iMac G4

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Depends on what you want to do with it:look at the apps  it would run when new,it will run those apps still!

INstead of giving the  stripped carcass to be crushed by some silly green recycler,sell the pieces on ebay.

If the screen is positioned correctly,you don't even see the base;it seems as the picture is floating in mid-air.

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DOn't forget there are still linux PPC distros that should run on this  imac.

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I find it somehow odd that people who are so crazily nostalgic for a 25 year old computer that ran at  7 to 25 MHz are deriding as useless a computer one-third that age and at least thirty times faster with vastly improved memory,sound,and video display.

I wish Cloanto produced an Amiga Forever Mac release that installed and ran with all the ease and features of the Windows version.I'd buy at least one copy if the price were the same,or even $10 more than the Windows version.

Computers and their marketing drive me nuts:the laptop that cost several thousand dollars is now supposedly absolutely  worthless yet there sits a nice screen that ought to be able to display my pictures in a slideshow but I am supposed to buy a dedicated device instead. Anybody interested in /have programs for HP620LX palmtop?

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IS  not the  license to use ROM code needed  to be LEGAL and MORAL ?

And how does one buy ROM license for Win UAE if one does not have an Amiga?

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Apple released old versions of the OS up to 7.5.5, but nothing newer,nor have Apple released any ROM images .That's why various Mac emulators for the Amiga required  the owner to buy a set of Apple ROMS or have an Apple computer in their possession to read the ROMs into Amiga memory.

Legally,stealing is stealing,whether it be a loaf of bread(Les Miserables) or a software program or ?Thankfully we now recognize the difference in stealing a loaf of bread out of desperate hunger versus the theft of something coveted but not necessary for life itself.

Instead of wanting 1.3 ROM released for free,why not propse to the patent/copyright owners that they sell such ROMs for a nominal fee?

Oh,wait! I seem to recall ROM chips in Amigakit and other vendors' CURRENT offerings.

Do you suppose one of the main problems with the Amiga enthusiasts is that too many are still "pirates" at heart,and want other people to spend significant portions of life working on Amiga projects for no reward

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Franko:
So you are telling us the Apple tech is also a thief?
Shocking...NOT.

I know that a lot of computer service and sales people givve the customers little bonuses in software despite the illegality.Just because stealing is easy or widespread doesn't make it morally correct (or legal).
Oh yes,I know a fellow who had a growing computer refurbishing business in Cincinnati.He bought  ex-business computers ,cleaned the dirt off the hardware,formatted the hard drives with a new install of Windows and sold hundreds of machines to satisfied customers.Microsoft objected to his business in that he had not bothered to obtain licenses for those Windows installs.I believe the fines were enough to put him out of business.He seemed a fine,hard-working young businessman except for that.

Anybody who wants to discard their iMac G4 can send it to me instead of the trash can.

IF you want free software,it is widely available in the linux world.

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Well,a Brit told me I have a dry sense of humor...........

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It depends just how low your moral standard is and where you choose to exercise your standards.Societies have laws that generally punish those who have significantly lower moral standards than average.Of course politicians and celebrities are somehow given more leeway than Joe Amiga.

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to CSixx:

re:nickname

Recidivist as in keeps returning to old habits despite societal pressure,i.e. use old Commodore computers.