Hi guys, I know that there is an existing thread to discuss and showcase your Macs'.... But it's dominated by present time Macs' to which, these Macs' of yesteryear have no match, instead they merely get embarrassed by the performance and power of the current Macs'.

However, I am sure that many of you guys still have your Power PC and pre OS X Macs' due to sentiments, e.g an eMac, iMac G3, iMac G4, iMac G5, Power Mac, Mac Mini, Apple Cube and those really vintage Macintoshes.

Well...now is the time to show it off and flaunt it... Post your older Macs' (Pre-intels) here. Tell us your tale about it!

The below are some of my Power PC Macs',


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......an eMac 1.25ghz, running Leopard 10.5.8, it does not serve any purpose rather than the joy that i still have it running !




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...another aged Mac of mine, It's an Apple 17" crt monitor. I believe it was produced some where in 1999.







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This is another Crt monitor from Apple (the one on the left). Its the final model of crt monitor from Apple! Quite a nice design, with a see-through back.

The one on the right is an Imac G3, 600 Mhz model. It still boots fine, running on Panther 10.2, coupled with a dual boot of the OS9. One of the best loved Mac of mine.



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Another Imac G3 of mine. This is a 500 mhz model. Was lucky to get it, but this Imac needs to be meddled with ....can't boot...





Then i managed to get a third one, which boots fine....


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This my collection of the PowerMac G4 Trio !
Also in the picture is my G5 Dual Core ...and an ancient Apple Crt monitor..




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Twins ? Nah... The one on the left is a 17' PPC iMac, it is the eyesight model. The one on the right is an 17' intel (doesn't fit in this thread..but since its in the pic ) . The one at the far left at the back is another 17' PPC but it's lcd is gone....but still boots !





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This would be a Mac Mini G4, 1.25 Ghz, running 10.5.8 Its the one at the back, the one at the fore front is an Intel. This G4 is more of a music player for me.








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An iMac G4 20", this Mac is rare and much sought after, further this is the 20" model which is even more rare locally. I have only come across one or two of these 20" model. Really one of my favourites.... The 20" model comes with an external eyesight.

I also have a 15" model. Both boots and are in good state.











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An iBook G3 14", very few of this exist compared to the iBook G4. Mine is ailing though its a common problem in the G3 and G4 iBooks, the issue of the graphic chip, though there seems to be a few temporary work-around. Note that its not a slot load drive..


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A PowerBook G4 12" 867Mhz, got it second hand, 'how many hands' already... i dont know, but has been a lot of abuse. Has issues, but got it to boot externally.








But then i obtained a chance to steal another bargain for a much better PB G4....love the look.






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This is an Xserve G4 ----> Apple's version of server, no more in production though. This the first model of the Xserve, its quite primitive compared to the final models of Intel Servers.

I did not expect to find this....but i did....had quite an experience with restoring this.. Now its placed at the back of my iMac as a backup machine for my contents in the iMac, which my whole network of machines can access, while running in Raid 1 Mirroring.

It runs Mac OS X Server 10.5.8, the server version of Leopard. The default wallpaper is in blue...






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These images below were taken from the web....this collection was for sale in ebay ! Dnt ask me the price ! ....These images reveal on how crazy can a collector getttt !!



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too bad i can't afford any mac when it is still using the RISC chip based.

WOW

WUAH... What?!! Running on Leapord?! How was the performance??

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Sold off my eMac and Power Mac G4 1.25GHZ (MDD 2003) years ago

Yeah, running with 10.5.8 Leopard, still runs smooth. It's more of a collection. Originally shipped with Panther 10.3

You had the MDD as well huh. I have the same 2003 model too, 1.25ghz but single though.

Mine was dual 1.25GHZ. I remember how my parents reacted when I got that hahaha.. they are not happy at all

Hmm... how about these?
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.4...26335129&type=3

Oh Damn ! You've got the mother-load of it. Nice, real nice collection.

Love the Macintosh Classic, not an easy piece to obtain; there is guy in Mudah.com who has put a tag of rm6k for a se30!
http://www.mudah.my/Apple+Macintosh+se30-28603388.htm

I'd say it is still fine for documentation, watching a movie and light browsing.... Not that I use it for any of those. Do you have any pre-Intel Macs.....

Anyone using a Power Mac G5 around?

Nice MAC, I still feel the old ones look better in someway.

I still have a G3, but I installed Ubuntu on it. Works perfectly for basic daily usage.

Inb4 heavy as hell.

....are u using it ... I have one, its a piece of art with a computer in it

you bet ! especially the Power mac G5, though its younger sibling also almost looks like it. Of course the Imac G4....

Ahhh...a G3 owner. Mine still works too! Care to post a pic of it !

Yes, I'm using it on a daily basis still for my fix of music through Spotify. Brilliant machine.

