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If it were me, I could cut you down to three and then bring you back up to five. Mac SE/30 — Your build is absolutely top tier compact Mac and a manifestation of the “how far can we take it?” camp of vintage computing. PowerBook Duo 280c — Sub notebook before sub notebooks were even a thing...

Decided to put together my new and current tech toys and their usage into a collected post to be updated as things emerge. Besides the recent (now not booting) 2011 21.5” iMac I got recently, I just lucked into a few PC finds that are pretty cool. First is this Core 2 Duo era MSI...

Heard. I get what you’re saying about the box and ephemera. It was more that I would be effectively paying him $20 to take back the (now non functioning) computer. And while the all the extras were nice, I bought this specific iMac so I could get back to working on art projects in Photoshop...

And in seller news, the guy I bought it from is now saying he'll "happily" take the machine back, and will refund half of what I paid, and keep the other half of the money for the privilege of allowing the return. lol.

I don't get it either. Initially, when Lion was installed (which is how I received it), it wouldn't let me select the Snow Leopard DVD from Startup Disk preference. But it did let me select Mavericks from USB as startup disk and proceeded to install Mavericks after rebooting. Just moments ago...

In other news, the seller got back to me, but went on the defensive saying that he never claimed the machine could upgrade beyond the installed OS X version and that when he sold it to me it was in working condition. So there’s that.

I’m all for this in concept, but it is currently above my skill grade. The jury is split on this. From anecdotal info, older Macs like this may get less scrutiny. Nearest Apple store is four hours out, so next time I go to the big city, I’ll see if they’ll let me slide on the info. See my...

Very nice! I have a big warm spot in my computing heart for Sun Micro machines. I did an internship at the UC Berkeley Earthquake Engineering and Research Center, and their simulation lab was full of Sun machines. I used to sit in their lab on my lunch break just to see them in action.

Chiming in to say quite a cool find. Agreeing with others that the fan install is really well done. But the SCSI? Almost phoned in. Maybe fashion some sort of 3D print insert to tidy it up? Those rainbow Mac and keyboard covers are top notch!

Spoilers: Firmware Lock issue incoming! Been on the hunt for a good machine to run Photoshop CS4 under Mavericks 10.9, and also one that will do a decent job at Windows XP gaming. A single owner, incredibly well cared for Late 2011 iMac 21.5" popped up on Marketplace for $40 and decided it was...

Lode Runner Online / The Legend Returns is a great puzzle platformer. Abuse which is a Metroidvania platformer mixed with a run-n-gun. Flashback: The Quest for Identity is a good adventure platformer (many say this is THE superior version of any platform). Blackthorne is another action...

Love the collection. Do you have a SuperMac to pair these with?

This is amazingly WOW! Nice rescue haul. Where was this out of?

Greg's Browser may be what you're looking for: https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/gregs-browser Or Macintosh Explorer: https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/macintosh-explorer-43

Perfect. This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!