eMacs are like roaches. I’m pretty sure they could withstand nuclear war (they had to withstand school children after all). Our local school dumped a bunch outside and a guy I know retrieved one after being outside for at least a week and being caught in the rain. It powered up and runs no problem.
Good to know!
Haha. Actually very true. I briefly worked for a “Rent-to-Buy” place many years ago. We had to go repo a TV (CRT). It was infested.Those warm CRTs also provide roaches with a cozy place to live!
I actually dropped it one time going up the stairs going up to my apartment - luckily, I was only three or four stairs up, but it tumbled to the bottom, and aside from a few scratches on the back, it still works great to this day. The CRT gives me some trouble every now and again, but it's a real trooper; in fact, this post is brought to you by none other I know it's cliche, but truly: they just don't build Macs these days to the same quality standards. My MBP starts acting up if I look at it wrong 
I would lug it up to the local McD's and use the free wi-fi
At least it was just an eMac.I take it you like to keep a low profile and go about unnoticed...
That might be the saddest story I've ever heard.My eMac is an absolute tank - years ago when I was working a fast food job and couldn't afford home internet, I would lug it up to the local McD's and use the free wi-fi
At least it was just an eMac.
I would't have believed it if I hadn't seen the pictures!
They are workhorses now. There's two G4s and a G5 at my work that are still doing the job.
Well, the iMac 21" seems to be the cheapest up-to-date schlepptop to carry around ...We Brits can beat that. I give you an iMac on the train!
There's more energy spoilt by the packaging and waist than is consumed by any customer ...
We Brits can beat that. I give you an iMac on the train!
One time an acquaintance was at the restaurant, and took a picture of me using it there without my knowing, and uploaded it to Facebook - pretty much the entire one-horse town I lived in at the time had seen it before it got around to me, and I was a bit of a local celebrity for some time.I take it you like to keep a low profile and go about unnoticed...
Just this evening, I spent an hour making one good eMac out of two. My prized eMac is a last generation model with a factory superdrive and 160 GB hard drive. Last week, the CRT started flaking out... it would briefly shrink/go out of focus and then recover. Changing the resolution made no difference. So, I took another eMac I had (same gen, but lower spec and bad caps) and swapped all the good parts into one. I'm happy to report it survived the procedure....The CRT gives me some trouble every now and again, but it's a real trooper; in fact, this post is brought to you by none other
This is one of the bigger reasons I don't have a fondness for iBooks.
I had no idea what I was in for. It sits on my desk next to me nearly completely disassembled. Only the logic board and optical drive reside in the frame. Being that it is the last gen iBook Apple made (1.42), I felt compelled to refurb it and use it to do some writing. Still waiting on parts to arrive. If I had the choice between it, or a PowerBook, I'd stick with the iBook simply because the exterior is much more durable. I can handle scratches much better than dents.
Those case snaps, though... I think it took me a solid half-hour to separate the bottom case and top case from the frame. Screws and clips everywhere. My anxiety was through the roof when it came time to unplug connections from the logic board. Those sockets seem like they'd be easily ripped off if one wasn't careful.