Tag Archives: Apple

The Dual G4 1.25 GHz Power Mac

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Joe_Williams

Recently I told you of the sad passing of my son’s Gigabit Ethernet G4 Power Mac and last week we decanted its replacement. Today, I’ll take a closer look at the Dual G4 also known as the Mirror Door Drive.

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Unboxing A Dual G4 Power Mac

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Joe_Williams

Last week I told you how the old G4 Gigabit Ethernet went to meet it’s maker. It’s probably in Computer Heaven now where Steve Jobs is complaining that the fans in it are too loud. I was going to buy … Continue reading →

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Bidding Farewell to a Power Mac G4 Gigabit Ethernet

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Joe_Williams

With a sad heart, I bring news of the passing of a faithful friend – my son’s G4 PowerMac Gigabit Ethernet. Sniff!

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Tearing Apart The Mac Mini

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Joe_Williams

We interrupt this program so that I can finally get around to upgrading the 2006 Mac Mini of mine. I bought a larger, faster hard drive a while back and I thought the New Year’s weekend would be a good … Continue reading →

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The First Computer I Owned

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Joe_Williams

This is a follow-up to I was a PC Before I Was a Mac which I wrote back in May. It was about the first computer I bought which was a PC and not a Mac. I had used a … Continue reading →

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Passing of a Giant

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Joe_Williams

I never met Steve Jobs, but yesterday as I thought of him, I realized that he has had more of an impact on my career, technique and life than practically anyone else. The computer that he and his partner Steve … Continue reading →

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Sewing an iPod Pouch

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Tina Garceau

I made a protective pouch for Joe’s adorable, little 3rd generation iPod Nano.

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The G5 iMac is DEAD! Long Live the G5 iMac!

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Joe_Williams

This is a followup to last week’s article where I performed an autopsy on a six-year-old iMac that had a number of ruptured capacitors. Like a low-rent Frankenstein movie, I ended up transplanting the brains from one computer into the … Continue reading →

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The Fabulous Image Capture or The Scanner Software You Never Knew You Had

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Joe_Williams

This one’s for Bill. Let’s see what I mean:

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