Imac G3 options?

[mrsir2009]

if its a slot loading iMac G3 it will emit less noise with quiet harddrive fitted , in one of mine a i have a ssd inside and it is absolute silent .
A tray loader of course because those have a fan inside will be about as loud as a current iMac 21" or 27".


For draining electricity ...around the figures of a normal lightbulb 60-100watt and the iMac G3 is somewhere in between around 85-90 watt average a bit more if you rip a dvd and a bit less if its just looking up some website with flash content disabled and near no graphical content (e.g.pictures), for example looking up the MacRumors forum

I think mine just has a really f'd up hard drive, since its a slotloader

 

[MacHamster68]

I think mine just has a really f'd up hard drive, since its a slotloader

not necccessary , because back then just like today Apple was not choosy what harddrive they did fit as long as they could get it in huge quantities for cheap , and unlike today back then nobody was concerned about a louder harddrive .
you have to remember back then in the slot loader times around the year 2000 a 30gb drive was considered as huge ,so people looked more on the spec sheet towards capacity and not after noise levels , but most upgrade them today close to 128gb , so you got the option of choosing a quieter one (samsung spinpoint for example ) i do that too and use the old drive as backup drive just for the OS and some very important files (those old drives dont break down that easy )

 

[mrsir2009]

not necccessary , because back then just like today Apple was not choosy what harddrive they did fit as long as they could get it in huge quantities for cheap , and unlike today back then nobody was concerned about a louder harddrive .
you have to remember back then in the slot loader times around the year 2000 a 30gb drive was considered as huge ,so people looked more on the spec sheet towards capacity and not after noise levels , but most upgrade them today close to 128gb , so you got the option of choosing a quieter one (samsung spinpoint for example ) i do that too and use the old drive as backup drive just for the OS and some very important files (those old drives dont break down that easy )

Wow, so its the hard disk making all that noise... wow, I'll have to get a new one then BTW is it true that the slotloading iMacs have no fans?

Thanks

 

[MacHamster68]

Wow, so its the hard disk making all that noise... wow, I'll have to get a new one then BTW is it true that the slotloading iMacs have no fans?

Thanks

yes the slot loaders have no fan inside they are convection cooled ,
means hot air has physically the tendency to rise so its moving up through the ventilation holes on the top around the handle , effect the rising hot air creates a vacuum at the bottom and cool air gets sucked in , no fans needed . The size and amount of the holes on the top and the bottom regulate the cooling system and create that chimney effect

the only things that create noise in the slot loading iMac's is the Harddrive and the optical drive ,as those are the only moving parts

1 of my 6 iMac G3's needs one too, just dont have a spare around , it still has a original 60gb harddrive inside that sounds like a concrete mixer or like a washing machine filled up with nails , but according the previous original owner it does that sound from new ( 2001) , so its healthy just a bit loud..

 

[MacintoshMaster]

Posts like this are petty, childish and don't help the original poster at all. He didn't ask for some goofy joke or your limited view of PowerPC hardware.

To the OP:

I can't tell you how you should use a computer but it's easy to add wifi and bluetooth via cheap usb options out there.

Zen, please lighten up.

 

[adcx64]

Zen, please lighten up.

Every one of your posts here either have something to do with telling Zen off, or something that only mildly answers the OPs question. Please stop.

 

[mox358]

Kitchen Computer

I'm in this same boat... I've set mine up in the kitchen, with MacGourmet and Epicurious to serve as a recipe center for cooking. I don't believe you can get a version of iTunes on there that will connect to the current iTunes Home Share, so I've also loaded some music on the HDD too. It does a pretty good job for this purpose since it's not used too heavily.

 

[Davy.Shalom]

Upgrade the hdd (make sure to either discharge the crt or avoid touching it) and then use it as a filestore server. The iMac G3s run forever...they have no moving parts inside (no fan) and if you dust them out the heat dissipation is pretty good.

I remember when I was in 1st grade we had them and they had just come out; some kid spilled orange juice all over the actual unit (on the top), some leaked into the computer. It didn't work for 3 days. Just as the school was about to get rid of it, they tried turning it on one more time and it worked just fine.