Hi there, I hope someone here can help me. I have a few iMac questions, ideas. I also hope I'm in the correct place, as did search first.. and saw a mention of tangerine clamshells from a while back, but still if I'm in the wrong place, I apologize.
I purchased two of the iMac clamshells over on eBay a while ago. One is the first run of them, a turquoise machine, and the other is tangerine which IIRC is a newer version. One has a working, semi working battery, one does not. No matter, we use them hardwired in for the kids to fool around with. I purchased some games for them, so they could play an educational game on them. This is main thing we bought them for, computer so they could get the hang of things. A bit of typing, some simple games, and some internet time on a few of the simpler websites out there, that still work for these computers. I know I can get replacement batteries for the clamshells. I'd like to be able to use a CD-ROM in both of the clamshells. One (turquoise) seems to not be liking discs. It does what my Toshiba with the busted DVD drive does.. and just hums or something, but doesn't play the CD- ROMS. So I need to get a replacement CD-ROM drive, I gather. The tangerine accepts the CD-ROM & wants to play it, but needs some sort of an update. I had a Dell Laptop that I replaced the keyboard on several times.. so I know a little tiny bit about working on these things. I also replaced memory & mother board in a desktop PC some years ago (1999) after lightning struck our house & saved it. Is there a website somewhere, with information on what folks can do with these computers to upgrade & sort out? I don't have any disks for these, so I need to know what to purchase as far as this goes. I'd also like to upgrade these as much as we possibly can, but I realize there are processor limits. Any information folks have would be wonderful. Last night, we found another Mac. It's a iMac Blue Dalmation. We left it behind, but it's something we might find again, or go back for, if it's still there. The one we saw was brand new & not used much, if at all. But it did have broken links on the desktop.. files with weird names on it. Like a bunch of letters, numbers.. but not names of a file. Reminds me of defragging a computer when you could see the files actually doing the defragging, does that make sense? Do these computers get viruses? I know some about macs & that there are far far less virii for them, but.. some do need protection? Are these upgradeable at all? My husband is very simple with his computer usage. Email, facebook, reading news, websites, Reader Rabbit for the kids, and some youtube.com vids with the kids as well. So he'd be the one using this. He's not into gaming, downloading movies, TV watching on the computer or aything that would take more power like that. Altho he does finally have a MP3 player, which I do all the downloading & charging on my pc for him with. That said, is there anything else one can do with these clamshells, other than the standard enjoyment of looking at it, if we decide to just get a newer computer? Also is there a group for the iMac Mini like this one? I saw one on eBay & its adorable. I'd love to get one of those next. I know they still make them, are there anything, any hazards I should be aware of, if I buy one that is a couple years old? I like to buy things used or secondhand & save them from the heap, so to speak. Oh and printers where does one find an older printer to work for on the clamshell or dalmation? This isn't a have to thing, just a passing thought. I homeschool my children & since I have a PC, it might be nice for one of the Macs to have printing capabilities so I can print out what they've been practicing with typing to keep a hard copy record of it. Thanks so much in advance, Heather -- 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
