the fate of the emac g4 - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Arlen Moulton2
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 15, 2015, 04:24:06 pm
content: please be mindfull that these are getting rarer due to morons with sledge hammers

author: Delta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 15, 2015, 05:58:08 pm
content: Erm, there's no option of "use it"! 😀

author: Arlen Moulton2
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 15, 2015, 07:08:05 pm
content: Now there is

author: Halcyon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 15, 2015, 07:14:09 pm
content: I actually picked one up that was thrown in as part of another ebay buy. I originally planned on fixing it up but it turned out to be a bigger pain in the ass so I binned it. I guess if it's in proper working order you could keep it or sell it on ebay although I don't think they'd be worth that much. It was about that time Apple started on their downhill decent.It's probably the reason people took to them with sledge hammers, because they were just shit. Niggly little problems and to get the thing apart (without loosing any of the screws or breaking something) took half a day.

author: rollatorwieltje
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 15, 2015, 07:41:17 pm
content: Donate to photonicinduction so he can test his new laser on it.

author: Arlen Moulton2
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 15, 2015, 07:48:22 pm
content: Quote from: rollatorwieltje on June 15, 2015, 07:41:17 pmNo, I won't have any of them destroyed by a mindless moron with a laser! You are dum!

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 15, 2015, 07:56:30 pm
content: Quote from: Arlen Moulton2 on June 15, 2015, 07:48:22 pm

author: German_EE
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 15, 2015, 07:57:52 pm
content: Turn it into a fish tank.An original 1984 Apple Mac might be worth saving but the later machines are not.

author: nctnico
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 15, 2015, 08:04:57 pm
content: I like the fishtank idea but you'll need to replace the CRT with a real fish tank. Either way as a computer it is useless and worthless. If you keep it for 20 years it won't work after such a long period and it will be next to impossible to repair. Modern electronics are disposables!

author: matseng
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 16, 2015, 12:54:22 am
content: If it was the iMac-G4 I'd put it in a prominent place in my home as a piece of beautiful art.But the eMac-G4 is kinda ugly...

author: ivan747
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 16, 2015, 03:02:56 am
content: Quote from: matseng on June 16, 2015, 12:54:22 amI once saw one in person. It's like art, it doesn't look good on pictures until you actually see it in person.Now that's a machine that can be the centerpiece of almost any room.

author: kolonelkadat
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 16, 2015, 03:29:58 am
content: Im sure there is a huge collectors market for that ewaste, best to cash in before the market crashes like it did with beanie babies.

author: matseng
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 16, 2015, 05:49:46 am
content: I just found one in a local shopping site where a guy sells a working unit for a mere USD 53 - I think I'll have to get it. I've been keen on getting one for a long time now.Back in 2012 I passed by an University in Georgetown, Malaysia and saw a room of 20 or so of them - beautiful indeed. But I'm not sure what they actually used those ancient computers for.

author: Arlen Moulton2
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 09, 2015, 06:36:51 pm
content: I bet they just couldn't afford new onesSent from my Hudl 2 using Tapatalk