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Does anyone have more PowerPC Macs than I do?

Geez I keep getting tapatalk notifications on my phone about this thread lol. I've been gone a while, down to a few machines.

iMac G4 15" 800MHz
Power Mac G4 MDD FW800 dual 1GHz
iBook G4 14" 1.42
Power Mac G5 Quad

And that's it lol
 
gavinstubbs09 said:
Geez I keep getting tapatalk notifications on my phone about this thread lol. I've been gone a while, down to a few machines.

iMac G4 15" 800MHz
Power Mac G4 MDD FW800 dual 1GHz
iBook G4 14" 1.42
Power Mac G5 Quad

And that's it lol
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Ayy, it's Gavin! Some of us have been gone for a while. I know I have.

My PowerPC list has grown some; although, I don't really go out of my way to collect anymore.
 
Gamer9430 said:
doesn’t want them around the house anymore (or at least his wife doesnt).......
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Is that an echo I can hear coming from the other room........! :rolleyes:

Gamer9430 has a formidable collection, and although I'll never match that, I'm very happy on how my collection is progressing. I don't intend to list them all, but hopefully will provide a group photo before the end of the week. Now where's my wide-angle lens....... ;)
In reality, 'Gamer' has a lot to answer for. His mention of the ThinkPad T61 some time back made me do some researching; not only found a good one but was then hooked on collecting some of the more sought-after IBM Thinkpads. I now have 8, including the awesome, very scarce 701c 'Butterfly'. And this past wekend I saw a local ad for a near-mint T61, which of course I had to go and see. Beautiful! And, icing-on-the-cake was that the owner - a Linux specialist- had just installed the latest Mint 18.2. And I'm loving it!
 
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PowerMac G4 MDD said:
@Gamer9430 You should get your hands on a Mac Pro (although, your main is already better than the first editions of the Mac Pro). It's like having a PowerMac G5, yet it's infinitely better than THE PowerMac G5.

Switching from my daily-used PowerMac G5, to my 2006 Mac Pro (and then 2009 Mac Pro) was magnificent.
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I’ll take you up on that suggestion...

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Been a proud owner of this 1,1 since February 2017. :D
 
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CooperBox said:
And this past wekend I saw a local ad for a near-mint T61, which of course I had to go and see. Beautiful! And, icing-on-the-cake was that the owner - a Linux specialist- had just installed the latest Mint 18.2. And I'm loving it!
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But of course, you can't just have a T61 without getting the matching X61 light portable. That one comes with a reasonably light dock base which has room for another hard drive. I am quintuple booting on mine between various OSes.

Actually, you can get SATA, IDE and SATA to IDE adapters like this

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to slot into the optical drive bay for dual hard drives. Very like the expansion bays on the PowerBook G3 but a lot cheaper.
 
YaBe said:
I ment the broken handle... and why not an external one (zip)? :(
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Ah I see... Well, that is the depressing result of UPS treating packages horribly. I bought the machine from another forum member, and he did a good job packing it, but alas, it was not enough to handle the wrath of UPS. Some of it was prior to being in my hands, as it got damaged for him as well during shipping. Eventually I'll try using a rubber mallet and bending it back into place, but haven't gotten around to doing so.

And since there was an open IDE slot and the drive door gets stuck down, I figured what the hell, lemme toss in a ZIP drive just to make it look cool :p
 
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Gamer9430 said:
I’ll take you up on that suggestion...

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Been a proud owner of this 1,1 since February 2017. :D
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Ahhh, I didn't see! Excuse me for that. Good, I hope you're enjoying it. Just got a Radeon RX 580 8GB for my own Mac Pro.
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gavinstubbs09 said:
I'm here! I'll be honest I haven't even used any PPC machines since I left my PC job last month. Maybe I'll get back into it lol
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TBH, I haven't used them in a while either - not since finding myself within the world of Mac Pros.
 
