nathanallan Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 It's blue, it's pretty cool and it uses PC133 ram-- I'm in love. Ever since these things were released I have wanted one, finally got one. It's going to be put to work that is for sure. Not really sure what work, yet, but it will be a worker In the pic it's working already-- formatting a hdd for the 638CD. The one thing it has that makes it kinda bad is the felt strip in the disk drive-- it keeps the disks and refuses to eject them so I have to use pliers *as* it ejects them so I can retrieve the disk. Oh, and whatever games I can find to work on it, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oesii Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 It's blue, it's pretty cool and it uses PC133 ram-- I'm in love. Ever since these things were released I have wanted one, finally got one. It's going to be put to work that is for sure. Not really sure what work, yet, but it will be a worker In the pic it's working already-- formatting a hdd for the 638CD. The one thing it has that makes it kinda bad is the felt strip in the disk drive-- it keeps the disks and refuses to eject them so I have to use pliers *as* it ejects them so I can retrieve the disk. Oh, and whatever games I can find to work on it, of course. Great setup, I have a couple just like that. I like when people ask you what kind of computer you have you can say 'Blue'* It seems like you have OS X on there. If you are going to use it as an email and low grade office computer then OS X is great but if you want to get the most bang for your buck as a gaming computer I would make sure to install OS 9.2.2. There's a lot of great classic games from the mid-90s to about 2001 that run perfectly on those iMacs. I have had a blast playing old games like Al Unser Racing, Lemmings, and Last Express for example. http://www.macintoshgarden.org/ *Joke stolen from a 10-year old Penny Arcade strip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emehr Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Congrats on the iMac! It's fun acquiring computers you've always wanted "back in the day". I always had iMac envy when they came out. And when the graphite iMac DVs came out... Have fun with it. Like oesii said, it'll make a great games computer with Mac OS 9.2.2. Anything from LucasArts, Bungie, or Blizzard should keep you going for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aftermac Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Congrats! I still have my first iMac... the original 233 MHz model. I pre-ordered mine 2 months before they were even released in 1998. I used all but $27 in my checking account to buy it... I was 18 at the time and didn't have much responsibility then! It was a nice upgrade from my IIsi and Duo 280c. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Math You Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 I had one of these for a few weeks when they first came out. Does anyone know if they work OK with stuff like YouTube? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icbrkr Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 I had one of these for a few weeks when they first came out. Does anyone know if they work OK with stuff like YouTube? My original G5/1.6 has issues with certain types of streaming media though You Tube works fine (but it is now a file server for the house), so I would imagine an old G3/233 would just beg for mercy. Part of that may be the OS (running X.5), part of it may be the video card that's in it too. I would think for a really, really basic machine to play any sort of videos that is like the iMac would be the eMac. At least you have a G4 and a possible decent video card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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