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PowerBook G3, round 2
Mar. 9th, 2008 11:08 amA second G3/400 PowerBook has appeared; at worst it's spare parts, at best it's a second functional machine. And what am I going to do with these dated beasties? Boost the memory to 512mb, install/repair an OS on them, and give one to my niece Lauren and the other (possibly) to stay with me. They've only got 6gb drives in them, so there's not a lot of space for additional programs.
Lauren's machine will probably end up a linux machine. She's young enough that she'll learn it fairly quickly; start 'em young enough and hopefully they'll turn into OpenSource advocates. :) If I end up keeping one it'll definitely end up a linux machine. Since I have the blue & white G3/400 desktop machine I'm interested in comparing OS X to whatever linux flavor I end up using. Is there an Ubuntu distro for Mac, I wonder. Hrm, I'll need to check that.
A power brick has been located on eBay; once my sister dumps $30 into my PayPal account I'll finish the sale. If both units work, then a second can be procured from the same source. I'm actually looking forward to rehabbing these units... the design is elegant and well thought out. After working with x86-based laptops, finding one so easy to disassemble is a real treat. Of the laptops I've messed with, the only thing that even comes CLOSE is the IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad, which has full disassembly instructions available on the net directly from the manufacturer. Older HP and Compaq laptops are the worst to work on, Gateway 'tops just above them, and the Dells sitting in the middle. I pray I never have to open up my Gateway laptop, because I know what a pain in the ass it is to get apart, and I flat refuse to work on Compaq laptops. Never again the fingerbleeding times.
Wow, I'm a bit wordy today. Must have something to do with actually getting a little sleep over the last couple months. I almost feel human again. OH! Torchwood fans really should take five minutes and giggle over THIS. :)
*thinks* I'm pretty sure that's it for the moment. I need to get back to my cleaning anyway. Ciao!
Lauren's machine will probably end up a linux machine. She's young enough that she'll learn it fairly quickly; start 'em young enough and hopefully they'll turn into OpenSource advocates. :) If I end up keeping one it'll definitely end up a linux machine. Since I have the blue & white G3/400 desktop machine I'm interested in comparing OS X to whatever linux flavor I end up using. Is there an Ubuntu distro for Mac, I wonder. Hrm, I'll need to check that.
A power brick has been located on eBay; once my sister dumps $30 into my PayPal account I'll finish the sale. If both units work, then a second can be procured from the same source. I'm actually looking forward to rehabbing these units... the design is elegant and well thought out. After working with x86-based laptops, finding one so easy to disassemble is a real treat. Of the laptops I've messed with, the only thing that even comes CLOSE is the IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad, which has full disassembly instructions available on the net directly from the manufacturer. Older HP and Compaq laptops are the worst to work on, Gateway 'tops just above them, and the Dells sitting in the middle. I pray I never have to open up my Gateway laptop, because I know what a pain in the ass it is to get apart, and I flat refuse to work on Compaq laptops. Never again the fingerbleeding times.
Wow, I'm a bit wordy today. Must have something to do with actually getting a little sleep over the last couple months. I almost feel human again. OH! Torchwood fans really should take five minutes and giggle over THIS. :)
*thinks* I'm pretty sure that's it for the moment. I need to get back to my cleaning anyway. Ciao!
