Comments on: What Do You Do With Old Macs?

By: Jorge Sepúlveda

Jorge Sepúlveda — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:51:51 +0000

I´m a Graphic Designer so, my first computer was a Macintosh 6100/60, that i had to sell in order to buy a new Blueberry Imac 333, the first went to a nice old lady who was interested in getting to the internet, then the Imac went recently to my nephews who loved it. Then I bought an Imac Graphito who now became part of my storage Mac, I also have a Powerbook Pismo, that´s still runnig great and it´s my wife´s laptop, now i´m working with my new Macbook , but i believe that if you are not going to use it, there are a lot of schools in your neigborhood that can make a difference in child education, so please, donate to the ones who are in need. Thks

By: Gin

Gin — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 05:57:56 +0000

A neighbour turned his blueberry iMac into a cat bed. It’s awesome.

By: Noah Kleiman

Noah Kleiman — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 21:03:10 +0000

To correct my previous statement “Apple no longer engages in corporate philanthropy”… I was recently informed that Apple does indeed engage in corporate philanthropy, but does so “proactively, quietly, and anonymously”.

By: Walrus23

Walrus23 — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 08:09:13 +0000

Well… I have 3 vintage macs. A Centris 650, an LC III and a Mac SE (my first MAC and not going anywhere). the LC3 needs a hard drive (SCSI) but apart from that all work. I Had a power PC 2550/200 and when it died i kept the hard drive, and filled the case with fireworks.(very pretty, but that one is History.) the hard drive is IDE so i cant even put it in the LC3! I am a PC technician by trade, but i am converted! LONG LIVE THE MAC!!!!!!

By: kwit

kwit — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 03:45:23 +0000

While looking into baby monitor choicess (and prices) I have been interested in using a G3 iMac for video monitoring of our newborn. It seems that all it takes is iChat and a webcam. In doing this, I will benefit from having video, as opposed to just audio that comes from standard baby monitor products. After all, it will save me money, offer more, and it will let me know if there’s a blanket covering the babys face. Audio can’t do that, but an old Mac can!

By: CharlesP

CharlesP — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 07:07:52 +0000

I’m considering when I finally make a move to the intel machines of donating my current iBook to http://fameus.net which is a charity my uncle started. He quit his medical practice in CA and has moved to Tanzania with his wife to start a hospital. They’re planning on networking the hospital with Macs I noticed in the last e-mail from them. Wouldn’t work for those real old machines, but might work if you’ve got vaguely recent hardware (and it’s a good cause).

By: Eamon Ford

Eamon Ford — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 18:24:22 +0000

I’m currently setting up an old TiBook as a web server for my blog. (Since I can’t find a good free host… :P)

By: MacSE

MacSE — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:17:29 +0000

I’ve usually given them away, either to family or friends, and once to our kids’ high school. I do still have the second Mac I ever used, an SE/30.

Security? I just erased my important files. I knew that they weren’t going to end up in some hacker’s hands. If you couldn’t give one away, I’d just toss it in your regular garbage. No one is digging in landfills for data, yet.

That is a Mac museum you have there, sjmills. Hang on to to it!

By: Honza

Honza — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 08:54:08 +0000

Some of you guys are just paranoid about your old data. You’re like NSA agents or something?

Seriously why on earth is there a 7 pass wipe and a 35 pass wipe built into disk utility? It’s not like cleaning windows, it’s digital, and once the dirt is gone – it’s gone!

Matt – put your drill away. If you really wanna destroy the drive, its enough to just hit it a couple times with a hammer (while it’s powered up will be better), or you could try placing it on the local railroad track and waiting for the 08.47 express…

By: Nan

Nan — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 02:53:27 +0000

I just got my new Macbook a few months ago, sitting on my dresser is my old G4 iBook. My idea, is to use it as 1) a back up, or in case i am to lazy to get my Macbook from downstairs and 2) figure if there is a way that i could use it to back up my new system as a secondary backup besides burning the info on the CD. The iBook still runs, so hey, why not use it for somehting. My sister however has a lime grean clamshell in a box. I ask her why doesn’t she donate or something, and she says, ‘are you nuts? that’s my fisrt ever laptop!!’