Never heard of, Sonnet upgrades are usually very forgiving and don't tax the machine like others (with selectable bus, multiplier speeds .... Sonnet did none of that), so I'd go fo…

That does not ring any bells for me.  Doesn't mean it never existed, but does mean that it must have been pretty obscure if it did. There were issues putting G4 upgrades into the …

Even if the motherboard is busted in the XPS there is still really nice components inside. I'm surprised the owner didn't salvage the really nice parts on the inside.

@bibilit , you know where to find these kind of recycle haul here in france Click to expand... Not really, from time to time car boot sales or flea markets have been good to me (…

Nice haul! You could try and save that MacBook Pro with a reflow, probably (and since it's already damaged, it won't hurt anyway).

Crazy how people throw thing… an iPad . @bibilit , you know where to find these kind of recycle haul here in france ? My main source for stuff is Bay or le bon coin...

That's an awesome haul in one swoop, I found a Dell XPS 720 a few years ago too, with a faulty motherboard - apparently a very common fault.  Standard ATX though so would make a fa…

Nice haul, congrats. Almost never get so much  at once. Yes people toss a lot of fine equipment. I get the same kind of Wii for my kid for 3 euros in working condition and a nice…

Incredible haul!  The XPS appears nice - I haven't seen older Macs (like the LC) show up on a doorstep (outside of eBay or here) in some time, here in downstate IL.

I live near a e-recycle drop off. The stuff I find there is unbelievable, I often wonder why would people toss this stuff. Never a retro Mac though. Lots of iPods old iPhones po…

you know this was perfectly good stuff, seems one would rather sell some of this stuff then toss it

Nice haul, that's a lot of stuff. It's a shame someone tossed that iPad, I'd like to get a first gen some time.

Incredible to see those big, almost useless and power consuming monsters that can now be emulated with great ease on a simple Raspberry Pi. Nice to see how it has evolved...

Ok , thanks, was making my life harder for nothing then

Where you lift the screen does not change the amount of pressure, it just makes it harder for you to open it since you have less leverage. If there is 2lbs of resistance, there wil…

Lubricate the hinges helps. I usually remove the two hinges covers, and apply a bit of silicone oil , then put back the hinges. Also , when opening, don't hold it from front of th…

Great, now I've got that song in my head.

That's a pretty interesting video! Definitely shows some of the history of Apple in a simple way.

DC 2.0Ghz G5

All I see is Apple Certified Reconditioned RM603366R6UF9590LL/A that mean anything?

I think it is the 128MB model (my notes are in the lab after doing a google search on the part number). Will look for a serial number but I think that was with the sticker that has…

Does it have the serial number? Could run it through the decoder. http://www.chipmunk.nl/klantenservice/applemodel Other than that I don't think you can tell. You'd know if it was…

Got in a G5 PCIE Tower of some kind (the specs sticker is gone and there is a refurbed by Apple sticker in its place). Can't power it up because those models use a heavy duty power…

Cory5412 said: The Quad itself is a really interesting kind of sidenote/footnote for Apple. They were announced and sold after the Intel transition was, for sort of the same …

Good point on the DTK benchmarks. I looked and can't find anything official. This thread is entertaining though: http://community.thefoundry.co.uk/discussion/topic.aspx?f=34&am…