I've read all the below e-mails and can say a few things with my limited lengthening experience.
I've had one user and she had her very original Bondi iMac running a 56k modem every day up until early last year, she only upgraded because she needed new software, was becoming more of a power user and the offer was there of a salary packaged Apple iBook 14". At my old school I managed most computers consisted purely of iMac G3 350Mhz that were showing their age with keyboards playing up, fuzzy CRTs, different coloured CRTs, small hard drives, low memory and some weird eery noises. At this new school we are running similar machine still in some locations and they are running Tiger 4.8 no problem, bit slow but we can't complain. We have them and that's better than some school! We had a museum at my old school and it's a big big disappointment but they will probably be thrown (if they haven't already :() a complete working museum of every model Mac the school has had in bulk. There was a Mac Classic II that was supported by Coles Supermarkets back from the late 80s, early 90s I believe. Performas, iMacs, G3s.. All in working order.. The Classic II went out of full time use in 1997 which isn't a bad innings! Not very old yet still run quite hard, I had a Education Special QuickSilver 2x1Ghz G4 that as far as I knew ran 24/7 from the day it was bought, only being turned off when Western Power tripped over a cord or it had software installed.. That was a rocket and with maxxed out memory of 1.5GB a rocket ship aswell, all of last year I had it running at 100% CPU assisting in distributed computing programs! I should really offer my old school to buy that back, it's a special education model and is a good bit of my history at my first real job! Thanks, 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 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 400MHz G4 server that has run faultlessly 24/7 since January 2000 was turned off and replaced last week - not a bad run. Cheers Tony Evers Community Mental Health Educator "Supporting The Transition To Parenthood" PO Box 5075 Albany WA 6332 ph 08 9844 6317 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 12/02/2007, at 10:35 AM, Evers wrote: > 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 and has been completely robust > and reliable in both roles. > > As a footnote, using Macs as internet server and e-mail server has > been an effective, and the only, protection from virus attack to > the school IT network over the past 6 years - such a different > story from Windows-based internet interfaces. > > Cheers > Tony Evers > > Community Mental Health Educator > "Supporting The Transition To Parenthood" > > PO Box 5075 > Albany WA 6332 > ph 08 9844 6317 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > On 12/02/2007, at 8:55 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 whom on this list can honestly >> claim have >> the oldest Mac in regular working use? Working meaning doing >> actual useful >> work on a consistent basis. >> >> Furthermore is there some "easy" way one can tell when a machine >> was built? >> >> Kind regards, Paul. >> >> >> -- >> Dr Paul R. Weaver >> >> Fremantle - Home of the Dockers >> >> http://www.livejournal.com/users/fremantlebiz/calendar >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
