I just picked up a Performa 550 off of Craigslist. They thought it was dead, but I helped them test it out (i.e. the power switch doesn't actually turn it on) and found out it just has a bad hard drive.
I picked it up for $75 - too much? I dunno. I put in another drive and it boots up fine, inside is hardly dusty at all, outside is in good shape. I never thought I'd see one of these things again so it's worth it to me. After I find a bigger drive I'm going to get it set up like I had my Performa 630CD as a kid - I have a lot of old CD-ROM Today and MacAddict CDs to go through! I also want to get my 4 year old playing with some KidPix.
This is kind of a mundane model, but it's exciting for me since it's my first non-portable classic Mac score since my dad gave away my small (and also mundane) collection several years ago when our old house was sold.
I picked it up for $75 - too much? I dunno. I put in another drive and it boots up fine, inside is hardly dusty at all, outside is in good shape. I never thought I'd see one of these things again so it's worth it to me. After I find a bigger drive I'm going to get it set up like I had my Performa 630CD as a kid - I have a lot of old CD-ROM Today and MacAddict CDs to go through! I also want to get my 4 year old playing with some KidPix.
This is kind of a mundane model, but it's exciting for me since it's my first non-portable classic Mac score since my dad gave away my small (and also mundane) collection several years ago when our old house was sold.
