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Nobody likes the G3 all-in-one

EvilCapitalist

EvilCapitalist

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There was a listing on CL for a G3 all-in-one that had been posted for months (I kid you not!) and after they dropped the price again I figured it would be a good machine to act as a network bridge for some of my older machines.  I thought I’d get a stock machine but it ended up coming with 224MB RAM, a 40GB HD, and a DVD/CD-RW.  Pretty solid deal in my book.

That’s not the most interesting thing I’ve acquired recently though, this is:

(sorry about the craptastic phone camera quality)

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Just picked this up today and while it didn't come with a hard drive I'm sure I've got an extra floating around somewhere.  The guy said that he'd had the ad up for a day and change and no one had responded, then after I emailed him suddenly he got seven more interested people.  Checked out the IIsi's insides and it was very clean in there and thankfully NO Maxell battery!

 
If G3 AIOs weren't so bulky and heavy, I'd buy another one.  I think they're awesome and were perfect for the educational market.

 
Years ago a local recycler had a room full of them and asked if I wanted one (G3 AIO), nope. I don't like the TAM or original Imacs either so shoot me.

I would like that monitor on the IIsi.

 
Why'd we bring the TAM into this? But might as well state my opinion on it I guess... Half of me likes the design and half of me doesn't like it.

 
Personally I like the design of the TAM, and the startup noise, but I feel it was underpowered for what they were asking for it.

As far as the G3 AIO goes it certainly is a heavy machine.  My high school's library was full of them, only the computer lab got the nicer / newer iMacs.  Of course, the teachers were really shafted, they got stuck with 7200s.

 
Alfred had a TAM, even if it was in the worst Batman movie ever. I'd like one.

To me, a G3 AIO is a good bridge Mac. Can support USB but also has SCSI and a floppy drive.

 
EvilCapitalist said:
Personally I like the design of the TAM, and the startup noise, but I feel it was underpowered for what they were asking for it.

As far as the G3 AIO goes it certainly is a heavy machine.  My high school's library was full of them, only the computer lab got the nicer / newer iMacs.  Of course, the teachers were really shafted, they got stuck with 7200s.
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That's why I maxed the RAM, put a 400MHz Sonnet in, replaced the hard drive with a CF card, and popped in Ethernet and USB to make it useful.  I agree, when new, it wouldn't have been impressive compared to the rest of the Mac range, as far as performance goes, and to make them hum wouldn't have been cheap back in the day.  But I did all of the above for under $100, so that was money well spent.

And I'm not worried about parts commonality between the Powerbooks and the TAM, just means I have a plentiful supply of spares.

 
jsarchibald said:
That's why I maxed the RAM, put a 400MHz Sonnet in, replaced the hard drive with a CF card, and popped in Ethernet and USB to make it useful.  I agree, when new, it wouldn't have been impressive compared to the rest of the Mac range, as far as performance goes, and to make them hum wouldn't have been cheap back in the day.  But I did all of the above for under $100, so that was money well spent.

And I'm not worried about parts commonality between the Powerbooks and the TAM, just means I have a plentiful supply of spares.
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Oh yeah, don't get me wrong, I would LOVE to have a TAM if I could find a complete one out here in decent shape that wasn't new computer money.

 
Yeah, I know it's probably not right for the MicroMac SE, but I'd still like it for one of my other machines :)

 
I'll take a Molar Mac if anyone is giving them away for free or wants to drop one off here in SW Mitten State.

I think they're cool.

 
The G3 AIO is actually my favorite oldworld mac. The perfect bridge machine and so ugly only a weirdo like me could love it! In truth I've spent countless hours in front of one of these at school and many more once I purchased one for home. A fun fact: the wallstreet powerbook is literally a beige G3 with power management functionality. Apple really did just take a desktop board and rearrange the components.

//wthww

 
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