G3 worth saving or sell

[Tazman437]

G#/500 DV SE M5521 Graphite Would this be worthwhile for a 6 year olds entertainment and education? What kind of programs should I look for that will run on this machine?

 

[300D]

Not worth spending any money on. Few programs will run on it.

 

[iMikeT]

I don't think any modern software will run on it. I don't think you'll be able to sell it either.

You should just turn it into decor of some sort.

 

[MacHamster68]

worthwile not only for a 6 year old , i love my iMac G3 and would never ever even trade it for anything in the world , its a amazing bit of hardware , and they still work , and if you run either OSX or if you boot direct into OS9 , you get plenty of software for it

 

[iMikeT]

worthwile not only for a 6 year old , i love my iMac G3 and would never ever even trade it for anything in the world , its a amazing bit of hardware , and they still work , and if you run either OSX or if you boot direct into OS9 , you get plenty of software for it

So you won't trade it for anything huh? How about $1,000,000,000 (one billion dollars)? Or how about 40 virgins? Or how about a trip to the moon and back?

I guess none of those would be enticing enough for you to give up your affinity for an antique.

 

[MacHamster68]

money is not everything in life , but i know mankind , and if someone would be willing to give $ 1.000.000.000 for my iMac G3 , then i can only assume its value is double that high and it would be stupid to accept that offer

 

[300D]

Or how about 40 virgins?

Does that include C4 or TNT?

 

[iMikeT]

money is not everything in life , but i know mankind , and if someone would be willing to give $ 1.000.000.000 for my iMac G3 , then i can only assume its value is double that high and it would be stupid to accept that offer

You are hopeless.

Does that include C4 or TNT?

Neither, just my blind and undying conviction to a fool's errand. That is more powerful than any concoction of man.

 

[Caramac]

On this site, the only response needed is from those USING a G3 iMac to browse macrumors. You guessed it, typing this using a 1999 iMac 400 DV running OS X 10.3.9 after a bump in RAM to 1 GB.

Programs installed: Camino 1.6, Firefox 2. (useless on youtube for ex.)
Quicktime 7.5 Pro, VLC 0.86c
iTunes 7.3
Adobe Reader 7

A key point for new installers - Software Update via Apple is no more.
Either install 17 carefully weeded updates, or find a 10.3.9 install cd (licensed) for sale.
Those security updates to Panther ended with SecUpd2007-008Pan.
Later, TIGER 10.4.11 which ran fine on my iMac 600 SE.