Looking back at Apple’s Cube, ten years later
The Register has an excellent writeup posted with a look back at Apple's Power Mac G4 Cube (affectionately referred to as "The Cube"), which was released to the public 'suspended' from production 10 years ago this coming weekend.
At the time, ...
Great Deals Pop Up Like May Flowers In This Month’s Garage Sale
Another month or so has gone by and we’ve got another Garage Sale chock-full of great deals for you. However, there are times to wax poetic about it, and there are times to just proceed on to business. This is the latter, so let’s just get right to...
TenFourFox: Firefox 4.0 For 10.4 PowerPC Macs
If you’re still rocking a PowerPC Mac with a G3, G4 or G5 processor running OS X Tiger and you’re willing to try the new Firefox 4.0, you’re out of luck. With the latest major update to their Windows / Mac / Linux browser, Mozilla dropped support for Mac OS X 10.4 and PowerPC architecture,...
Our new SSD line gives your Legacy computer Super Speed!
In case you somehow missed all the announcements yesterday, we’ve expanded our award-winning line of Solid State Drives to include options for the MacBook Air, legacy machines and small form factor notebooks. The OWC line of SSDs now includes OWC Mer...
When An Old G4 Is Just Enough
Smoking Apples has published a lovely post extolling the virtues of an ancient iBook G4, which given a little TLC and a wipe-and-install has been reborn as a perfectly functional household computer. It’s not up-to-date by today’s official standards – it runs...The iMac G4 Lamp
Unfortunately, the following item has already been sold on Etsy– at the price of $125. And it’s no surprise, considering that it’s a desk lamp made out of recycled parts of an old iMac G4, the iMac that made history. Perhaps Steve and Jony bought it. I wanted one, but I think I’m just going...
DIY PowerMac G4 Cube Tissue Dispenser
The hardware inside the old Apple PowerMac G4 Cube might not be good for much anymore, but the gorgeous plastic case is still one of the most notable triumphs of Apple’s well-honed sense of design. Why not humiliate it, then, by shaking out all the...NewerTech Lowers Price By Up To 33% For Intelligent Battery Charging/Conditioning Station For Mac Notebook Computers
Newer Technology, Inc. announced today it has lowered the Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price on its entire line of NewerTech Intelligent Battery Charging/Conditioning Stations, the only complete line of chargers/conditioners on the market today d...
New Video Updates: Mirror Drive Door G4s
It’s been a while, but the new OWC Video Team has released its revamped series of Installation Videos for the Power Macintosh G4 (Mirror Drive Door) & Power Macintosh (FireWire 800)...
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We've written about the recycled Mac clocks that pixelthis on Etsy has created before, but this one is definitely worth a mention. This particular piece combines an old iBook G4 with an Apple mouse...
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Turn your old Macs into clocks, lamps and more
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We've written about the recycled Mac clocks that pixelthis on Etsy has created before, but this one is definitely worth a mention. This particular piece combines an old iBook G4 with an Apple mouse...Flickr Find: MacBook Generations
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Oh man. I'm tempted to just sit back and let you marvel at the beauty, history, innovation, and intelligence that is on display in the picture above, taken...
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