Re: Mac longevity?

2007-02-15 Thread Greg Pennefather
I have a Mac II si that I occasionally use to play Pararena. It's late 80's early 90's From: Evers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:53:48 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Mac longevity? I should also mention that at the same primary school I am just

Mac longevity?

2007-02-12 Thread Paul Weaver
Having seen one of our family iMacs self destruct with a puff of smoke the other day when it was turned on got me wondering how long can a Mac last? Please don't use the cliche, How long is a piece of string. In particular I am curious as to whom on this list can honestly claim have the oldest

Re: Mac longevity?

2007-02-12 Thread Evers
I have an LC430 (very early '90's - will check the actual date) running 24/7 since January 2000 as internet server on a dial-up connection network at a small (50 student, 25 computers) independent primary school near Albany. It was in everyday use as a desktop word processor before that

Re: Mac longevity?

2007-02-12 Thread Ronda Brown
On 12/02/2007, at 9:55 AM, Paul Weaver wrote: Having seen one of our family iMacs self destruct with a puff of smoke the other day when it was turned on got me wondering how long can a Mac last? Please don't use the cliche, How long is a piece of string. In particular I am curious as to

Re: Mac longevity?

2007-02-12 Thread Mark Secker
date of manufacture (usually to the month) is found on the serial number plaque depending on the iMac model this would be inside of the CD draw or on the foot of the stand current usage here is a g4 late 2002 Mirror door, Mid 2001 G4 Powerbook 400 and late 2002 G4 Powerbook (1Ghz) so

Re: Mac longevity?

2007-02-12 Thread Evers
I should also mention that at the same primary school I am just now retiring 21 x G3 350MHz iMacs that have been in full student use since Feb 2000 - 16 are still fully functional and reliable, 5 have developed a range of faults with: CRT colour and stability, CD drives, power supply. The

RE: Mac longevity?

2007-02-12 Thread David Moyle
-- Bertram, Western Australia Mb: 0427 888 257 -Original Message- From: WAMUG Mailing List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Evers Sent: Monday, 12 February 2007 11:54 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Mac longevity? I should also mention that at the same primary school I am