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I have been given an old non working crt iMac with a blue case, question is what should I do with it? Any suggestions apart from bin it?

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Posted : 23/11/2018 12:24 pm
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Convert it to a fish tank.


 
Posted : 23/11/2018 12:25 pm
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Drop it off at the tip whilst on the way for a day out with the kids.


 
Posted : 23/11/2018 12:29 pm
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In what way is it "non-working"?  Is it readily fixable perhaps?

Chuck it on eBay?  Worth a punt, some people will buy any old shit.


 
Posted : 23/11/2018 12:29 pm
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Chuck it on eBay?  Worth a punt, some people will buy any old shit.

Yeah, plenty who will call that a collectable or antique 😉


 
Posted : 23/11/2018 12:31 pm
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Stick it in the loft, might be worth something in 30 years.


 
Posted : 23/11/2018 12:34 pm
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ebay


 
Posted : 23/11/2018 12:50 pm
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Don't know what's wrong with it. Apparently it had been in their cupboard for about 6 years and now they are getting rid of it. I will power it up and see what happens, but looking for suggestions otherwise. EBay or tip could be a possibility........


 
Posted : 23/11/2018 12:50 pm
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You know how s****y new cars all have a iPad size screen on the dashboard to control the radio and sat-nav and such?

That. In the Yaris.


 
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Yeah, plenty who will call that a collectable or antique
such as the MOMA in New York who have that in their industrial design collection. ****ing peasants, what would they know?! 😂

Straight-up classic design that, looks wicked, no idea what I'd do with one mind!! Have had an old PowerMac G4 case sitting under my desk for years waiting for me to do "something" with!


 
Posted : 23/11/2018 12:55 pm
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I remember when they came out and were branded as new-gen portable computing!


 
Posted : 23/11/2018 1:04 pm
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such as the MOMA in New York who have that in their industrial design collection. **** peasants, what would they know?!

Do they have one or 50? One in each colour shows what they were, the rest are just junk though


 
Posted : 23/11/2018 1:23 pm
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Straight-up classic design that, looks wicked

They are ugly as shit. Overpriced, underspecced. Never understood what anyone saw in them.


 
Posted : 23/11/2018 1:26 pm
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spaceman or power ranger helmet


 
Posted : 23/11/2018 1:30 pm
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I have two of these, well the actual original Bondi Blue tray-loaders one not the johnny-come-lately indego blue slot loader pictured in the OP. Hanging on to them but looking at eBay still worth bugger all. One is even upgrade to a blazing fast 500 MHz from the original 233 MHz if I remember right.


 
Posted : 23/11/2018 1:33 pm
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Put it on eBay,  somebody will probably want it.


 
Posted : 23/11/2018 1:37 pm
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We have a couple in storage at the office - we were thinking about stripping them out and putting a Raspberry Pi in them and having them as some kinda ambient displays to show off recent work etc.


 
Posted : 23/11/2018 1:49 pm
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Stick it on the car dashboard, it will impress the hell out of anybody aged under about 20 who will think it's a massive satnav.


 
Posted : 23/11/2018 2:00 pm
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Ask the local museum see if they want it.

Sounds strange but I know our local museum is lacking what we probably consider newer stuff in their collections like early 2000's clothing and tech and are actually wanting this stuff to store for future exhibitions.


 
Posted : 23/11/2018 2:40 pm
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Move it about 4 feet to the road and see what happens when a car hits it.


 
Posted : 23/11/2018 2:41 pm
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You could try advertising on here:

They seem a buy a lot of old, pretty useless tech, zip drives and the like are very popular.


 
Posted : 23/11/2018 3:04 pm

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