aladds’s G5 journey

[aladds]

This is probably the silliest decision I’ve ever made in a “vintage” Mac sense (is a G5 vintage now? I feel old)



I am currently crossing various parts of the London Underground with a G5 on a small plastic rolling trolley (because the only thing sillier would be trying to do this using the handles alone!)

I’m learning a lot about how inconvenient some of the step free stations really are. But impressed nonetheless that a 160 year old system even manages to be quite accessible (at the expense of journey time in a lot of places)

But on the other hand, it cost me nothing!

 

[Dude.JediKnight]

Free G5? Sweet!

Good thing you have a rolling cart, those things are heavy beasts. I’d hate to have to carry it god knows how far.

Been a couple days since you posted, so I assume you successfully arrived at your destination. Any idea on the specs? Air or liquid cooled? Still stock, or was extra stuff installed?


I suppose any G5 is technically vintage; probably not good enough to survive the modern web, but still a very capable machine.

 

[cheesestraws]

I am currently crossing various parts of the London Underground with a G5 on a small plastic rolling trolley (because the only thing sillier would be trying to do this using the handles alone!)

I've done similar to this. Interesting experience isn't it...

I'm not sure I like the Underground, but it's certainly extremely impressive in a huge number of ways

 

[Unknown_K]

Strapping wheels to it along with a handle would make moving it easier.

 

[aladds]

Strapping wheels to it along with a handle would make moving it easier.

That's exactly what I did! It's basically a wheely suitcase but with a platform instead of a zip up bag - quite impressed with it.

And most importantly the G5 made it in one piece and still works. It's a Quad 2.5 Watercooled monstrosity, so I probably need to look at replacing the fluids now...

 

[aladds]

I've done similar to this. Interesting experience isn't it...

I'm not sure I like the Underground, but it's certainly extremely impressive in a huge number of ways

Hah yeah - you could probably say that about a lot of things in the world, I suppose - especially transport!