Turn Your Dead PowerMac G4 into a Wall Clock
12:30 am, May 27th, 2009, Lonnie Lazar
Can you think of another company whose outdated and obsolete products get repurposed as art pieces even a fraction as often as do those from Apple?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.
Posted by Lonnie Lazar in 25 Years of Mac, Apple, Hardware Hacks, Quickies | Comment on this article
My PowerMac G4 systems are still running just fine. Run great with Tiger.
MacRat, on May 27th, 2009 at 12:45 am
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.
gimpymw, on May 27th, 2009 at 5:53 am
Those hands! My God… those hands!
themark, on May 27th, 2009 at 7:35 pm
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?
Optical, on May 27th, 2009 at 11:05 pm
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.
Alistair Kerr, on May 28th, 2009 at 3:40 am