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Old PowerPC Macs are still able to go online and still are stupidly useful.
I recently was given an iMac G4. It has its screen on an arm, and runs a 700 MHz PowerPC chip with 256 MB of ram. The screen is cracked in one spot (though not really its fault). I was able to reduce the damage through an insane method I don't feel like explaining since it'd take too long.
Now that it's up and running and the crack damage is bearable, I got it back to the work it was meant to do. The whole 700 MHz and 256 MB of ram still, despite its slowness, can still load most web pages. There's room for up to 2 gb of ram in it, and there's options for adding an SSD.
The older Power Macs are incredible machines. Even though it's below the special browser's minimum needs, it still cranks out pages. Office 2008, minecraft, Photoshop, Audacity, Video editors, etc, all run on the PowerPC Macs, and files from those are usually indistinguishable (except minecraft and kinda office due to updates) to files made by new machines and software. The only real thing it can't do is YouTube, and even then some of them can, just not the ones I have. The Mac Pro G5 is a good example.
I know computers don't really fit since all computers inevitably die without service, but this line specifically are insanely stout and with a new PRAM battery and a recap if it needs it, you get years and years of life. They were made to last, and this is obvious since the very next iMac couldn't be opened past the ram without ripping out the screen first with glue, suction cups, and replacement lenses for when it inevitably shatters. My G5 takes a few screws and you have everything but the cpu accessible.
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I recently was given an iMac G4. It has its screen on an arm, and runs a 700 MHz PowerPC chip with 256 MB of ram. The screen is cracked in one spot (though not really its fault). I was able to reduce the damage through an insane method I don't feel like explaining since it'd take too long.
Now that it's up and running and the crack damage is bearable, I got it back to the work it was meant to do. The whole 700 MHz and 256 MB of ram still, despite its slowness, can still load most web pages. There's room for up to 2 gb of ram in it, and there's options for adding an SSD.
The older Power Macs are incredible machines. Even though it's below the special browser's minimum needs, it still cranks out pages. Office 2008, minecraft, Photoshop, Audacity, Video editors, etc, all run on the PowerPC Macs, and files from those are usually indistinguishable (except minecraft and kinda office due to updates) to files made by new machines and software. The only real thing it can't do is YouTube, and even then some of them can, just not the ones I have. The Mac Pro G5 is a good example.
I know computers don't really fit since all computers inevitably die without service, but this line specifically are insanely stout and with a new PRAM battery and a recap if it needs it, you get years and years of life. They were made to last, and this is obvious since the very next iMac couldn't be opened past the ram without ripping out the screen first with glue, suction cups, and replacement lenses for when it inevitably shatters. My G5 takes a few screws and you have everything but the cpu accessible.
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