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When was the last time anyone here saw a good-looking boxed G3 clamshell?
I've seen one, and if it wasn't for the fact that I already have a near-mint boxed Indigo with accessories, I would have snapped this other up immediately, as I wouldn't describe it as silly-money - like some that occasionally show on theBay.
The Hyde inside me keeps whispering, "Go for it, go for it, you know it makes sense", but my alter ego Jekyll whispers louder, "Don't you dare, or you'll be in the doghouse, or worse!" Disturbing times.........:confused:
 
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Here is a link to all of my Dearly Departed machines. Most are PowerPC; a few are 68k and a couple are Intels (identical 2009 MBPs). Most of these pictures were for sale listings from the past 12 years or so. Some have been replaced. A few (like the Clamshells, the Cubes, and at least one Pismo) are quite missed...

http://atari.vg-network.com/macs

The first shot was taken at the Apple Store when the first Intel MBPs came out, and the Wallstreet was my walk-around machine. The sales guy got a kick out of that one :)

As an aside, while looking through the pictures, I found this:

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Years ago, Cameron Kaiser asked me to grab some files for him from the OS X Beta (music player, cpu gauge, and some other things), as I had mentioned to him that I had installed it on my Bondi. As a goof, I took the screen grab above to see what the then-current OS X page looked like in the IE beta browser :)
 
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swamprock said:
Here is a link to all of my Dearly Departed machines. Most are PowerPC; a few are 68k and a couple are Intels (identical 2009 MBPs). Most of these pictures were for sale listings from the past 12 years or so. Some have been replaced. A few (like the Clamshells, the Cubes, and at least one Pismo) are quite missed...

http://atari.vg-network.com/macs

The first shot was taken at the Apple Store when the first Intel MBPs came out, and the Wallstreet was my walk-around machine. The sales guy got a kick out of that one :)

As an aside, while looking through the pictures, I found this:

osxbeta.png


Years ago, Cameron Kaiser asked me to grab some files for him from the OS X Beta (music player, cpu gauge, and some other things), as I had mentioned to him that I had installed it on my Bondi. As a goof, I took the screen grab above to see what the then-current OS X page looked like in the IE beta browser :)
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Man I miss 10.0's Look!
 
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swamprock said:
Here is a link to all of my Dearly Departed machines. Most are PowerPC; a few are 68k and a couple are Intels (identical 2009 MBPs). Most of these pictures were for sale listings from the past 12 years or so. Some have been replaced. A few (like the Clamshells, the Cubes, and at least one Pismo) are quite missed...

http://atari.vg-network.com/macs

The first shot was taken at the Apple Store when the first Intel MBPs came out, and the Wallstreet was my walk-around machine. The sales guy got a kick out of that one :)
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Quite a collection of bygone Macs. I like the OS X themed Wallstreet(?) running OS9. I see your theming roots go right back ;)
 
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AphoticD said:
Quite a collection of bygone Macs. I like the OS X themed Wallstreet(?) running OS9. I see your theming roots go right back ;)
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Yep, that was my original Wallstreet that I paid $400 for back in 2001. That Kaleidoscope scheme was a Snow Leopard one that someone posted on the old Mac Themes site. I think I still have it somewhere...

The other Wallstreet was much faster, with a 300 MHz cpu, running Tiger via Xpostfacto. I did an article for Low End Mac on that one back in 2008. I also designed and programmed my first Dreamcast game on that one :)
 
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Small update; got another 2 computers to tack on, being a Dell Latitude D620 and a Macintosh 512K that was upgraded to a 512ke, but retained all 512k branding, courtesy of my retired teacher friend. That will be in my possession at some point soon. It's apparently in superb condition with no yellowing at all, much like my existing 512ke.

