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I've put a working G4 iBook in the bin this week (it can probably be rescued until tonight) as I couldn't think of any real use for it. I felt bad throwing a co
by josephlord 12y ago
I've put a working G4 iBook in the bin this week (it can probably be rescued until tonight) as I couldn't think of any real use for it. I felt bad throwing a computer away but I couldn't think of a reason to keep it or of any value it might have.
- justincormack 12y agoThey are well supported by NetBSD, and there is demand for them for testing and development. (There is some Linux support but less, most of the distros are now mainly supporting IBMs ppc64 hardware).
- josephlord 12y agoWell if anyone wants to collect it from North West Surrey (UK) get in touch with me. I may even be able to bring it to London in a couple of weeks if you want. It is in a case so won't be messy from the bin.
- justincormack 12y agoI'm in London, and have a list of people who were looking for ppc machines (in process of distributing some ppc mac minis I acquired), email in profile... I might be able to get to north west surrey too...
- booruguru 12y agoYou could have recycled it (there are places that specialize in recycling electronics). Also, you could have sold (or given it away) on eBay...people still use (and buy) old computer hardware.
- rbanffy 12y agoAnd I think a PowerPC-based Mac can already qualify as "vintage computing" ;-)