Huxley
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It's a long story how I came to get this machine, but the end result is that I'm posting this from my 'new' 20" iMac G4 1.25gHz! Her previous owner had loved her, but badly mistreated her - ciggy smoke everywhere, lotsa dust, some broken cables, bad RAM and HDD, etc. etc. etc. He ended up buying a new 20" iMac (the new design), and asked if I knew of a good home for the carcass of his G4 machine. Of course, I said "MINE!"
It's taken hours (and I'm not done yet!), but I just got her back up and running - tons of small fixes inside the machine (stripped screws, swapped out the HDD and DVD drives for better, faster ones, added RAM, spliced back together some torn cables, etc.), but she's just purring along.
Sweeeet.
Huxley
PS Her once pristine white case is now yucky yellow in patches from the smoke in her old home - any tips on how to remove those stains? I've got a vision of this machine sitting, all by itself, on a white marble pedestal by my front door, playing an iPhoto slideshow of all our recent pictures. The yellow stains don't factor into my fantasy, so any help would be great!
It's taken hours (and I'm not done yet!), but I just got her back up and running - tons of small fixes inside the machine (stripped screws, swapped out the HDD and DVD drives for better, faster ones, added RAM, spliced back together some torn cables, etc.), but she's just purring along.
Sweeeet.
Huxley
PS Her once pristine white case is now yucky yellow in patches from the smoke in her old home - any tips on how to remove those stains? I've got a vision of this machine sitting, all by itself, on a white marble pedestal by my front door, playing an iPhoto slideshow of all our recent pictures. The yellow stains don't factor into my fantasy, so any help would be great!