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#451 Mon, 2 Dec 2013 - 06:10

Nice! Those last models with the Hi-Res displays were some of the best AlBooks Apple made, IMO.

#452 Mon, 2 Dec 2013 - 17:47

Was able to pick up a Dual 2.5 GHz Power Mac G5 liquid cooled beast minus RAM and hard drive at the university surplus for a single $20. I couldn't resist. I've always wanted a liquid cooled G5.

I had one new... traded it in to PowerMax in 2008 (when I got the Mac Pro I'm using now)

#453 Mon, 2 Dec 2013 - 19:37

Picked a 4th Gen iPod Touch with a completely smashed screen for free. Just ordered a cheap replacement for $28.

#454 Mon, 2 Dec 2013 - 21:31

Make sure that display you ordered is the whole enchilada. The LCD is fused to glass in the 4th gen, and the digitizer was too.

Those 4th Gen iPod touches are pretty sweet. I had one before I got my iPhone and loved it. Got rid of it after I got my iPhone as I wasn't using it anymore. Too bad they aren't supported by iOS 7.

#455 Mon, 2 Dec 2013 - 21:39

Yup. I've done the replacement on these before.

#456 Thu, 5 Dec 2013 - 20:07

Nice! Those last models with the Hi-Res displays were some of the best AlBooks Apple made, IMO.

What I've found, though, is that the battery charging circuitry tends to go before the rest of the components on the motherboard so you end up with a laptop that runs fine on AC power but is no longer portable which sort of defeats the purpose of having a laptop. You can get replacement motherboards but changing them is a pain. I have two of them and neither of them will charge a battery. One has a cracked screen so I put that one into a Bookendz docking station and use it as a desktop with a stand alone monitor.

#457 Sun, 19 Jan 2014 - 00:53

My conquests are so few a far these days but I fell into a Grape iMac with keyboard. Looks like I need the grape puck and the IO door, though. Don't even know if it works yet. Also picked up a VST SuperDisk drive and a DVD-ROM for PowerBook G3 for $3 each.

#458 Sat, 8 Feb 2014 - 02:07

Made a lucky bid on a working Quadra 950 board for $40 shipped on eBay. Hopefully that gets my Q950 up and running for real.

#459 Sat, 8 Feb 2014 - 04:50

Schweet!