could be some uses for the G3?
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You could make it into an aquarium...
http://injoydesign.com/2008/05/apple-imac-aquarium/
(I found these iMacs on sale for 5$ at a yard sale)
http://injoydesign.com/2008/05/apple-imac-aquarium/
(I found these iMacs on sale for 5$ at a yard sale)
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I have two in my lab running Tiger that I still use with my students who I am teaching Photoshop and InDesign (albeit slowly). While they are nothing compared to current offerings, they are still usable computers. They will do word processing, web surfing, iTunes, etc just fine. The real question is a personal one: what would YOU want it to do...?
I've learned not to take stuff just because it's free, if I don't need it. It's one more thing to store, to take up space, to use your electricity.
And a G3? That's like Pentium II era computing -- incredibly outdated. I'd pass unless you have a real interest in old computers or a particular use for an outdated machine.
And a G3? That's like Pentium II era computing -- incredibly outdated. I'd pass unless you have a real interest in old computers or a particular use for an outdated machine.
I use my PowerBook G3 daily. They are extremely capable. Give them plenty of RAM and OS X 10.3 or 10.4.