hoserama99 Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 (edited) All gone, thanks everyone. Edited June 2, 2020 by hoserama99 Done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 I'm sure there are some Mac fans who'd love some/much/all of this stuff. I'd be tempted if I was closer! ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoserama99 Posted June 19, 2019 Author Share Posted June 19, 2019 I should add that I have the original boxes for one of the iMacs (the Intel one, I think), the DTK (such as it is), the Cinema Display and the iBook. Caveat: they're probably super-dusty and may not actually exist when I go to look for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FujiSkunk Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 1 hour ago, hoserama99 said: A PowerMac 7300/200. One of those was my daily driver for close to ten years. Great little system. Apple wouldn't dream of making something so expandable and long-lasting today. My humble opinion, of course! Good luck unloading this stuff. I have a friend in Phoenix, but I doubt he'd want to store anything indefinitely for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 1 minute ago, FujiSkunk said: One of those was my daily driver for close to ten years. Great little system. Apple wouldn't dream of making something so expandable and long-lasting today. My humble opinion, of course! The new Mac Pro is quite expandable, probably more so than those old PowerMacs. Unfortunately, it's also quite expensive relative to those 7300/200s, even adjusted for inflation. I still have an older (tower) 2009 Mac Pro I'm using, although not as my daily driver. Those are also quite expandable and I've upgraded the RAM (has 48GB at the moment), video card (using a fast PC PCIe card), processor (has a six core Xeon), installed a four-port USB 3.1 card (makes external backups much faster), Airport card (did not come with one!), a PCIe card with two more Gigabit ethernet jacks (for four total), 1TB SSD (just put that in recently), and two SATA HDs (with room for more). I also upgraded the firmware, which was necessary to upgrade the processor. Currently have High Sierra on it. Not sure if I'll install Mojave, which I'm not using yet on any of my machines. Still a reasonably fast machine given its age. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 2 minutes ago, Albert said: The new Mac Pro is quite expandable, probably more so than those old PowerMacs. Unfortunately, it's also quite expensive relative to those 7300/200s, even adjusted for inflation. I still have an older (tower) 2009 Mac Pro I'm using, although not as my daily driver. Those are also quite expandable and I've upgraded the RAM (has 48GB at the moment), video card (using a fast PC PCIe card), processor (has a six core Xeon), installed a four-port USB 3.1 card (makes external backups much faster), Airport card (did not come with one!), a PCIe card with two more Gigabit ethernet jacks (for four total), 1TB SSD (just put that in recently), and two SATA HDs (with room for more). I also upgraded the firmware, which was necessary to upgrade the processor. Currently have High Sierra on it. Not sure if I'll install Mojave, which I'm not using yet on any of my machines. Still a reasonably fast machine given its age. ..Al Yeah those old 'cheese grater' Macs have really held up nicely compared to some of Apple's other systems. I was hoping to snag one cheaply to toy around with but they're still kind of pricey given their age. I think technology has advanced far enough that people can actually use a 10 year old computer as their daily driver as long as they don't need cutting edge speed. Heck I'm still using the PC I built back in 2008 as my main PC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Yes, depending on what you're doing, you can use an old Mac for quite some time. The biggest problem becomes not being able to run the latest versions of macOS. I was able to upgrade to High Sierra with no issues on that ten year old machine. Installing Mojave would require a workaround, but still not difficult (at least for the more technically inclined). No idea if that'll be the case with the new Catalina OS. And this only really is a problem if you're trying to use apps that are no longer supported in an older version of the OS. If you need to do 4K (or 8K!!) video editing, yeah, you probably wouldn't still be using that machine.. And that new Mac Pro is a beast. I'm willing to bet you'll be able to option that sucker up to $40,000 with those crazy video cards they're making for it (not to mention the 28 core CPU and 1.5TB of RAM...) ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FujiSkunk Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 I still have a G5 tower that I need to do something with... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grig Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 I has a sad … I am not near Phoenix or I would take it all. Good luck, thanks for offering your Apple stuff here! