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What do you use your PPC Mac for?
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Considering that my powerbook is my only computer, i use it for EVERYTHING! 
and i'm not complaining. "it just works"
and i'm not complaining. "it just works" 
I like The Sims(1, 2 and 3) and SimCity 4. SimCity 4 only runs good on PPC Macs and PCs, The Sims 1 for Mac only works on PPCs, The Sims 2 runs on intel and PPC but The Sims 3 only works well on Windows.
I only have it but I use it for
Halo
I am a modder so A LOT of halo stuff (sent from my phone can't put in gamer tag but Ican put in my halodemomods.com username: z^aCh
Image editing (photoshop)
Online gaming
Offline gaming (adobe flash player)
Homework
Getting mad about minecraft updating past my computer right after I get it
Getting mad about not being able to play runescape
Lap-warmer?
Something to need fixing every month (half exaggerating)
Forgetting how to use windows...where is the control key again?
Boredom
Ummmmmmmm...
I think That's it
Halo
I am a modder so A LOT of halo stuff (sent from my phone can't put in gamer tag but Ican put in my halodemomods.com username: z^aCh
Image editing (photoshop)
Online gaming
Offline gaming (adobe flash player)
Homework
Getting mad about minecraft updating past my computer right after I get it
Getting mad about not being able to play runescape
Lap-warmer?
Something to need fixing every month (half exaggerating)
Forgetting how to use windows...where is the control key again?
Boredom
Ummmmmmmm...
I think That's it
I use an array of PowerPC (eMacs and G-5's) to print coupons. The rules on printing the Internet Printable coupons say that you can print two per computer you own. I own lots of computers! Nothing says that they have to be modern.
I turn my PPC systems on for nostalgic purposes. Dont get me wrong, they are very capiable today, however it is easier to maintain somthing more modern.
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I think that's the understatement of the year!
What can I say, I can't pass up a good deal on vintage Macs.
Used as a music source. Mainly aiffs ripped into iTunes from CDs into a USB to spdif converter an then dac. The fans are a bit loud (g5 power mac), but if you listen loud enough it's not a problem! It does the job perfectly and the lack of software updates makes managing it a lot less hastle.
I've got a G-5 in my kitchen for XBMC and music use, too. I have AppleTV's on two televisions but until I can get a few more Gen 1 or Gen 2's we'll use PowerPCs on other televisions.
For those who use MS office and particularly Excel and do a lot of graphing/charting (science applications), Excel 2004 was the last good version. MS office 2008 (universal binary), had lots of problems on Intel macs and crashed a lot. However, they made some major changes to how Excel works in 2008, in particular limited what can be plotted when fitting data, and how plots are made. Office 2011 was no improvement in terms of Excel, though Word now seems to run without crashing as it did in Office 2008. You can run Office 2004 in an Intell Mac, but only if running Snow Leopard, and even then Word will crash once in a while depending on what you are doing. However, I never have any of these issues running Office 2004 on a PPC mac.
During the summer of 2009, when I was using my dual processor 2ghz G5 tower as my main computer, I was suffering. It caused my bedroom to be around 75-80ºF and it was bad. I'd imagine if I brought it up from my basement and used it right now, it would heat my room fairly quickly.