Hi, nice to know that your Mac is still serving u well...post a pic of it

That CRT looks like the G4 cube era
I remember Apple introduced a lineup of Pro Monitors.

g3 in cold storage


g5 dual, back in the day this was probably a beast


g4 ppc, this was totally gutted when i bought it.


will update more later

ha ha,, i believe that it pre-dates the Cube era. The period when the Cube was released in Y2k, Apples LCD Studio display was already present. Further, there is another CRT monitor which was released in between this CRT and the LCD studio display. That was the cool looking CRT, which had the see-through back, that looked exceptionally outstanding

This CRT monitor was more of a release with the PowerMac G3. Bloody HEAVY!

Hey..u uploaded..thanks for the support Oh! u have more! Please do upload it

I am currently hunting for one of these to do THIS.

There is one at Mudah....dead. Got to revive it.

I think i'm talking about the see through CRT. What's the resolution?
I remember powermac G3 could handle up to 1080P whicj crazy for the period of time when no displays are HD

i offer him rm50

their resolution and quality is superior to anything of their time.
even today used alu cinema display 20" oso above rm500 which is crazy can buy two used 22"

The see throug crt... I am not sure of its max resulotion. But about the PowerMac g3 ... It was considered as a major leap....as it was the breaking point for apple from its beige cpu towers! The B&W powerMac g3 was so cool looking, a complete overhaul .... Performance too was upgraded. I have the original advert which Apple did for the g3 ...will post it !

Come to think of it.... I do have the see-through crt...will post it

True...its over priced like anythg.... Yeah of course its rare...but tha price tag for a faulty unit....got to be kidding.

Here it is...this the see-through monitor, it accompanies my Imac G3

deswai i like those broken down units for cheap

nice! still working?

Yeah both funtions well. Hey i see that u have a French add for the pwr mac g3.... Thats the monitor i was mentioning to anonymous..... However that model crt of mine is 90% dead ..

dat g5...

yeah it was a beast, back in the day.. this thing is heavy as hell too !

Yeah ...i too am looking for a semi faulty imac g5.. The best part is....these individuls who sell the Ppc Macs think that these ppc are same as the current intel macs and demand high price. But even if they are the same in OS platform...they are quite old.... Somewhere in the windows 98, millenium and xp era ! And still they want ro hike the price !

In Europe n US... My goodness ....ppc is dirt cheap!

U bet it is heavy....when i carried it back home when i bought it ....i almost had a back ache!

Yes, their price is still a premium even after a few years. Like the current 27" thunderbolt display still costs 3k

PowerMac G3 is a really powerful machine at its time. But soon, Pentium beat it and thier performance to power consumption ratio is really low compared with Intel chips. And you know what happened next. The rest is history.
Back to PowerMac G3, the way you don't have to remove a side panel to do upgrades, is just plain awesome. A latch and put in yoir components and boom!

Wow, what was it paired with? iMac G3 or Powermac G3/G4?

90% dead? Define 10% working part.

Well, not really a beast during G5 era when we have Core Duo and Core Solo.

Macintosh SE/30 owner here... still works! Looking for keyboard and mouse. Both lost during house moving some years ago.

Willing to purchase the keyboard below for 50

Any pics? What processor does it have? Sorry, really bad with Pre PPC macs.

Should be 68030 I think. Mine still wrapped up in the box. Will power up this weekend to clean it. I still need the mouse and keyboard though. OS is System 6.

How many mhz?

u plan to refurb the monitor, i know a guy.

deswai got two handles for 2 ppl to pickup

someone selling me emac for 450 take it or leave it price
i just acquired a working g5 for 300, LOLZ

PPC 2ghz x 2 isn't too shabby back then especially with OS9

hehe....now so used to ghz when see mhz like dinosaur era

Wow...SE/30 dats cool dude. I think we can count the number of such Macs which exist iin Malaysia. Dude, pls post a pic of it... U ve got sm piece of art.. I would kill to get these kinda machines...

Dnt give up....i m sure u can find the mouse and kb in ebay

450 for an Emac is a bit pricey...i believe, unless it is in superb condition....

A g5 for 300 is good price... Which model of g5....

Ahaa the Pro Keyboard.... I hv a few of those...all serving for e respective Macs.... If i can find one that looks at new n flashy as the pic... Damn that would be awesome.. but its almost impossible to get one like that....

I do also have the other model ...the Apple Usb keyboard....that is pretty dude... The rear part of the k/b looks much better than the front part

Have you come across the liquid cooled model ? http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powe...aks-issues.html

I dnt know if it exists here.... But his model requires care.... Else the above will b the case. Would lv to hv one though

True...its super convenient...no screws to unscrew..



It was paired with the PowerMac G4s' and the Cube



It powers up...slowly...when almost completely lit..it flickers and dies of.. reached its cycle..

looks decent enough but it is an emac
it is like u bought a porsche 911 then someone wanna sell you a 944 at a higher price

i've always paired my macs with razer keyb&mouse, lol

G4 MDD

It's not upside down


Gutted and ready for i7 or Xeon heart transplant
Friend help me sell off the parts on ebay on a as-is basis for a no refund cheap price.


