What to do with an old iMac G3?

[freakinbubba]

I have an old iMac G3 DV. Its specs are pretty puny, but it still seems like more of a hassle to sell it then to find something productive to do with it. I think I've maxed out the OS at 10.2, and it won't recognize a portable hard drive that I attached to it. Any ideas?

 

[24usedtorock]

Donate it to charity.

 

[CubeHacker]

It can actually run up to OSX 10.4 Tiger. It should run decently if you upgrade the RAM to 512mb or more.

 

[chrismacguy]

IIRC, Mac OS X 10.4 generally plays better with external drives, and your iMac is supported by Tiger (You will likely need the CD version, most G3 iMacs didn't have DVD Drives). I would turn it into a server of some form or a scanning station. They also make quite good Kitchen computers if you have the space.

 

[rgarjr]

a file server maybe?

 

[ceezy3000]

give it away on craigslist, it'll make someone happy ;]

 

[UltraNEO*]

Wasn't one of the old iMacs upgradeable? Processor wise?
Or did that only apply to the first Bondi-blue iMac?

though, probably ain't worth the effort...

 

[freakinbubba]

Thanks!

Thanks, everyone, for all the helpful advice! I think I'm going to try upgrading it and using it as an server / image bank / scanning station. I'm off to search for RAM sticks!

 

[007bond]

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Install tiger(disk from eBay) then plug hdd in and use as a network backup or a server.