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The Something Awful Forums > Main > General Bullshit > What's your white whale? Post something you've been trying to find for ages
 
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SRQ
Nov 9, 2009

 Macintosh II series. Almost got one off someone who strung me along for months and blew me off

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SRQ
Nov 9, 2009

 A Macintosh II series. IICI, IIX, IIFX (lol I'm not that lucky) IIC.
A Quadra would be just as good.

Had a source in BC for one but they strung me along for months and then just stopped responding to me, jackass. Even did a few video calls but never actually nailed down the price or shipping after repeatedly trying.

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SRQ
Nov 9, 2009

 A Power Mac 9600. I'm a vintage computer dork and desperately want one (or an 8600.) I did have an 8600 for a while but foolishly resold it when I went to basic training.
Then I got injured and had to go home. For up to a year.

I want that fuckin' thing back.

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SRQ
Nov 9, 2009

emSparkly posted:

Right on. The 90s Macs ruled. I think I'd say my white whale is an iMac G3 that isn't loving broken.

Check local, Facebook marketplace is a good start. They aren't super-rare and don't command wacky prices if you're not focused on a specific speed or colour.
Unlike most they also ship.... okay. Definitely require professional packaging, but have a decent chance of survival.

System 7.6 on a fast Power PC is probably the all time goat for responsiveness in an operating system. 3-4 years of Apple being fixated on a pie in the sky project and only updating system 7 for bugs and new systems means it's last release is lean and slim. Missing a ton of features too, but I really miss when every OS didn't come with everything and it left it open to you to choose what to stack on.

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SRQ
Nov 9, 2009

I have a Mac 8600 again! Ironically, I cleaned it up and tore parts from a newer, faster, system for it!
It's good though.

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SRQ
Nov 9, 2009

Asynchronous Event posted:

Looking beautiful!
Which version of system are you going to run?

No, that is not one that they're looking for.
It may have popped up in a search since it's in a series, but that is ISBN 9788253041445, while they need 9788253037752 and 9788253040417.
I believe they'll appreciate the effort all the same.

7.6.1, which is the whole reason I want one of these. Fastest OS7 supporting system.

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SRQ
Nov 9, 2009

Asynchronous Event posted:

A Goon with exquisite taste.
Post or PM some photos once you have everything cleaned and set up and running? (If you don't mind/if it isn't too much to ask)

Oh missed this but sure.
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The Something Awful Forums > Main > General Bullshit > What's your white whale? Post something you've been trying to find for ages