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I recently did a similar set of upgrades. I wanted to create a Mac OS 9 computer for my son. So, I bought three untested G4 Mac minis (Late 2005) after learning
by WoodenChair 3y ago
I recently did a similar set of upgrades. I wanted to create a Mac OS 9 computer for my son. So, I bought three untested G4 Mac minis (Late 2005) after learning that there is now a version of Mac OS 9 that has been hacked to run on them:
http://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php?board=127.0 http://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php?board=127.0
When they shipped they were Mac OS X only. They are actually, with this hack, some of the fastest machines you can get to run Mac OS 9.
Anyway, I cleaned them, installed SSDs, changed the clock batteries, and maxed out the RAM on all three of them. I'm keeping the fastest 1.5 Ghz one for my son and the other two (1.25, 1.33) I thought I might keep as backups but I guess I'll just sell them on eBay since now I'm comfortable enough working in these that I think I could fix his pretty easily if anything went wrong.
- winrid 3y agoWhat will your son do with OS9 learning games and such?
- WoodenChair 3y agoYes exactly and no Internet access.
- thoughtpeddler 3y agoIs there a large market for this?
- winrid 3y agoyou can just take any laptop and disable (or even remove) the wifi chip, so no. It's only done because people like to do nerd stuff. :)
- amatecha 3y agoWow nice, I would be interested in one of those (preferably the 1.33) if you’d at all be willing to sell directly (and dependent on asking price). I’m in Vancouver BC, Canada.
- WoodenChair 3y agoSorry, I would've but it's already on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/126406855301 https://www.ebay.com/itm/126406855301 That one I unfortunately broke the plastic on while upgrading (pictures of that on eBay too). The 1.25 Ghz one (1.25 Ghz G4, 120 GB Kingston SSD, 1 GB RAM, new clock battery) which is intact I have not listed yet. Feel free to contact me through X, email, etc. which you can find in my hacker news profile if you want to make an offer to buy that one directly.
- amatecha 3y agoAwesome, thanks for getting back to me. I just sent an email! :)