(Chronological Order)
  1. Dell Desktop (Dimension XPS T500)
  2. Dell Laptop (Latitude LM)
  3. MacBook Pro (13in, Late 2011, 2.4GHz i5)
  4. Dell Desktop (Dimension 4700)
  5. HP Desktop (Pavilion 500-c60)
  6. Dell Desktop (Optiplex 360)
  7. PowerMac G5 (Dual 2.3GHz)
  8. PowerMac 6100/66
  9. iBook G4 12in (1.33GHz)
  10. Macintosh 512ke (SCSI Interface and 2MB RAM upgrades)
  11. eMac (700MHz)
  12. PowerMac G4 (MDD, Dual 1.25GHz)
  13. PowerBook G3 (PDQ, 266MHz)
  14. PowerMac 7300 (Sonnet Crescendo G3)
  15. Performa 6360 (Sonnet Crescendo G3)
  16. eMac (1.25GHz)
  17. Dell Laptop (Latitude E6410)
  18. MacBook (Early 08 upgraded to Early 09)
  19. Dell Desktop (Optiplex 380)
  20. PowerBook G4 12in (1.5GHz)
  21. PowerBook G4 15in (1.25GHz) DEAD/WIP
  22. PowerBook G4 17in (1.33GHz)
  23. Dell Desktop (Dimension 4100)
  24. IBM Laptop (ThinkPad T43)
  25. iMac (17in, Early 06, 1.83GHz Core Duo upgraded to 2.16GHz Core 2 Duo)
  26. Dell Desktop (Optiplex 360)
  27. Custom PC (AMD FX6300)
  28. PowerBook G4 Titanium (1GHz)
  29. PowerMac G4 Cube (450MHz)
  30. Power Macintosh G3 (266MHz, Beige, Rev A)
  31. Power Macintosh 8500 (400MHz Sonnet G4)
  32. iBook G3 (Snow, 600MHz)
  33. Lenovo Laptop (ThinkPad T61)
  34. Mac Mini (Early 06, 1.66GHz Core Duo upgraded to X.YZGHZ Core 2 Duo) DEAD/WIP
  35. iMac (24in, Late 06, 2.33GHz Core 2 Duo)
  36. PowerBook G4 15in (DLSD, 1.67GHz)
  37. Dell laptop (Inspiron 1520)
  38. OpenEye DVR (X-Series HDDR)
  39. HP Laptop (G60-535DX)
  40. Mac Mini (G4, 1.42GHz)
  41. HP Desktop (HP Compaq Pro 6000 SFF)
  42. PowerMac G4 (QuickSilver 2002ED, 1.6GHz Sonnet G4)
  43. iBook G3 Clamshell (Tangerine, 300MHz)
  44. iBook G3 Clamshell (Tangerine, 300MHz)
  45. Dell SFF Desktop (Optiplex 755)
  46. Dell Desktop (Vostro 200)
  47. Dell Desktop (Optiplex GX100)
  48. Mac Pro (2006, dual 2.66GHz Dual Core Xeon upgraded to dual 2.66GHz Quad Core Xeon and 2,1 Firmware)
  49. Macintosh SE
  50. PowerBook Duo 210 (25MHz Motorola 68030)
  51. PowerBook 5300c
  52. PowerBook G3 (Lombard, 333MHz)
  53. HP Desktop (HP Compaq Pro 6000 SFF)
  54. MacBook Pro (15in, Mid 2012, 2.7GHz i7, High-Resolution Anti-Glare display)
  55. iBook G3 Clamshell (Blueberry, 300MHz)
  56. PowerBook G4 15in (SLSD, 1.67GHz)
  57. iMac G4 (17in, 1.00GHz)
  58. MacBook Pro (15in, Late 2007, 2.2GHz)
  59. iBook G3 Clamshell (Indigo, 366MHz)
  60. Apple IIGS
  61. HP Desktop (HP Compaq Pro 6000 SFF)
  62. Power Macintosh 8500 (180MHz 604e)
  63. MacBook Pro (17in, Mid 2010, 2.66GHz i7, Anti-Glare Display)
  64. Dell Laptop (Latitude D620)
  65. Macintosh 512K (upgraded to 512ke)

Apple: 43 in total
-4 68k
-9 Intel
-29 PPC
-1 6502
PCs: 22 in total
-2 AMD
-20 Intel
 
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Gamer9430 said:
Small update; got another 2 computers to tack on, being a Dell Latitude D620 and a Macintosh 512K that was upgraded to a 512ke, but retained all 512k branding, courtesy of my retired teacher friend. That will be in my possession at some point soon. It's apparently in superb condition with no yellowing at all, much like my existing 512ke.

