Re: G3 to G4 Upgrades No More?
But is it a museum piece if it has been altered? Would you say that Picasso's Guernica is hopelessly outdated, and should be improved by adding a splash of color here and there to make it more modern? As for bolting a turbo onto a Model T Ford... If the point is having a computer capable of running modern software, which seems to be the original poster's intention, he can spend the same amount of money more wisely, and STILL have a quaint museum piece as a backup. I have plenty of museum pieces in my closet. I'm not getting rid of them, but I'm not eager to use them on a daily basis, either. Life is too short. On Aug 15, 11:16 am, Charles Davis wrote: > On Aug 15, 2009, at 12:54 PM, Robert MacLeay wrote: > > There is simply no economic justification for throwing money at > > obsolete computers. > > Well Um!!! Yes & No Obsolete computers I agree no > > But Operational Museum pieces Yes, by all means!!! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple 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 unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: G3 to G4 Upgrades No More?
I've always been able to see the attraction of making very old hardware do tricks it wasn't intended for. I'd wager half the traffic on this list, if not more, comes from enthusiastic tinkerers who just love their old hardware too much to give it up :) Heck, I ran a DEC AlphaServer/266 as my home web & file server for a couple years. PowerPC was nice, but Alpha -- now THAT'S a microarchitecture. ;) OP -- have you tried eBay? -- Jarett T. DeAngelis, MS Sr. IT Support Engineer Distributed Support Services, College of Arts and Letters Office of Information Technology 938 Flanner Hall University of Notre Dame On Aug 15, 2009, at 1:16 PM, Charles Davis wrote: > > > On Aug 15, 2009, at 12:54 PM, Robert MacLeay wrote: > >> >> Why buy an accelerator card for a hopelessly obsolete Mac when early >> Intel iMacs are selling on eBay for under $400? >> Recently one (fully functional) Intel iMac went for only $260, >> including shipping. >> >> There is simply no economic justification for throwing money at >> obsolete computers. >> > > Well Um!!! Yes & No Obsolete computers I agree no > > But Operational Museum pieces Yes, by all means!!! > JMNSHO > Chuck D. > >> >> On Aug 15, 10:05 am, SteveC wrote: >>> I have an iMac G3 Graphite DV edition 500MHz. I looked all over >>> the web for G4 upgrade and found one place that advertised the >>> upgrade at all, but when I triedto orderI got an email saying they >>> discontinued the upgrde for my system. S. Does anyone know >>> where I can get an upgrade? It's not necessarily the speed boost I >>> want as much as it is the compatibility with some apps like the >>> EyeTV app (I just got an EyeTV 200 when my EyeTV USB crapped out). >>> >>> All input appreciated. Thanks! >> > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple 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 unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: G3 to G4 Upgrades No More?
On Aug 15, 2009, at 12:54 PM, Robert MacLeay wrote: > > Why buy an accelerator card for a hopelessly obsolete Mac when early > Intel iMacs are selling on eBay for under $400? > Recently one (fully functional) Intel iMac went for only $260, > including shipping. > > There is simply no economic justification for throwing money at > obsolete computers. > Well Um!!! Yes & No Obsolete computers I agree no But Operational Museum pieces Yes, by all means!!! JMNSHO Chuck D. > > On Aug 15, 10:05 am, SteveC wrote: >> I have an iMac G3 Graphite DV edition 500MHz. I looked all over >> the web for G4 upgrade and found one place that advertised the >> upgrade at all, but when I triedto orderI got an email saying they >> discontinued the upgrde for my system. S. Does anyone know >> where I can get an upgrade? It's not necessarily the speed boost I >> want as much as it is the compatibility with some apps like the >> EyeTV app (I just got an EyeTV 200 when my EyeTV USB crapped out). >> >> All input appreciated. Thanks! > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple 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 unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: G3 to G4 Upgrades No More?
Why buy an accelerator card for a hopelessly obsolete Mac when early Intel iMacs are selling on eBay for under $400? Recently one (fully functional) Intel iMac went for only $260, including shipping. There is simply no economic justification for throwing money at obsolete computers. On Aug 15, 10:05 am, SteveC wrote: > I have an iMac G3 Graphite DV edition 500MHz. I looked all over the web for > G4 upgrade and found one place that advertised the upgrade at all, but when I > triedto orderI got an email saying they discontinued the upgrde for my > system. S. Does anyone know where I can get an upgrade? It's not > necessarily the speed boost I want as much as it is the compatibility with > some apps like the EyeTV app (I just got an EyeTV 200 when my EyeTV USB > crapped out). > > All input appreciated. Thanks! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple 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 unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
G3 to G4 Upgrades No More?
I have an iMac G3 Graphite DV edition 500MHz. I looked all over the web for G4 upgrade and found one place that advertised the upgrade at all, but when I triedto orderI got an email saying they discontinued the upgrde for my system. S. Does anyone know where I can get an upgrade? It's not necessarily the speed boost I want as much as it is the compatibility with some apps like the EyeTV app (I just got an EyeTV 200 when my EyeTV USB crapped out). All input appreciated. Thanks! -- _sc --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple 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 unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