G5 twins

Storage in cupboard


Difference between a dual and a single


Macbook A1181

Unboxing


Max the ram and replace the HDD with a fast SDD this should still be a decent macbook

I think you have got it it wrong....

The one with the double G5 logo is a Dual Processor Model...like this one below


The one with the Single G5 logo is the last version of G5, which is a Dual Core...like this one below


The model with a Single Processor looks like this one below.


To sum it up, the model which you think is a SP is actually the Dual core model, the latest version of the Power Mac G5, before the Mac Pro replaced it. ...i have one of those Dual Core model, a late 2005 model.

the heatsink is almighty

PowerMac Dual G5 processor for OS 9

Is it the aluminum USB keyboard?

I wished I could get a modded case for a ATX motherboard and ATX power supply

G5 twins makes me remember the destroyed twin towers. Especially with the color
The modded G4 case is awesome
Macbook does not qualify in this thread because it's an Intel Mac. I'm planning to put a 240GB SSD in my MacBook and 8Gs of RAM. Should be pretty shabby and nice to use. But for now, I need to fix the trackpad as I fuc*ed it up earlier when tearing apart it
Lesson: If it ain't broken, don't tear it apart

Dual core =/= Dual Processor.
Well, in the case of PPC G5, it is. But for like newer Mac Pro / equivalent PC workstations that has Dual Quad Core intel Xeons, Dual core =/= Dual Processor
UPDATE: My bad. I just realized his Dual Core has a large heatsink.

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history.....

hackintoshers probably dunno this but OS9 was a speed demon.
during its day its competitors were like Win98/Win2k even WinXP.
it just blew them all away with fast boot times and access times.
i remember seeing somewhere someone modded his old mac laptop running OS9 with CF replacing the HDD the battery life swelled to 9hours with boot and programs loading as quickly as an ipad, except for stuff like PS of coz

OSX was pretty heavy until Lion came out then it started to be zippy again.

/history

Dual Processor PowerMac G5 running OS 9, you kidding me?
I'm not a complete noob in Macs.

i wasn't talking about the g5

I have OS 9 running in 2 of my ppcs'. The first time inboited into Os9 was like Greek to me, it took me a while to get familar with it...

Nah, this model is prior to the Pro Keyboard...

This is it....but i dnt have the front view....it even has a switch on button for the computer. Its small n sleek..


This one below is from the web...just to give u a pic of it.

And the best part is.... this was Made In Malaysia!

But I wasn't talking about PowerMac G4
PowerMac G4 with Mac OS 9 is of course very powerful.

This is the iMac G3/PowerMac G3 keyboard. Seen loads of these on YouTube.
It's awesome but the hockey puck mouse that pairs with it sucks because it's not ergonomic.

What was made in Malaysia? PM G5? PM G4?

Nah....i mean my keyboard....the 1 i posted. Back then it was feasible to produce such products in Malaysia...not anymore.

Yeah the hockey puck had its issues.... But that had Pushed Apple to produce a better and cool looking mouse .... The Glass Mouse....looks awesome!

Yea, what are the stores that sold Apple Products in Malysia back in 80s?


Magic Mouse super expensive :/

then what u talking about

u not talking about g4
i not talking about g5

U were talking about PowerMac G4 running Mac OS 9 right?
Any videos of it?

no lah was talking about os9 in general being a speedy os.

Ok ....i just had a chance to add another Imac G3. It needs tweaking though !


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u going to keep it as is?

I hv plans, but right now ....time is reAlly scarse ....so i'm keeping my options open.....

How about this guys, an imac g3 lookalike which was called an Ipad ! http://www.macmixing.com/remember-proviews...-fuss-is-about/

Just max it out
Which version of G3 was it?
1999 233Mhz or Slot loading 500Mhz/600 Mhz

haha...this is a slot load 500mhz...its faulty. Right now there is no HDD. HDD does not bother me, what bothers me is that, there is no chime or even the grey apple logo, which points towards something serious...as in the logic board or so...anyways i will treat this Mac as a platform to dissect and learn about Imac G3's.

I have another G3 600Mhz, which boots without issues...so this would be the Mangsa ! anyways...for now it is in vacation !

Either PSU or motherboard failure.

I believe it e logicboard....because the screen is alive when switched on....just that there is no other form of sign wic gives hope that the logicboard is alive

You'd never know. The PSU might not be able to supply enough power to everything because it degrades over the time.
Try using the PSU from your other G3

i'll be gutting some parts from the stuff i have if u want

The question is, is it free?

depends

Yeah....uve got a point there.... True, i can try to use the psu from the other g3, but just worried that something else would go wrong in the process of tring to use the psu from the g3 which is working. As the saying goes....if it aint broken, dnt try to fix it !

Perhaps i shoukd try to find out...what other psu are compatible with a g3.

You want something in return, don't you?

Definitely not an ordinary ATX power supply
Try taking apart your iMac G4 and see if they have the same connectors.

Woo tempting..... Which model are u gutting out ..... The specs

u read my mind .