This will serve as my final transmission from the Mac-enstein

rocktivity

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Thu Apr-29-10 09:24 PM
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This will serve as my final transmission from the Mac-enstein

Edited on Thu Apr-29-10 09:26 PM by rocktivity

And it's not only appropriate that it should be transmitted to the DU Mac Users Group, it's poetic justice.

A twist of fate made me the owner of one of the early beige G3s in 1998. After seven happy years, its performance began to suffer, which I blamed on the births of OSX and G4. When I lamented on this very board that I was too broke to get a new Mac, Cheezus introduced me to Other World Computing. I got equipment upgrades (which I dared to install myself) plus the OSX emulator XPost Facto (for a fraction of what a Mac mini would have cost). The main upgrade was to a 1000HZ G4 processor, but since it resided in a G3's body, I dubbed my computer Mac-enstein.

Now it's five years later, my performance is suffering again, and Mac-enstein doesn't like booting up anymore. But since it's maxed out, there's nowhere to go but to a refurbished Mac Mini. If all goes well, my next DU post from home will be from there. But don't consider this a eulogy--like any good monster, Mac-enstein will never really die.

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Thu Apr-29-10 10:49 PM
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1. I'm here! I've made it to the other side!

Edited on Thu Apr-29-10 10:51 PM by rocktivity

All I had to do was plug in my monitor (with an adapter), printer, external drive, keyboard and ethernet--never touched my VOIP router or cable modem. I'm running with the snow leopards now!

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Fri Apr-30-10 07:10 AM
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2. Use time machine. It can be a show-saver

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Fri Apr-30-10 12:13 PM
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3. Already have it set up. And thanks to Rosetta

Edited on Fri Apr-30-10 12:13 PM by rocktivity

I don't have to upgrade the versions of Microsoft Office, Virtual PC, and Fetch that I was running on the Mac-enstein. The only real headache I have is replacing Photoshop because there's no Mac Classic. I'll have to use Gimp in the meantime.

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Sun May-02-10 03:21 AM
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4. Scratch the Virtual PC

Edited on Sun May-02-10 04:01 AM by rocktivity

Tried to install it and it crashed. I'll get a copy of Paralells, which I definitely prefer to using Boot Camp plus a buying a standalone Windows OS.

P.S. Transferred my iTunes--it's working fine!

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Sun May-02-10 12:38 PM
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5. not only beautiful critters, but fast.

congrats. me thinkee you likeee

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