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Powerbook G3 3500/"Kanga" — #4

Cost: $61 AUD, which is a bit to me but should enable me to offload some other Macs as I hone down the collection Seems OS X is a difficult prospect on these machines - some so…
68kMLA Hardware by Byrd Wed, 14 Oct 2009 - 05:01

Powerbook G3 3500/"Kanga" — #2

Good job. I hope you did not pay too much for it. Regardless I have been trying to find one of these for a while but apparently everyone holds on to them here. I've only been ab…
68kMLA Hardware by Strimkind Wed, 14 Oct 2009 - 02:54

PPC G5 Halts, Panics, Crashes - heat related? — #27

In geekbench tests, the original macbook air (1.6GHz C2D) whups the pants off of all G5 systems except the dual2.7 and the dualdual2.5. This test is admittedly only of CPU and ram …
68kMLA Hardware by UltraNEO* Wed, 14 Oct 2009 - 00:26

is this a good deal? — #14

i waited way too long, and they were already sold... whoever got them got a steal... $50 apiece.... Click to expand... Yeah, that's happened to me too. For better or worse, one…
68kMLA Hardware by tmtomh Tue, 13 Oct 2009 - 23:43

is this a good deal? — #13

i waited way too long, and they were already sold... whoever got them got a steal... $50 apiece....
68kMLA Hardware by geeko Tue, 13 Oct 2009 - 23:06

Outbound Notebook — #18

I would guess (from left to right) Turned on/Standby, AC Connected, Battery Charging/Status.
68kMLA Hardware by John8520 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 - 22:41

Outbound Notebook — #17

yeah, but i have know clue what the status lights mean
68kMLA Hardware by geeko Tue, 13 Oct 2009 - 22:34

Outbound Notebook — #16

Interesting, Apple had status lights, but they did away with them in later years. :-/
68kMLA Hardware by Christopher Tue, 13 Oct 2009 - 21:45

is this a good deal? — #12

They probably need the motherboards recapped and that costs $100+ to send out and have it done (each plus shipping). Anybody who buys broken equipment that cannot troubleshoot or f…
68kMLA Hardware by Hrududu Tue, 13 Oct 2009 - 07:04

is this a good deal? — #11

these are powermacs, not imacs, i didn't think they get bad caps Click to expand... They also get logic board issues, some are bad capacitors. I also seen some stock video card…
68kMLA Hardware by Unknown_K Tue, 13 Oct 2009 - 01:02

ALERT: eBay Auction, Hyperdrive 512k in Disguise! — #30

It's because it's an original 128k, complete with all original packaging Click to expand... Actually it's not original, nor complete. It will have a 512K board in it, or at lea…
68kMLA Hardware by Mac128 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 - 01:02

is this a good deal? — #10

these are powermacs, not imacs, i didn't think they get bad caps
68kMLA Hardware by geeko Tue, 13 Oct 2009 - 00:49

ALERT: eBay Auction, Hyperdrive 512k in Disguise! — #29

Yes, but this auction does list a Hyperdrive Mac. It is interesting though how 7 people have bid up the price to nearly $1300 in spite of the fact the seller says the Hyperdrive i…
68kMLA Hardware by Anonymous Freak Tue, 13 Oct 2009 - 00:25

is this a good deal? — #9

They probably need the motherboards recapped and that costs $100+ to send out and have it done (each plus shipping). Anybody who buys broken equipment that cannot troubleshoot or f…
68kMLA Hardware by Unknown_K Mon, 12 Oct 2009 - 22:09

How many have a Powermac G5? — #29

My Dual 2.7 G5 is more than powerful enough for what I do - lots of CAD, some 3d rendering and light photo and SD video editing. So far, I see no reason to upgrade to an intel sys…
68kMLA Hardware by lighting Mon, 12 Oct 2009 - 21:59
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