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    Used M-series Macs to me just seem to have a lot less value than used older gen Macs of yesteryear.

    I used to look forward to getter the cheaper and more available Powermacs when they were several years old. Older but serviceable.
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    (the dynamic on the windows side of things is weird for sure because buying a used 8th gen i5 OEM system and upgrading it, even "modestly" like to 16/512, is likely to cost more than a brand new N100/16/512 micro PC from amazon, so the only "value" is if you know up front you need even more than that in some way.)
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    I like them and I plan on getting one soon but I don't personally see value in getting a used one. I upgraded to SSDs when they first started coming out and I still DONT like the idea of a used and worn out SSD, thats non replaceable. Non-upgradeable ram, while not necessarily a deal breaker still sits badly with me.
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    Ah totally fair - are there even a bunch yet? I imagine if so a lot of 'em are power users or developers who should never have bought an 8/16g config to begin with and those'll have been "ridden hard".
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    Does anyone know of a way to force a resolution (such as 1024x768) on my 475? I just have a dumb Mac-to-Vga adapter with no sense settings at the moment. Gonna get the adjustable one soon, though.
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    I swear that fan in the Mini used to work. Now nothing. Plus, it stops in the Opencore bootup.

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    And now for something different... Hackintosh hardware issue out of nowhere. Im thinking my power supply might be in the middle of biting-the-dust.
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    Ughh, the day I had to move my Mac to the workbench and put in the queue.

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    Nope, not the power supply. Or the video card. Ordered another motherboard hoping that'l work. Luckily, MacOS won't care.
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    Turned out to be the ram (Gskill). Odd, Ive never had ram suddenly go bad and temporarily brick a whole computer.
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    Welp, time to solder in some new caps on my Mustangs spare ECU. I dont feel like paying around 500 for a working one if it bites the dust.

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    Im hoping those traces are only a little corroded.
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    When Apple was thinking of the next gen os (Copland, etc.) I wonder if they thought of using AUX and modernizing it.
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    Probably. Apple had been thinking about a next-gen OS basically since like literally 1988 with Taligent.

    Tough to say how carefully they considered it though and where it was in the running, or where they thought it would fit in.
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    Poor beat up ole case. Still better than that awful tower.

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    7200s case arrived today. Its... a little beat up but serviceable. Never had an Outrigger case before. One of Apples more intelligently designed cases, but still brittle plastic though.
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