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CharAznable

What to do with an old iMac?

So I just came into possession of an old iMac, 400 mhz 128 MB OSX 10.2.8. I've never used a Mac for any period of time before, and don't have an immediate use for it. It doesn't have wifi, which in its self puts a damper on what it can do.

Its there anything cool I can do with this? Even something simplistic like dedicatedly running Electric Sheep or something as a decoration would be neat, but with its processing power,I don't know if it could .

Any ideas?

Posted Jan 15, 2012, 1:51 AM UTC

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daren_sf•

iMac Aquarium

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Chroko•

Boat anchor.

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robvas•

If it will boot Classic, play old Mac games on it.

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koft•

Install OS9 and get your classic gaming on.

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2b2a•

Give it to me?

Now, if you want to do something with it, make it an aquarium, like posted earlier. Or you can just keep it around for some extra memory storage. When you have kids or grandkids, let them play around with it.

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weegee•

load xubuntu on to it

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Mantly•

I have nothing specific but you may want to peruse this website. http://lowendmac.com

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[deleted]•

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illuminatiduck•

Random question: how often do they update their macbooks pro/air? Im looking into buying one and I am just wondering if they are gonna come out with something new soon.

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JackSaundersDesign•

http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/

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tangoshukudai•

When you take it apart be careful of the CRT monitor, it could easily kill you.

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broostenq•

I put mine in the free section of Craigslist and it ended up in the hands of a very grateful 10-year old. He send me a handwritten note and everything. Feelsgoodman.jpg

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robotdinosaurs•

you could get apple credit for it

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koft•

The site says this particular model has a credit value of zero dollars, so no good here.

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robotdinosaurs•

Terrarium it is, then.

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brio3785•

tear it apart and examine all of the details and quality on the inside. Or play leisure suit larry

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Beowolve•

Make a hackintosh out of it. May require a bit of modding, but the result would be awesome. Or an iPad slide in case. Either one.

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CharAznableOP•

Precisely what do you mean by hackintosh? I've only every seen that term mean building a computer to run OSX.

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Beowolve•

Precisely that. Takes a bit of work, but you can get a pretty good OS X rig on a low budget (around $600). Just a suggestion. I know that a lot of people in the hackintosh community have fun trying to make their rigs fit into authentic Apple computer cases, the most popular being the Mac Pro housing.

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[deleted]•

I am completely confused by your response. Hackintosh is installing OS X on a standard windows box. Not taking the guts out of an old mac and putting them in a new housing or whatever in the world you are talking about. I stuck my 700mhz iMac in the kitchen, ran ethernet to it and use it for recipes and basic internet shenanigans. It will probably still play music. hook up a external drive with some music on it. Thats actually how I got hooked on Mac. I got a 300 or 400 mhz blue iMac, and just played with it for a couple weeks ( exploring the file system, setting configurations, text to voice options, etc) and I was hooked. Have fun.

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jimicus•

I think s/he means take the guts out of the old Mac, bin them, stick a bog-standard x86 motherboard in there and run Lion on it.

Result: A hackintosh that does not look like a hackintosh.

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