Turn Your Dead PowerMac G4 into a Wall Clock

By Lonnie Lazar (12:30 am, May 27 2009)

Can you think of another company whose outdated and obsolete products get repurposed as art pieces even a fraction as often as do those from Apple?

How about a late 20th century PowerMac G4, which, as a 10 year-old desktop might possibly still be good enough to run your elementary school children’s games and learning software, but for all practical purposes is probably better suited as the inspiration for a wall clock to remind you, time after time, how gear Apple cool is.

At a mere $60, these may not last long and you should look into turning your own dusty G4 into a DIY project.

[iPhoneSavior]

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MacRat
My PowerMac G4 systems are still running just fine. Run great with Tiger.
gimpymw
I’d rather turn my old my old G4 into a media server.1 G4 Gigabit+1Sata card+1 2TB Sata HD+leopard install = 1media server.
themark
Those hands! My God… those hands!
Optical
I still have a Quicksilver G4 that gets use for light (but reliable) video editing, photoshopping and web browsing, and know people that have souped-up ones for AE rendering and as media servers. Not bad for a 10-year-old ‘obsolete’ machine, eh?
http://www.alistairkerrphotography.co.uk Alistair Kerr
Got rid of the G4 when I got my MacPro, still got a working G3 Blue and White, but can’t bring myself to trash it. Will be trawling e-bay for some spares and repair G4′s though.