Frankenstein Mac
December 16th, 2005 by 
stonysleep
My Powermac G4 Case Mod from 2003
I was talking to MacHeadCase yesterday about future computers, and we were comparing what each of us had. It was then that I realised that I’d never talked about my Mac on this website and/or blog. So I got my digital camera out, a Sony T-1 and built a little page about my Mac and what i did to the case.
It’s a bit of a mishmash of a computer now – many of the components have been upgraded, and being the first tower case computer i’ve owned, am reluctant to give it up, and want to upgrade it as much as possible.
It’s quite old though now – bought it in August 2000 as a 1st generation Powermac G4, with a 450MHz processor, Zip Drive, DVD ROM, 20Gb Hard Drive and 128mb RAM.
It now has a 2nd hard drive: 120Gb Maxtor, a DVD±RW in addition to the DVD ROM, 640Mb RAM, and no Zip Drive. I’ve added an extra 4 USB ports, and a wireless network card. The original ATI rage Pro graphics card was replaced 4 years ago for a NVidia GeForce 2MX, but that is now due for replacement – i think a Radeon of some description will be the best.
At some point i will want to replace this mac, possibly with a Powermac G5, but they are expensive, and don’t have dual optical drives which drives me nuts. Perhaps I’ll go for a cheaper 2002 edition of the Power Mac G4 Desktops or as I’ve threatened for many years buy a Windows Computer because it’s cheaper and easier to upgrade.
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from Canada
December 16th, 2005 at 9:18 pm Safari 312.3.3 Mac OS
A Windoze computer???
Now, now, lie down and let’s make sure you’re not running a fever here…
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from United Kingdom
December 16th, 2005 at 10:20 pm Safari 416.13 Mac OS
I’ve been threatening to buy one for 3 years – the nearest i’ve got is the Dell i’ve got sat next to my mac that has FreeBSD 5 installed on it. But i never use it cos i havent got round to buying a KVM switch and it’s too much effort swapping the cables round all the time
We’ll have to wait and see what i buy next though cos i havent been particularly happy with any of apple’s pro desktops computers the last 3 years
What do you think of the frankenstein computer though?!
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from Canada
December 17th, 2005 at 3:43 am Safari 312.3.3 Mac OS
Well I am impressed! Good thing the holes in the back don’t show!
You wanted to swap it for my old iMac G4 you said the other day? Hmmm… I’ll have to sleep on it for a century or two.
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from United States
December 22nd, 2005 at 8:01 pm Safari 416.12 Mac OS
Aren’t read to give up the iLamp yet MHC?
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from Canada
December 23rd, 2005 at 3:23 pm Safari 312.3.3 Mac OS
Nope not yet! Events dictate this!
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from United States
January 13th, 2006 at 3:31 pm WordPress 1.5.2
[...] So I left Borders, and thought now was as good a time as any to get a new graphics card which I’ve been putting off for ages. Following the Stevenote on tuesday 10th January (the day before), I thought that I would be trading in my Frankenstein Mac for something newer, and the Graphics card will more than likely be the only thing I upgrade before I do so. [...]
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