Earlier today I posted some photos of my G5 iMac, so I figured I should show off the rest of my “G” collection… Before the G5 there was the aptly named G4… I’ve actually had three of these over the years… The first I picked up off the shelf at…
Purely for the entertainment value, today I’m installing weird operating systems on my 17-inch 1.33Ghz PowerBook G4. I briefly had MorphOS, the AmigaOS-alike offering, installed. I installed MorphOS via the last burnable DVD I had handy, so it was pretty easy to install; insert DVD, reboot, hold down alt, choose…
My PowerBook G4 has been under the proverbial knife getting all of the worn parts replaced with new old-stock parts — which is a nice thing about the older laptops; user serviceable parts inside. The G4 now has a new DC-in and left-side USB board, a new NVRAM battery and…
Four decades of Apple laptop in one photo, which also covers all of the major hardware versions; 68k, PPC, x86, and M1. What a long strange trip it’s been.
Can you even imagine Apple computers without Intel CPUs in them? We’re definitely living in the future or something.
Back in early 2004 I moved from my home / unicorn sanctuary in Avon Colorado back to Fredericksburg Virginia for a potential teaching gig. This move was fairly spur of the moment and ultimately entailed getting rid of pretty much everything I owned that wouldn’t fit into a couple of…