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Reclaiming My Creative Life With Vintage Macs: The Cigar Box Mini Stack
After months of tinkering, I finally built the Murciélago Mini-Stack: a 2010 Mac mini sitting on top of a 2022 M1 Mac mini, all resting on a cigar box. Two Macs, one keyboard, and zero subscriptions. Here’s how I reclaimed my creative life with vintage hardware I already own. Continue reading
Posted in Computers, Illustration, Joe's Garage, Vector Illustration
Tagged 2010 Mac mini, Adobe CS4, Affinity Designer, Apple hardware, cigar box, desktop publishing, IKEA hack, KVM switch, M1 Mac mini, Mac Mini, Mac stack, Murciélago Mini-Stack, no subscription, retro Mac, Snow Leopard, subscription free, vintage computing, vintage Mac
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Forward to the PAST!
When tech giants rely on subscription software and planned obsolescence, the only direction I can go in is Forward to the Past! Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Computers, Joe's Garage
Tagged Adobe CS4, Adobe rental, anti-subscription, dual boot, Frankenstein Mac, internal storage upgrade, Linux Mint, Mac mini 2009, Mac Pro 2009, Mac revival, MacBook Pro 2010, mechanical HDD, offline software, old Macs, OWC, OWC Data Doubler, PCIe SSD, planned obsolescence, retro computing, right to repair, Snow Leopard, solid state drive, SSD upgrade, subscription software, SuperDrive replacement, tech nostalgia, used Macs, vintage Macs
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