Macintosh G3 vs. a 45-foot cliff
Have you ever gotten to the point where you just wanted to take your out-of-date Macintosh and toss it over a cliff? Bill Detwiler over at TechRepublic decided to just that. In a series of pictures that he calls "G3 versus the cliff", Detweiler reveals how the G3 stood up to a 45-foot fall. Unfortunately, the G3 didn't sustain nearly as much damage as one might have hoped. A 45-foot cliff isn't in the same league as, say, a steam roller or a blender.
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Have you ever gotten to the point where you just wanted to take your out-of-date Macintosh and toss it over a cliff? Bill Detwiler over at...
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if you couldn't find a use for it you're probably pretty useless - I'd bet more useless than the puter. I KNOW I could've put that machine to use but I know how to use computers pretty well.
Anyways, next time, consider throwing yourself off a cliff and have someone document that! If you hate the machine so much maybe strap one on your back before your jump.
i really hope that the idi... ahemmm... creative guy at least managed to retrieve every single piece of the maching.
bah...
M
My Red IMAC G3 333 mhz still lives on my home network. I use it to write on if I feel like looking out THAT window. Why throw away a computer that still is better than a lot of windoze boxes....
February 18 2007 at 6:48 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWHAT A WASTE!@#$ You could have modded it!!
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Obsolesence is in the eye of the beholder.
I know people that are still surfing the net on 486's running Win3.1 because they can't afford anything better.
This machine was light years ahead of that, and someone *could* have used it for the basics at least.
Total waste, IMHO...but hey, his perogative.
I do not understand why people would thoughtlessly wreck stuff that could have been put to good use. I'll have to agree with Kunal on this.
February 17 2007 at 6:44 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply"Oh please. B&W G3s are obsolete."
Thanks. Thanks very much. I'm sitting here, using my B&W to browse the web and reply to your post. Seems adequate for that task to me.
"Such a waste. There are plenty of non-profits and other organizations that could have used a G3."
Oh please. B&W G3s are obsolete. They'd much rather you sell a B&W on eBay and use the money to buy them 4 Pentium 3-based machines.
Such a waste. There are plenty of non-profits and other organizations that could have used a G3.
February 17 2007 at 2:19 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyConspicuous destruction.
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