(Chronological Order)
  1. Dell Desktop (Dimension XPS T500)
  2. Dell Laptop (Latitude LM)
  3. MacBook Pro (13in, Late 2011, 2.4GHz i5)
  4. Dell Desktop (Dimension 4700)
  5. HP Desktop (Pavilion 500-c60)
  6. Dell Desktop (Optiplex 360)
  7. PowerMac G5 (Dual 2.3GHz)
  8. PowerMac 6100/66
  9. iBook G4 12in (1.33GHz)
  10. Macintosh 512ke (SCSI Interface and 2MB RAM upgrades)
  11. eMac (700MHz)
  12. PowerMac G4 (MDD, Dual 1.25GHz)
  13. PowerBook G3 (PDQ, 266MHz)
  14. PowerMac 7300 (Sonnet Crescendo G3)
  15. Performa 6360 (Sonnet Crescendo G3)
  16. eMac (1.25GHz)
  17. Dell Laptop (Latitude E6410)
  18. MacBook (Early 08 upgraded to Early 09)
  19. Dell Desktop (Optiplex 380)
  20. PowerBook G4 12in (1.5GHz)
  21. PowerBook G4 15in (1.25GHz) DEAD/WIP
  22. PowerBook G4 17in (1.33GHz)
  23. Dell Desktop (Dimension 4100)
  24. IBM Laptop (ThinkPad T43)
  25. iMac (17in, Early 06, 1.83GHz Core Duo upgraded to 2.16GHz Core 2 Duo)
  26. Dell Desktop (Optiplex 360)
  27. Custom PC (AMD FX6300)
  28. PowerBook G4 Titanium (1GHz)
  29. PowerMac G4 Cube (450MHz)
  30. Power Macintosh G3 (266MHz, Beige, Rev A)
  31. Power Macintosh 8500 (400MHz Sonnet G4)
  32. iBook G3 (Snow, 600MHz)
  33. Lenovo Laptop (ThinkPad T61)
  34. Mac Mini (Early 06, 1.66GHz Core Duo upgraded to X.YZGHZ Core 2 Duo) DEAD/WIP
  35. iMac (24in, Late 06, 2.33GHz Core 2 Duo)
  36. PowerBook G4 15in (DLSD, 1.67GHz)
  37. Dell laptop (Inspiron 1520)
  38. OpenEye DVR (X-Series HDDR)
  39. HP Laptop (G60-535DX)
  40. Mac Mini (G4, 1.42GHz)
  41. HP Desktop (HP Compaq Pro 6000 SFF)
  42. PowerMac G4 (QuickSilver 2002ED, 1.6GHz Sonnet G4)
  43. iBook G3 Clamshell (Tangerine, 300MHz)
  44. iBook G3 Clamshell (Tangerine, 300MHz)
  45. Dell SFF Desktop (Optiplex 755)
  46. Dell Desktop (Vostro 200)
  47. Dell Desktop (Optiplex GX100)
  48. Mac Pro (2006, dual 2.66GHz Dual Core Xeon upgraded to dual 2.66GHz Quad Core Xeon and 2,1 Firmware)
  49. Macintosh SE
  50. PowerBook Duo 210 (25MHz Motorola 68030)
  51. PowerBook 5300c
  52. PowerBook G3 (Lombard, 333MHz)
  53. HP Desktop (HP Compaq Pro 6000 SFF)
  54. MacBook Pro (15in, Mid 2012, 2.7GHz i7, High-Resolution Anti-Glare display)
  55. iBook G3 Clamshell (Blueberry, 300MHz)
  56. PowerBook G4 15in (SLSD, 1.67GHz)
  57. iMac G4 (17in, 1.00GHz)
  58. MacBook Pro (15in, Late 2007, 2.2GHz)
  59. iBook G3 Clamshell (Indigo, 366MHz)
  60. Apple IIGS
  61. HP Desktop (HP Compaq Pro 6000 SFF)
  62. Power Macintosh 8500 (180MHz 604e)
  63. MacBook Pro (17in, Mid 2010, 2.66GHz i7, Anti-Glare Display)
  64. Dell Laptop (Latitude D620)
  65. Macintosh 512K (upgraded to 512ke)

Apple: 43 in total
-4 68k
-9 Intel
-29 PPC
-1 6502
PCs: 22 in total
-2 AMD
-20 Intel
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I would need a very large house just to store all that lot. You could run your own computer museum :)
 
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CooperBox said:
To answer the opening subject question, "I'm not sure".
And I certainly won't even attempt to discredit Gamer9430's collection.
Anyway, hope the following will be of interest to some of you:

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very nice! your collection is very well presented! it looks Amazing!

my small collection is just squirrelled away in places where theres space :D
 
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To answer the opening subject question, "I'm not sure".
And I certainly won't even attempt to discredit Gamer9430's collection.
Anyway, hope the following will be of interest to some of you:

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Very nice collection there CooperBox :)
 
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