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.