Filed under: Hardware, Cult of Mac, Odds and ends
G4 tower table
The door to my garage doesn't have one of those elf doors or a potted plant or concrete gnome. A couple of years ago I acquired a dead G4 tower, the model affectionately termed "mirrored drive door G4." After gutting it down to the fan and a few cables, I set it outside my door. Why? Sometimes I'm carrying an arm load of items and have to set something down to unlock the door. This tower table is the perfect height to sit a glass of water down while I get my keys. Notice how the mirror finish, even after years of exposure to the elements, is still pristine.Have you seen any old Macs pulling odd duty? Aside from aquariums, of course.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
patman said 1:13PM on 4-20-2009
Old Macs don't die!
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Eric Warnke said 1:19PM on 4-20-2009
I'm *STILL* using a MDD with a gorgeous 20" Dell WS LCD for work. All I did was upgrade the ram and install leopard. My home system is a UMBP.
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KomputarGuy said 1:33PM on 4-20-2009
I've got a G4 "yikes" machine that I have used as a ventrilo server and as a foot stool at my desk.
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waiownsyou said 1:36PM on 4-20-2009
Instead of buying dead Macs, I suggest investing in a new door or at least a paint job!
Anywho, I'll laugh when someone jacks your empty case and think it's a real computer.
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glad said 10:00AM on 4-21-2009
lol
Joseph said 7:54PM on 4-21-2009
my thought exactly. I started looking around for how you made a table out of a G4 and then i came back and read the post. So by table you mean, piece of trash by your door. Somehow you have the power to brag online about it. wow! just wow!
I guess you could make the marcel duchamp argument and say it was a ready-made table, but then that doesnt account for the cat scratches on your door. 1 Qt of paint is like $5.
Ryan Trevisol said 1:38PM on 4-20-2009
Putting the "Unofficial" in TUAW. /facepalm
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ShALLaX said 2:09PM on 4-20-2009
Took the words right out of my mouth. What a waste of bandwidth this article was.
Ryan Trevisol said 3:26PM on 4-20-2009
I have an infinitely more interesting apple story about a lasagna made of folding tables and Slot-Loading iMacs. Not to mention what happens when a PMG3 takes a fall from a rolling cart.
alfriede said 1:49PM on 4-20-2009
hey victor, does the power supply/fan still work? i have the same exact mirrored G4 and my fan's noisy. if so, i could really use it :)
thx,
-a
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Pixls said 1:50PM on 4-20-2009
it's not a mac, but i have a dumped pc with two motherboards and a crap graphics card shoved carelessly aside, and i use that from anything ranging from a seat (with a cushion placed on top) a table (for my macbook pro) or a stool
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Ethan said 1:53PM on 4-20-2009
I think they should kill justin long('s character) in one of the commercials to demonstrate Apple's recycling programme.
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Jeff said 2:18PM on 4-20-2009
...what?
how is this a "table" and not just a "old computer sitting on the ground outside a door instead of being properly recycled"?
am i missing something here? this doesn't really seem like a brilliant piece of DIY repurposing....
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I do have 2 old G4s in my garage i'm not quite ready to throw away, as they both still work (or did) but they're not really doing anything other than taking up space...
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Joseph said 8:13PM on 4-21-2009
Here, let me help you re-write your post. I simply applied the Victor filter.
I do have 2 old TABLES in my garage i'm not quite ready to throw away, as they both still work (or did) but they're not really doing anything other than BEING TABLES...
Jeff said 8:34PM on 4-21-2009
@joseph hhahaha :)
PeopleGeek said 3:21PM on 4-20-2009
Slow news day?
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Genetical said 2:36PM on 4-20-2009
Wow, unbelievably lame. How did this get published?
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Macskeeball said 3:12PM on 4-20-2009
Weblogs Inc. writers get paid by the post.
chad said 2:41PM on 4-20-2009
I would worry about leaving that thing outside to be clawed at by the wolves who obviously did a number on your door.
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gariphic said 4:13PM on 4-20-2009
Mac Mailbox, literally. http://www.boingboing.net/2006/05/31/apple-g4-converted-t.html
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