Scored a Powermac G3 All In One

[MacManiac1701A]

Is everyone 100% sure that these machines cannot go up to 1 Gig of memory?

 

[Mars478]

Yep up to 768mb

 

[Hrududu]

Is everyone 100% sure that these machines cannot go up to 1 Gig of memory?

Unfortunately since the beige G3s only have 3 slots, yes.

 

[MacManiac1701A]

Got the G4 upgrade, runs great...

It's alot snappier than with the G3....

and I recieved my Apple DVD-R and that works great...

just wait ing for my ebay pci wireless card.. it states that it is airport compatible...plug and play as long as you have 10.3.9...

 

[iamdigitalman]

I had one, nice machine. Heavy as all get out though. The power lead going to the drives stopped working, which basically made it useless unless I used another power supply. Gave it away to scrap, after stripping out all the juicy parts, like the power splice cable, and the zip drive with floppy power connector.

 

[wthww]

This is my favorite PPC machine, hands down. I affectionately call mine weirdway. I even used it as a sever for a bit. NetBSD & Linux run like a charm

[as does OS9 & X]

//wthww

 

[Richard]

I actually like how they look

 

[Temetka]

I've always liked how they look and to be honest, would not mind owning one. It'd be like an iMac except with proper expansion built right in.

 

[Mars478]

I wouldn't mind owning one either if they weren't so mindblowingly large.

They are very interesting machine. I don't think I have ever seen one in da flesh.

Take some pictures of you G4 AIO.

Mike Richardson sells a Desktop G3 with a G4, and just the G4 makes it worth it to buy that computer, It would make a nice server.

 

[MacManiac1701A]

How do I attach pictures?

I really didn't think the G4 was going to make a big difference but it does.

I mean you cannot play any OSX games but I do have OS 9.2.2 for my old games.

The internet runs smooth...

I have run some dreamweaver how-to movies on it and it is acceptable frame rate.

And now with the inclusion of the DVD-RW that I bought on ebay I can share or install programs on DVD and burn

DVD's.

It is a very capable machine.

I bought it for 20.00 + with the additions I spent 80.00 on upgrades...

the video memory is upped to 6meg. so that helps...

and I am still waiting for my pci wireless card for it.

actually this machine is a bit heavier than a emac.

so the upgrades so far:

512mg memory,

120GB hdd

G4 cpu upgrade

Video memory 4 mb upgrade

DVD-rw drive

usb 2.0 card (it runs usb 1.1 under os 9.2.2 and 2.0 under osX)

and soon to have PCI wireless card

it runs itunes great, I have my whole 50 gig library on it.

 

[Mars478]

How do I attach pictures?
I really didn't think the G4 was going to make a big difference but it does.

I mean you cannot play any OSX games but I do have OS 9.2.2 for my old games.

The internet runs smooth...

I have run some dreamweaver how-to movies on it and it is acceptable frame rate.

And now with the inclusion of the DVD-RW that I bought on ebay I can share or install programs on DVD and burn

DVD's.

It is a very capable machine.

I bought it for 20.00 + with the additions I spent 80.00 on upgrades...

the video memory is upped to 6meg. so that helps...

and I am still waiting for my pci wireless card for it.

actually this machine is a bit heavier than a emac.

so the upgrades so far:

512mg memory,

120GB hdd

G4 cpu upgrade

Video memory 4 mb upgrade

DVD-rw drive

usb 2.0 card (it runs usb 1.1 under os 9.2.2 and 2.0 under osX)

and soon to have PCI wireless card

it runs itunes great, I have my whole 50 gig library on it.

eMac weigh 50lbs, G3 AIO weigh 60 lbs.

 

[MacManiac1701A]

Recieved the Airport compatible PCI card and it works great!!!

it's nice to have the wireless now...

So my upgrading is done on this... it as far as it will go... but it's a very useable Powermac G4 AIO....