Hi there guys
First of all, thanks to everyone who took the time to reply and give some pretty thorough opinion's on this machine, it has given me food for thought.
I'll try to answer one or two of the questions that have been asked. Firstly usage, if you haven't guess already by the fact I'm using a G4 550mhz Pismo, I'm not overly bothered about top end speed. I have a Winblows desktop machine and laptop to cover running modern Apps like Itunes for the Ipad. The main cause for my interest are:
1. I loved these machines when they came out, but could never afford one
2. I have a nostalgic association with Motorola PPC Apple computers, I'm not some sort of purist or anything. I just associate the old G3,G4 and 68k machines as being Apple computers. When they made the inevitable move to intel, I felt it some how became less Mac and more PC. Something that was emphasised with the appearance of Hackintosh systems.
Dont get me wrong, I wouldn't turn down a Macbook, but having looked on ebay, they are still a little out of my funds. I've seen several 15" G4 Powerbooks selling for under or around £100 (think thats about $160). Which is within my budget for a spare machine for light browsing and writing my tech blog when I'm staying at my gf's. Compared to similar priced windows laptops, the G4 looks better made and has a nice big display.
One thing i also forgot to mention, being as I like using old tech, (still use an SE occasionally for writing). I need firewire, as I'm still rocking the old scroll wheel 1st Gen Ipod hehe :b&w: . I upgraded it several years ago with a 15gb HD and what can I say, the little fella is still handy to have in the car. I bought a Sansa Fuse to replace it, but it's slow, clunky and rubbish in every way that my old Ipod isn't.
First of all, thanks to everyone who took the time to reply and give some pretty thorough opinion's on this machine, it has given me food for thought.
I'll try to answer one or two of the questions that have been asked. Firstly usage, if you haven't guess already by the fact I'm using a G4 550mhz Pismo, I'm not overly bothered about top end speed. I have a Winblows desktop machine and laptop to cover running modern Apps like Itunes for the Ipad. The main cause for my interest are:
1. I loved these machines when they came out, but could never afford one
2. I have a nostalgic association with Motorola PPC Apple computers, I'm not some sort of purist or anything. I just associate the old G3,G4 and 68k machines as being Apple computers. When they made the inevitable move to intel, I felt it some how became less Mac and more PC. Something that was emphasised with the appearance of Hackintosh systems.
Dont get me wrong, I wouldn't turn down a Macbook, but having looked on ebay, they are still a little out of my funds. I've seen several 15" G4 Powerbooks selling for under or around £100 (think thats about $160). Which is within my budget for a spare machine for light browsing and writing my tech blog when I'm staying at my gf's. Compared to similar priced windows laptops, the G4 looks better made and has a nice big display.
One thing i also forgot to mention, being as I like using old tech, (still use an SE occasionally for writing). I need firewire, as I'm still rocking the old scroll wheel 1st Gen Ipod hehe :b&w: . I upgraded it several years ago with a 15gb HD and what can I say, the little fella is still handy to have in the car. I bought a Sansa Fuse to replace it, but it's slow, clunky and rubbish in every way that my old Ipod isn't.