My First Mac

[Edman]

Hia, you guys read the title right? If so you should be able to tell what im getting tomorrow. Its a 8 year old mac(can someone list possibilities of what computer it is?). I think it out to be cool to play with and stuff. Would I be able to host with it? My uncle's cousin is giving it to me.

/discuss

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[LegoEggo]

8 years old? Good luck with any 8 year old computer.

[Edman]

8 years old? Good luck with any 8 year old computer.

Ya, I know. But it will be fun to play with.:P

[Altered]

Take it apart
Add parts to Windows computer
CONQUER THE WORLD

[JAW959]

Play with it.

[Edman]

-snip-
Play with it.

Im good.

[Solid]

it should be able to run blockland okay-ish

[iBlock]

I have an 8 year old G4 that runs Blockland fairly well.

[Thorax]

My uncle's nephew is giving it to me.

You?

[naturemon]

You?

His grandparents could have had more than 2 children, one of the 3+ could have had children also.

[Andretti]

Good luck taming that dinosaur...

[Night Fox]

uncle's nephew is giving it to me.

AKA: Your cousin.

[LegoEggo]

AKA: Your cousin.

not necessarily.

[Sheath]

If its a laptop, you'll be expecting a late G3 or an early to mid G4 iBook, I put my money on a G4. Assuming it hasn't been modified heavily, you'll have something between a 900mhz to 1.25ghz (or maybe 1.5ghz but I'm not sure if they go any faster) PowerPC processor, 128mb to 512mb ram (possibly higher but not likely, you certainly won't be seeing 1GB or more if it hasn't been modified) and a 40gb to 60gb hard drive. You'll be running Tiger probably (or if its a G3 Panther).

I'd be surprised if it doesn't fall around those specs. As for Blockland, I wouldn't get too excited. The lower specs, PowerPC processor, and graphics card will probably mean you can join servers on medium to low graphical options with smallish brick counts. Aside from Blockland, you should be able to browse the Internet nicely, create some cool things with the earlier iLife versions (including iMovie 6 HD, the tool I use for movie creation still :3) and run a lot of nice PowerPC programs. Not bad, as long as you don't want to run the latest and greatest programs and games, and don't mind a bit of lag on BL servers.

[Edman]

If its a laptop, you'll be expecting a late G3 or an early to mid G4 iBook, I put my money on a G4. Assuming it hasn't been modified heavily, you'll have something between a 900mhz to 1.25ghz (or maybe 1.5ghz but I'm not sure if they go any faster) PowerPC processor, 128mb to 512mb ram (possibly higher but not likely, you certainly won't be seeing 1GB or more if it hasn't been modified) and a 40gb to 60gb hard drive. You'll be running Tiger probably (or if its a G3 Panther).

I'd be surprised if it doesn't fall around those specs. As for Blockland, I wouldn't get too excited. The lower specs, PowerPC processor, and graphics card will probably mean you can join servers on medium to low graphical options with smallish brick counts. Aside from Blockland, you should be able to browse the Internet nicely, create some cool things with the earlier iLife versions (including iMovie 6 HD, the tool I use for movie creation still :3) and run a lot of nice PowerPC programs. Not bad, as long as you don't want to run the latest and greatest programs and games, and don't mind a bit of lag on BL servers.

Silly Sheath, Im not using it. Its going to set in my room 24/7 hosting a server!