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 @hoserama99 try freecycle? Last time I had a haul of stuff like that, the local university’s electrical engineering department sent someone to fetch it all. I’ll bet you could find takers this way, and you can be choosy about who gets it (no flakes — must leave time you’ll pick up, etc) https://www.freecycle.org/browse/US/Arizona Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoserama99 Posted June 20, 2019 Author Share Posted June 20, 2019 6 minutes ago, Flojomojo said: @hoserama99 try freecycle? Last time I had a haul of stuff like that, the local university’s electrical engineering department sent someone to fetch it all. I’ll bet you could find takers this way, and you can be choosy about who gets it (no flakes — must leave time you’ll pick up, etc) https://www.freecycle.org/browse/US/Arizona Thanks! I wasn't aware of them. I'll give it a week or so on here then see about posting there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towmater Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 The Mac mini g4 has some things going for it, there is a version of Amiga OS for it, and it is one of the last Apple machines to come with OS9 classic compatibility OS. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoserama99 Posted June 23, 2019 Author Share Posted June 23, 2019 Just a bump to say that all my stuff is still available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coleshores Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 Ill take the G4 Mac Mini, intel mac Mini and the Intel Transition Developer Kit. Thanks, Cole 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoserama99 Posted June 26, 2019 Author Share Posted June 26, 2019 I've updated the list to remove some items (thanks Cole!) and add a few more that I forgot to mention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coleshores Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 4 hours ago, hoserama99 said: I've updated the list to remove some items (thanks Cole!) and add a few more that I forgot to mention. Thank you! I have already put the mac book and that iMac to good use, they ended up going to my brother and his finance. I am going to put out a post on the Facebook Apple Collector group for the rest. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skaredmask Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Wish you lived in Wisconsin!. Would love the iMac G5 and The G3-G4 iBook! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 On 6/19/2019 at 10:19 PM, Flojomojo said: @hoserama99 try freecycle? Freecycle! Thanks for the reminder. I'm beginning my Apple II collection reduction and have the first load completed. Just don't want to go through the hassle of arranging individual buy/sell/trades and all that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoserama99 Posted June 27, 2019 Author Share Posted June 27, 2019 7 hours ago, Keatah said: Freecycle! Thanks for the reminder. I'm beginning my Apple II collection reduction and have the first load completed. Just don't want to go through the hassle of arranging individual buy/sell/trades and all that. That reminds me that I also need to figure out what to do with an old ImageWriter I and a giant stack of tractor-feed paper! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reuxx Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 I’m at 51st and Union and I would love to grab stuffs! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoserama99 Posted June 30, 2019 Author Share Posted June 30, 2019 Updated list to reflect a few more takers. Also added a Logitech desktop speaker setup that I forgot to mention before. Thanks again to everyone who has helped me find new homes for all this! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoserama99 Posted July 1, 2019 Author Share Posted July 1, 2019 Updated again to reflect what's left. Only a few good items left, and a few pretty crappy items. I'd also like to once again say that I'm extremely grateful to everyone who has helped me out with this. I've said this to a few folks now, but I have zero qualms if anyone (re)sells any of this stuff, because frankly I couldn't be bothered, particularly for those large and heavy items. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coleshores Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 I am really glad to see these items go to good homes rather than to Goodwill where they would have been inevitably destroyed within a few days. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 1 hour ago, hoserama99 said: Updated again to reflect what's left. Only a few good items left, and a few pretty crappy items. I'd also like to once again say that I'm extremely grateful to everyone who has helped me out with this. I've said this to a few folks now, but I have zero qualms if anyone (re)sells any of this stuff, because frankly I couldn't be bothered, particularly for those large and heavy items. Glad to see you've had interest in these items. I'm sure everyone will appreciate them, and if they do get sold, the end recipients will be getting something they want! Very generous of you. ..Al 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 10 hours ago, hoserama99 said: I'd also like to once again say that I'm extremely grateful to everyone who has helped me out with this. I've said this to a few folks now, but I have zero qualms if anyone (re)sells any of this stuff, because frankly I couldn't be bothered, particularly for those large and heavy items. I'm actually kind of excited to use the items I got from you. I've always had a love/hate relationship with the Mac but that "snow" design aesthetic era is probably my second favorite after the Apple II era, and I've never owned anything from that era before. I might even buy a new battery for that iBook. It'll just be fun to play around with, as will the iMac and PowerMac (if I can find room to set them up). Thanks again! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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