My first Mac! (A classic).

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Why???

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I am sorry to say this, but I would get your money back.  You could get much better for free, or very little money more.  The model you are getting was reviewed as being slower than the fastest 68040 Macs that preceded it at many tasks.  You could probably run MacOS7 faster on an Amiga with ShapeShifter, or Emplant, or Fusion and a 68060/50MHz than your 60MHz PPC Mac.

[amigadave]

Did not mean to make you feel bad, but I think you could find a much better "Old Mac", or old "any computer" for $66.75 U.S., or 40£ (or is that £40).

If you COULD get your money back, I am sure you could find a much better old Mac to play with, but if you can't, well then enjoy what you are getting.

I understand the enjoyment of messing around with old Mac programs and the OS itself.  I used to spend hours on my A2000 w/030 and 386sx Bridgeboard running MS-DOS6.22, MacOS7.5.5 and AmigaDOS3.1 all at the same time.

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I have been interested in getting older Macs just to use the cases for other purposes.  That funny looking iMac that came out right after the colored CRT models, you know the first LCD models, would make a great case to put a MiniMig, or FPGArcade into with tons of room to spare.  Turning the old colored CRT Mac into an aquarium, like the one someone made out of an original Mac model.  Just a couple of ideas for old Mac computers that I have thought of in the past, but may never do anything about.

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I think that with things advancing much more slowly in the Amiga world, retro Amigas are more useful than the equivalent Mac. I have one of those machines, with OS8 and it's so slow it's unbearable, especially running 68k stuff, whereas my A1200/060/Voodoo3 feels an order of magnitude faster in everyday use. The Mac just feels so much more antiquated...

I recently picked up an iBook G4 1.33GHz for *nothing*. Granted, it wasn't working due to spilled coffee, but I cleaned it out and treated it to a new keyboard (€23 on eBay) and it's perfect now running Tiger. Not bad!!

Nice score Daedalus!  Can't beat free for old gear and if you are lucky and interested in running MorphOS, there is a chance that that G4 iBook has very nearly the same hardware as the G4 MacMini and you might be able to run the next version of MorphOS on it some day.  One of the MorphOS Dev Team members has already booted a work in progress on a G4 PowerBook, but they have not promised that they will be completing any version except the one for the G4 MacMini.

@Wayne,

Totally agree with your comments 100%.  I am at least partly guilty of jumping into this thread with a negative comment, but it was meant to be constructive help, just in case the OP could get his money back and spend it on another old Mac that would be more enjoyable for him in the long run.  I remember when the first PPC Macs came out and many Mac users were very disappointed that they could not run their existing 68k programs as fast as they did on their older 68040 Macs.  I think if the OP had looked around a bit longer he could have found a better Mac for about the same money.  I'll try not to post negative messages in the future.

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She boots! Thanks danamania!

EDIT: So far as I can tell it runs pretty smooth and quick. Il still be hunting for upgrades though (if any).

Good call danamania!  Congrats tokyoracer, enjoy your new toy.