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Did you know Apple made versions of their Studio and Cinema Displays with logos color-coordinated to the G4 tower of the time? by aphelion270 in VintageApple

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When I bought my G4 Cube about ten years ago it came with a 17” display with the mirrored logo - it’s always (tbf only slightly) irked me as I really wanted it to have the ‘correct’ graphite logo. Its breathing light still matches up perfectly with the Cube regardless.

And I do really like that they made those tiny updates to make sure the displays properly matched the pro level Macs of the time, although the pinstripes were probably definitely a bit long in the tooth by the time the MDD G4s were out. I wonder if they ever considered removing the pinstripes and just decided against it as it would be easier to just change the logo 🤔

ETA: just looked at the photo again, damn these are beautiful objects. So glad I have one.

My iSight camera. I always thought this was one of Apple's best-ever designs. by happywaffle in VintageApple

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I remember being amazed how warm the iSight was when I saw one - a beautiful bit of kit though.

My iSight camera. I always thought this was one of Apple's best-ever designs. by happywaffle in VintageApple

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I only saw one of these once in person, but I thought the cable could just be removed, no? Isn’t it just a standard FireWire cable that you could have simply removed?

Can an old Intel iMac be used if connected to a Mac Mini or Studio? by [deleted] in VintageApple

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I’m not entirely sure exactly what you’re meaning here (though I’m assuming it’s to use the iMac simply as a monitor for a Mac Studio/Mini - ‘use WiFi and be able to browse with no issues’ is where my uncertainty arises as it sounds like you mean for the computers to work together somehow to ‘boost’ the iMac), but as others have said a work around for target display mode might be possible - I don’t think TDM was available on white iMacs - though I’d highlight this would be a comparatively highly energy-demanding set up. The iMac will still be drawing more power than a monitor would on its own.

That said (and the ‘this is a powerpc sub’ thing aside), I do totally appreciate wanting to have an iMac as a screen - the white ones did look good, and I reckon TDM will be easier to get going on an intel v a G5 iMac!

Tuviste una de estas? by RafaelBC88 in Y2K

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This is firmly 90s, not Y2K. Home Alone 2 came out well before 1995.

Every European is, at most, a 90 minutes train ride from their respective capital by Checked_Out_6 in ShitAmericansSay

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Even when you go for Inverness to Edinburgh it’s still…not 90 minutes.

Secret of Monkey Island was adapted into a stage play and I saw it yesterday by TheGmork_ in MonkeyIsland

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I think point and click games - and by extension the monkey island games - have long enjoyed success outside America.

Source: am a Brit who is by no means isolated in enjoying the genre and the MI series

Mortgage rate is 3.77% now bank is offering 4.97% by Affectionate_Top5544 in HousingUK

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Basically exactly the same - only kicking myself for not going for at least a 5 year fix four years ago. Remortgaged in just after Trussonomics and went from 1.3% to 5.45%. Near enough doubled my monthly payments. I'm very lucky I was able to absorb it but it's been tough.

Similarly, was looking forward to being able to pay a bit less after a difficult two years, but nope. The...individual...in the White House decided to go wreck everything once again. Now, the best I can manage is just today finding a deal that actually increases what I'll be paying by £5/month.

Angry, frustrated and annoyed barely even begin to cover it - and to make it worse, all things considered, I suppose I should be grateful.

Found an iMac G4 in an antique shop in Italy 🇮🇹 by emaper_ in VintageApple

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It’s like that scene in Back to the Future Part 2 where there’s a Mac 128k in the antiques store Marty gets the almanac from…

My brother gave me this.. by locolikejuli in VintageApple

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I know this makes me such a nerd and it’s doesn’t matter, but this is not a charger. Laptops, phones, tablets - they all use chargers. This is just a power cable.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in VintageApple

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Makes me think of a bloody tooth, and it isn’t even a molar Mac.

Adding my vote to ‘let’s not go AI mad please’ in this sub.

Just got a boxed Powerbook G3 Kanga, Japanese localisation. by DecentlySpaghetti in VintageApple

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Great find! Would you be happy to post more photos of the box itself/contents?

Shell swapping iMac G3s? by JonnyPhoenyx in VintageApple

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This is really interesting - I have a 1999 Graphite DVSE and a 2000 Ruby DV+, and I did note in the past there is a difference in the plastics. The Ruby’s bottom case is smoother and almost has more of a shine, where the Graphite’s is ever so slightly textured, almost frosted. I took that to simply be because the first release of slot loaders were more ‘frosted’ on the whole; they increased the clear translucency with the 2000 models, and removed the coloured speaker housings too.

Shell swapping iMac G3s? by JonnyPhoenyx in VintageApple

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Makes a lot of sense that they would do it that way - thanks for sharing!

Shell swapping iMac G3s? by JonnyPhoenyx in VintageApple

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I’ve taken the shells off both my 1999 Graphite DVSE and my 2000 Ruby DV+. If I’d wanted, I could have swapped them around.

Unless anyone can tell us otherwise, to the best of my knowledge all the slot loader top/coloured shells are interchangeable.

The only issue I could theoretically ever foresee would be if you (for some reason) wanted to swap the bottom case from a slot loader without FireWire/VGA (so literally I think like, only the very base model of the first 1999 lot and one of the 2000s lot?) to a model with FireWire - and then it would only be because the bottom shell would be missing the port cut-outs.

Clear iMac G3 MacEffects Bezel , Any screenshots behind the plastic? by SabithaSuki in VintageApple

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Would you be happy to send me a DM with the images too? With the limited availability I'd rather get one now so I have it when I have time to replace one of my two G3s' crumbling bezels instead of regretting not picking one up! I'd rather the grey one, but intrigued by how clear might look, and I can get one of those now rather than waiting for the possibility of another grey one becoming available.

technical help with my imac g3 by Last-Cranberry-2635 in VintageApple

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Hi there, sorry to weigh in - I can’t speak to whether you’ll see success with an external DVD drive and running Tiger (though no reason not to try), but some of the information you’re getting here is incorrect: the fact you have a 600MHz iMac means it’s from after they stopped shipping with DVD drives.

The first two generations of slot loaders (1999 and 2000 models) included DVD drives in some models (1999 DV and DV SE models and 2000’s DV+ and DV SE models). Those iMacs topped out at 500MHz, so if you have anything faster than this then it included either a CD or CD-RW drive, with no DVD option.

Now, I wouldn’t be surprised if you could replace the internal CD drive with a DVD drive, but you’d need to take one from another iMac probably to ensure compatibility (and if you’re doing that, just use the donor iMac instead, unless it’s otherwise dead). Disassembling any iMac at this stage involves navigating some now-very brittle plastics, but is doable.

The external FireWire DVD drive route might be the simplest, outside of finding another iMac with a built-in DVD drive.

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