Apple iMac
- Thread starter SkyRider
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Come on nibs...you just trying to pump up your posting number albeit with this nonsense.....
You now DENY you apologized and yapped incessantly how superior all Crapple stuff is to justify their being so outrageously overpriced???
LMAO!!!
FWIW I don't find it worth the time to search through the archives to find your drivel posts where you said that....:biggrin1:
LOL! You can't find ANY of those MANY posts? Either you're:
1. an incompetent who can't do a search
2. a lying blowhard
3. fantasizing again
Which of the above?
1. an incompetent who can't do a search
2. a lying blowhard
3. fantasizing again
Which of the above?
Well nibs when it comes to blowhards it's hard to say who is the biggest Apple blowhard here! You or bottie....FFS!
That said it's good to see you backtracked off and deny making earlier claims of Macs being the best thing since the wheel was invented. Along with all your previous claims that Apple is totally justified in being outrageously overpriced due to its superior engineering, sleek & shiny looks that will easily enable Macs to outlast any and all PCs....
That said it's good to see you backtracked off and deny making earlier claims of Macs being the best thing since the wheel was invented. Along with all your previous claims that Apple is totally justified in being outrageously overpriced due to its superior engineering, sleek & shiny looks that will easily enable Macs to outlast any and all PCs....
Have you a specific purpose for it, and did it come with an operating system and software? Those machines were sold to run OS 8.6 and today's Macs are on 10.7, so finding software you don't already have will be a challenge. It's doable, but probably not worth it if you don't enjoy that sort of thing. The machine was built with Ethernet and USB, but I expect you'll find only a floppy drive slot, which will complicate getting new software loaded directly. But if there's a functioning browser aboard, there's still downloadable stuff out on the net. Have a look at Low End Mac.
Depending on the machine and its RAM you may be able to install a newer OS, up the line as far as 10.3 or even 10.4—which is still quite respectable—, but beyond that everything Mac must have an Intel processor and your machine's is a Motorola, likely PowerPC. But as a word-processor, e-mailer or simple photo-editor (for someone who doesn't have to worry about self-image, unlike a student) it could be quite useful and free up another machine.
So it really does come down to what you would use it for. If you think it's got possibilities, fire it up, watch for the start-up screen, and when it's going, open the About this Mac… window, in the Apple menu [ symbol, top left], and tell us what it says about what you've got. If the missing mouse keyboard's proving to be an obstacle, I've found the service guys at Carbon Computing always helpful, and they keep older stuff in their department to sub for the stuff people forget to bring along. That would at least let you see what you've got.
Depending on the machine and its RAM you may be able to install a newer OS, up the line as far as 10.3 or even 10.4—which is still quite respectable—, but beyond that everything Mac must have an Intel processor and your machine's is a Motorola, likely PowerPC. But as a word-processor, e-mailer or simple photo-editor (for someone who doesn't have to worry about self-image, unlike a student) it could be quite useful and free up another machine.
So it really does come down to what you would use it for. If you think it's got possibilities, fire it up, watch for the start-up screen, and when it's going, open the About this Mac… window, in the Apple menu [ symbol, top left], and tell us what it says about what you've got. If the missing mouse keyboard's proving to be an obstacle, I've found the service guys at Carbon Computing always helpful, and they keep older stuff in their department to sub for the stuff people forget to bring along. That would at least let you see what you've got.
I haven't even plugged it in yet, so I don't know if it is a working model. The only purpose would be an extra computer to store homemade photos and vids, not even sure about that. Since I am a P.C. guy, not sure I want to even attempt the learning curve to operate this Mac.
Not that difficult really.
I'd rate it about as easy to pickup up and learn as Linux....
I'm waiting Woodpeckr; I'm sick and tired of you telling people that I say things and you can't back it up. Back this up now or admit you're wrong.
Drone on Skippy.....drone on....
Thanks for making my point nibs......
Your so easy!.....:biggrin1:
Depends on what you want to do with it. We're still using a couple of old iMacs at work (a design agency) to access some legacy software, but any serious websurfing would be out of the question - the old browsers don't support CSS or newer Javascript etc. Then again, MS Word 5.1 for Mac was the last version that was any good on any computer...
