On Oct 23, 2010, at 9:41 AM, smac0031 wrote:
I've seen references to smurphs before. I have no idea what they are.
Smurfs, NOT smurphs, the cartoon character, are blue and white.
Smurfs, the G3 PowerMac, are also blue and white.
For quite a while Smurfs were among the most affordable PowerMacs.
These can be upgraded to G4, using a hacked MacOS ROM procedure.
Alas, even Gigabit Ethernets are now exceptionally cheap, and there
is probably no reason to go with the 10/100 Blue & White G3 or the
10/100 slate G4s as the 10/100/1000 slate G4s and the 10/100/1000
silver G4s are now quite affordable.
One negative is all of those mentioned have a very poor-performing
USB system, and installing a 2.0/1.1 USB PCI card can be very useful.
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