Re: Mac Retro Anyone?

On 10/2/09 12:36 AM, Nathan Templeton wrote: > I hate to say it but leave Mac OS behind. > Right now I have ubuntu 8.04 installed, with FluxBox as a WM.. It's not > going to win any speed contests against a modern day mac, though even > with 4 virtual desktops it's quite usable and much more respo

Re: Mac Retro Anyone?

Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 2:31 AM, spiceyweasel > wrote: > > > I don't know about the rest of you, but I find my old trusty G4 tower > and green, see-through iMac G3 to be more aesthetically pleasing than > the newer,

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At 20:11 -0600 9/29/09, nestamicky wrote: >On 09-09-29 04:22 PM, Doug McNutt wrote: >> My G4 sawtooth is limited to OS 10.3.9 so it can share files. Sigh. >What do you mean by this. Mine goes to 10.4.11 is this why I can't get it >to see my Linux box? No. My G4 talks to Ubuntu just fine but th

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On 09-09-29 04:22 PM, Doug McNutt wrote: > My G4 sawtooth is limited to OS 10.3.9 so it can share files. Sigh. What do you mean by this. Mine gos to 10.4.11 is this why I can't get it to see my Linux box? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because yo

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and Vegas into 'Vettes.so to speak. --- On Tue, 9/29/09, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: From: Wallace Adrian D'Alessio Subject: Re: Mac Retro Anyone? To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2009, 8:12 PM On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 8:43 PM, shawn matthews wro

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On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 8:43 PM, shawn matthews wrote: > That's why you have to stop beating a dead horse and join the Retrolution. > If nothing else, Apple might get weary enough of us to placate us with said > mid-level offering. > > -- __ Either way it woul

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That's why you have to stop beating a dead horse and join the Retrolution. If nothing else, Apple might get weary enough of us to placate us with said mid-level offering. --- On Tue, 9/29/09, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: From: Wallace Adrian D'Alessio Subject: Re: Mac Retro

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My decades start on the 8's. Got 9 more years before I hit my 5th. Welcome to the Retrolution! --- On Tue, 9/29/09, Doug McNutt wrote: From: Doug McNutt Subject: RE: Mac Retro Anyone? To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2009, 5:22 PM At 15:55 -0400 9/29/09,

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On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 3:06 PM, James Therrault wrote: > > OTOH, I would love to see Apple create a midrange desktop but I certainly > will not hold my breath waiting. Regarding plastic retro, I detest nearly > everything plastic! > > JT > We gave that subject a thorough wringing to the last dro

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At 15:55 -0400 9/29/09, Kirk Morrison wrote: Gee I use my G4 for serious stuff and a Quadra for play does that count as Mac Retro? My SE/30 file server sits on top of a Mac II case with everything but its power supply removed. Instead of a Mac II motherboard there are three SCSI disks that are

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t: Re: Mac Retro Anyone? Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:06:51 -0500 To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Well, nothing Apple makes is manufactured in this country. The last samples that were IIRC were G4 desktops. In order to be competitive, components would have to come from overseas as well. If this effo

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Well, nothing Apple makes is manufactured in this country. The last samples that were IIRC were G4 desktops. In order to be competitive, components would have to come from overseas as well. If this effort gathers steam, it will be in the spotlight of Apple's legal beagles where they have a

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On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 2:31 AM, spiceyweasel wrote: > > I don't know about the rest of you, but I find my old trusty G4 tower > and green, see-through iMac G3 to be more aesthetically pleasing than > the newer, metallic offerings from Apple. Further, I am dismayed by > the fact Apple has turned i

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I agree with you on this. But the downside being the cost of assembly in my point of view. I would love to be able to run Snow Leopard on my G4 but at what cost...? > I don't know about the rest of you, but I find my old trusty G4 tower > and green, see-through iMac G3 to be more aesthetically p

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h I'd advertise them for Windows. Maybe someone in China will pick up the ball like they did with their Shanghai Special iPhone. Pity. It'd be nice if that money stayed here in the U.S. . --- On Tue, 9/29/09, Bruce Johnson wrote: From: Bruce Johnson Subject: Re: Mac Retro Anyone

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fills. --- On Tue, 9/29/09, Bruce Johnson wrote: From: Bruce Johnson Subject: Re: Mac Retro Anyone? To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2009, 11:32 AM On Sep 28, 2009, at 11:31 PM, spiceyweasel wrote: > Am I asking too much, really? I think it would open a > whole ne

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n.net wrote: From: pas...@verizon.net Subject: Re: Mac Retro Anyone? To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2009, 7:00 AM If we are serious, let's form an investment grop and do it for ourselves! As not what can do for you,... Ask for stimulus $ and

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*I'm in...when and where...* On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 8:00 AM, wrote: > > If we are serious, let's form an investment grop and do it for > ourselves! > > > As not what can do for you,... > > > Ask for stimulus $ and git-er-dun > > > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ Y

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On Sep 29, 2009, at 5:00 AM, pas...@verizon.net wrote: > > If we are serious, let's form an investment grop and do it for > ourselves! > > > As not what can do for you,... > > > Ask for stimulus $ and git-er-dun You'll be spending all that money on lawyers, dudebecause Apple will sue

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On Sep 28, 2009, at 11:31 PM, spiceyweasel wrote: > Am I asking too much, really? I think it would open a > whole new stream of revenue for Apple and make a lot of die hard old > Mac fans very happy. For a large number of reasons, not the least of which is that Apple is not a components compa

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If we are serious, let's form an investment grop and do it for ourselves! As not what can do for you,... Ask for stimulus $ and git-er-dun --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4,

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I don't know about the rest of you, but I find my old trusty G4 tower and green, see-through iMac G3 to be more aesthetically pleasing than the newer, metallic offerings from Apple. Further, I am dismayed by the fact Apple has turned it's back on it's plastic past and not allowed we, the retro-dig