They will always do what they were originally designed to do. And that was enough for us then. Have we changed all that much? These vintage iMacs are little gems. I cringe when I read dismissive comments about them. But then--I am a collector. And maybe that is where they belong--in a collection.
But not simply thrown on a pile. Just my ruminations...jb On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 3:35 PM, David Parks < magnanimous.comput...@gmail.com> wrote: > In my humble opinion you are going to spend a lot of time and energy > playing with that SNOW Mac and not get a reasonable return on your > investment. I have 3 in my basement that were my kids when they were > little. OS9 served them well even though it was dated then. I installed > Linux on one and that kept it alive for a little longer but I eventually > put them on the shelf next to my Apple IIe gear. > > I may pull them down and do something else when I have spare time but you > can pick up an older iMac for a little of nothing. My oldest iMac is a 5.1 > and it is stuck on Snow Leopard. Even at that it is good enough (Dual > Core) for my High Schoolers to get things done. > > If you just want the challenge of putting OSX on that MAC, then go for it > but I don't think you will get too much out of it. I still have my > original IBM PC somewhere in my basement but outside of trying to get it to > run an original copy of Windows...It is going to be DOS all the way. > > Good Luck! :) > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a > group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com > To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iMac Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
