I have a PowerMac 7600/132 and I have no idea what to do with it...
Is there anyway I can put it to good use?😕
Is there anyway I can put it to good use?😕
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Way old PowerMac, what to do with it?
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velocityg4
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Tallest Skil
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motulist
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Dustman
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Mays'll throw VirtualPC on there too and run Vista.
Actually, wouldn't one be able to upgrade the CPU to a G4 and throw some OS X goodness on there? Bump up the Ram and Video Card too (within reason) and you could have a good backup 10.3-10.4 computer.
motulist
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It can do:
- word processing
- non-flash non-java web surfing.
- If you're into writing music you can set it up as a dedicated soft synth, that's what I did with my old 8500 120MHz (upgraded to ~300 MHz) and it works pretty well.
- It can probably play mp3 files, so you can set it up as a dedicated mp3 player with iTunes screen visualizer.
velocityg4
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It'll do iTunes 1 or 2 in OS 9 I did that on a 9500/132. Technically you could do photo a video editing if you are willing to live with the limits of the hardware from that time. Heck they managed Jurassic park on older computers. Just expect a lot of sitting and waiting.