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Article #42Re: Mac vs PC rant
From: Brian Paul Ehni
Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 00:34
Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 00:34
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On 12/24/04 3:32 PM, in article 1gpccqb.1k3s0j6imr9s1N%rifty@tpg.com.au, "Rifty" <rifty@tpg.com.au> wrote: > Brian Paul Ehni <behni@comcast.net> wrote: > >> 3. The beige PowerMacs we disposed of still worked; I just donated four G3s >> to a school in New Mexico. These are going on 7 years old now. >> 4. I can't give away PCs as old as the either of the G3s above; no one will >> take them! > > I have a shed overloaded with old Macs, several from the 80s - why? > Because they all still work perfectly and I don't have the heart to > throw them away. (But then I also have a couple of Commodore 64s still > in working condition!) The beige G3 in my office (alongside a great > iMac!) still comes in handy for some SCSI equipment and even for helping > the odd person in trouble with a floppy disk. > > Why can't Apple do the decent thing and build in a critical component > breakdown, so we can happily throw away our old Macs??? :) > > Cheers all.... > > Rifty Sadly, I DID just throw away a dozen IIci/IIcx/IISi models; no one wanted them al all... -- Brian Ehni
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