[Ti] slightly off topic -- what to do with old computers - was: Re: Dead TI

[Bill Chapman]

  I'm a longtime graphic artist. My attitude has long been is that it's 
prudent to have at least one capable backup computer — loaded with the 
same files and software as your main Mac—ready to go in case of 
disaster. That attitude did in fact save my (Canadian) bacon about 8 
months ago. In the middle of a 42-page time-critical web build, my 
Quicksilver G4 800MHz Tiger hard drive unexpectedly and quite suddenly 
conked out one morning. No problem... I have a 4-Mac LAN which includes 
my G4 Titanium Powerbook 1.6GHz Leopard, which has the same Adobe CS4 
content-creation software aboard, including Dreamweaver. But I wanted 
another desktop Mac, so went that same day and got a secondhand (all 12 
of my Macs purchased over the years are secondhand) G5 Dual 2GHz tower. 
I'm glad for that disaster since the G5 is waaaaay more capable than any 
of my other Macs.

I finally replaced the dead 40Gb HD in the Quicksilver with a 160Gb... 
and bumped my G3 B/W 400MHz tower (got it on eBay in early '08 for 
$108.00CDN) off the network. It now sits in a place of honor, in all its 
beauty, right above my 'new' G5 on my Ikea bookshelf haha.

My LAN also includes my PowerMac 8600 300MHz MacOS 8.6)... my Wacom 
tablet, scanner and printer are attached. I occasionally swap my G3 iMac 
350MHz and G3 300MHz Clamshell iBook on and off the network in place of 
the Ti book, just for fun.

On 02/10/10 7:46 AM, Arne Hulstein wrote:
> Actually, most are still operational And get occasional use. Well,
> except for the tibook which has been sitting in the corner over the
> past couple of months....
> Arne
>
> On Saturday, October 2, 2010, Ardeshir Mehta<ardeshir at mac.com>  wrote:
>> Best save them. In a hundred years they'll probably be worth a fortune, as antiques.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 1-Oct-10, at 3:53 PM, Arne Hulstein wrote:
>>
>>
>> I still have most of my computers even. And yes, my first Mac, a
>> TiBook 500 still sits on my desk, but can use some love as it is
>> getting more and more neglected thanks to the MacBook Pro, the Mac
>> Mini, the iPad etc. But, I still would love to find a half decent
>> donor to straighten it out. ;-)
>>
>> Arne
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 9:07 PM, Don<ds1000309 at uid.onemain.com>  wrote:
>>
>> The thread on a dead TiBook prompts me to ask: In general, what do folks do
>> with old Macs? I am facing retirement and the inevitable downsizing so now,
>> what to do with the 512KE, PB 100, Power Computing Power Center Pro 180 and,
>> possibly, the TiBook 400? And depending on where I land, I may have to
>> switch too a portable and let go of the 1st Gen Intel iMac, too. These are
>> all functioning computers.
>>
>> Thanks for any suggestions,
>>
>> Don
>>
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