I have several compact Macs (512k's, Pluses and SEs)as well as Mac IIsi's, IIci's, LC's (LC. Performa 405, Performa 450), a Q605 as well as my 5260/100 and my 5400/180 (my non-Macs won't be mentioned). People are amazed that I don't feel the need for a G4 or G5 (or at the very least a G3!). Would I turn down a donated G3/G4/G5? Not at all, but I still feel my older Macs (as well as my Apple //c and my 3 Apple ][e's) have a use. Someone is going to gift me a 7100 as soon as he finds it (it is in a closet someshere) and all I did was say my 5400/180 could use a stick of RAM if he had any spare ones lying around.
Steve (My non-Macs/non-Apples are not set up at this time). On 5/26/05, Keith Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On May 25, 2005, at 5:58 PM, NODEraser wrote: > > > It absolutely makes me sick, to think of what people are throwing away > > these days... Probably even G4's and other new equipment, besides old > > stuff that's still perfectly useable. > > > > I had a collection of over 200 old Macs. Last year, I gave away about > 130 of them to a teenager in an affluent suburb. When I was unloading > the truck, his mom came out. I figured "uh oh, did he tell his mom this > was coming?" She came over and watched us unload for a few minutes, > then thanked me and said "He's gonna love playing with these, and it > will keep him off the streets." Phew! > > It's getting to the point that any beige (or should I say "platinum," > since they're not really beige) Macs are hard to give away! > > I still have a boatload of compact Macs and other oddball workgroup > servers and other odd iterations that I'll be purging this spring, if > anyone's interested. I live in northeastern Illinois. > > > -- > Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | > -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:vintage.macs@mail.maclaunch.com> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > iPod Accessories for Less > at 1-800-iPOD.COM > Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal > www.1800ipod.com > -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:vintage.macs@mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
