the fate of the emac g4

[Arlen Moulton2]

please be mindfull that these are getting rarer due to morons with sledge hammers

[Delta]

Erm, there's no option of "use it"! 😀

[Arlen Moulton2]

Now there is

[Halcyon]

I actually picked one up that was thrown in as part of another ebay buy. I originally planned on fixing it up but it turned out to be a bigger pain in the ass so I binned it. I guess if it's in proper working order you could keep it or sell it on ebay although I don't think they'd be worth that much. It was about that time Apple started on their downhill decent.

It's probably the reason people took to them with sledge hammers, because they were just shit. Niggly little problems and to get the thing apart (without loosing any of the screws or breaking something) took half a day.

[rollatorwieltje]

Donate to photonicinduction so he can test his new laser on it.

[Arlen Moulton2]

Donate to photonicinduction so he can test his new laser on it.

No, I won't have any of them destroyed by a mindless moron with a laser! You are dum!

[c4757p]

You are dum!

[German_EE]

Turn it into a fish tank.

An original 1984 Apple Mac might be worth saving but the later machines are not.

[nctnico]

I like the fishtank idea but you'll need to replace the CRT with a real fish tank. Either way as a computer it is useless and worthless. If you keep it for 20 years it won't work after such a long period and it will be next to impossible to repair. Modern electronics are disposables!

[matseng]

If it was the iMac-G4 I'd put it in a prominent place in my home as a piece of beautiful art.   
But the eMac-G4 is kinda ugly...

[ivan747]

If it was the iMac-G4 I'd put it in a prominent place in my home as a piece of beautiful art.   
But the eMac-G4 is kinda ugly...

I once saw one in person. It's like art, it doesn't look good on pictures until you actually see it in person.
Now that's a machine that can be the centerpiece of almost any room.

[kolonelkadat]

Im sure there is a huge collectors market for that ewaste, best to cash in before the market crashes like it did with beanie babies.

[matseng]

I just found one in a local shopping site where a guy sells a working unit for a mere USD 53 - I think I'll have to get it. I've been keen on getting one for a long time now.

Back in 2012 I passed by an University in Georgetown, Malaysia and saw a room of 20 or so of them - beautiful indeed. But I'm not sure what they actually used those ancient computers for. 

[Arlen Moulton2]

I bet they just couldn't afford new ones

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