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Sofie 'Melle' Werkers ([personal profile] bubosquared) wrote2005-06-03 10:10 pm
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Someone is giving away a Mac on the Edinburgh Freecycle list. It's old(ish?) and slow and OMG I WANT IT.

I do not need obsolete hardware I have no room for, I do not need obsolete hardware I have no room for, I do not need obsolete hardware I have no room for, ...

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[identity profile] stellated.livejournal.com 2005-06-03 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Get it! Get it! (Says the girl with the sixteen-year-old Mac sitting under her bed...)
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[personal profile] safti 2005-06-03 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
You're both FREAKS. [If I had space, I might pile down a room full of obselete hardware with the insistence that in the event of WWIII I would be able to create my own web server and/or giant robot, but having four rooms and two closets, the idea of having stuff that would likely just sit there and not be useful bothers me.]

[identity profile] bubosquared.livejournal.com 2005-06-04 12:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, space is one of the problems, and also the fact that I don't have the time or energy to make it into a file server. But I'm STILL tempted!

[identity profile] bubosquared.livejournal.com 2005-06-04 12:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Evil! Get thee behind me!
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[personal profile] wibbble 2005-06-03 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
What model is it? If it's anything that'll run Mac OS X you should jump on it. :o)
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[personal profile] wibbble 2005-06-03 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I just looked it up, and those were actually quite nice machines at the time (at least compared to the abomination that was the 6200 I was using back then). However, it won't run Mac OS X and unless you're used to working with it, Mac OS 9 would be a pain in the arse. You could, though, install Linux on it quite nicely and use it as a server. It has SCSI support, and PCI slots so you could add USB or FireWire. No built-in networking, though.

http://lowendmac.com/ppc/6400.shtml

If you do go for it, I have software and experience with that era of Mac - my first Mac was the 6200.

[identity profile] bubosquared.livejournal.com 2005-06-04 12:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I didn't think it looked ready to be used as a proper computer. And nice as it would be to get a file server set up, I have neither the time, space nor energy for it at the moment. :/

Not that I'm not still tempted, mind.
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[personal profile] wibbble 2005-06-04 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, it would still be usable, with the right software. Nisus Writer for word processing, and maybe Photoshop 6 for graphics work (which would go just fine, but you'd need patience).

The question is: will it do anything that your current computer can't?

[identity profile] bubosquared.livejournal.com 2005-06-04 12:27 pm (UTC)(link)
No! No room! Evil!
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