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my brother in law works at a school and they were trashing some computers. he brought me 2 Macs last night.

they are both G3's complete with 17" monitors. they were donated to the school by an ad agency and the school never used them, they still had old files from the agency on them. most recent files were from 2003. these things just sat in a closet for over 2 years.

I now have 4 Macs at home.

That is so sweet.

It seems alot of schools just throw away old computers.
I know Dan and some of his friends where scavanging computers outta Springfield College dumpsters.

I have picked up several of my Macs from schools that have dumped them!!

I was expecting these to be junk. other than being dirty which is not a problem they are in fabulous shape. I was pleasantly suprised. and you can't beat the price.

I want a Mac, but for my money, a PC seems to be better.  Also, I'm not very familiar with the Mac OS, and I already know the ins and outs of Windows.  So no Mac for me.

I am the same way. But I do know a little about the OS X.

I was a Mac only guy for a long time. My job has slowly pushed me into the PC world. Now that's pretty much all I use. Mac's were much better for graphics applications. Sure they have the same programs for Mac and PC but when I do get on the Mac it just feels so much smoother.

Amen. I only use my PC for typing and gaming.

A friend of mine worked at Xavier University last summer replacing the computers in all the labs on campus.  At the end of the summer, he had walked away with TWO FULL LABS OF COMPUTERS.  Granted, they were small labs, but he still walked away with a little less than 50 towers.  (They kept the monitors for the new computers.)  All but 5 or 6 of them he sold on eBay, he kept a few of them and I got 2 for spare parts, as I do a lot of computer repair for people.

I'm not sure how much they all ended up selling for, but selling something you got for free nets you a profit no matter what.  The funniest thing was the fact that he has an SUV, and still had to make 4 trips.

I guess I could have gotten more if I'd wanted them. apparently the had 7 or so more. It's tempting but I've got no where to put them.

How bout my house?

Yeah, where's the love for your forum buddies?

tell you what. if anyone is willing to come to my house and pick it up. I'll see if I can snag a few more.

So...tempting!!!! Why can't you just live on the other side of town den?

aw, come on. get some of the other Ohio crew together and make a Saturday road trip out of it. (though if Macs are involved Nep will want no part of it)

if I get a few more I'll let you know.

Maybe I can get some of the MI guys together and we'll have an unofficial RFG meet & greet.

I just talked to my brother in law. there may be 3 left. we're gonna go pick them up tonight. I'll post what I get.

Hmmmm......  Let me know.

we didn't go pick any up. the guy in charge of the computer lab wanted to see if any of the other teachers wanted one before he gave the all to my brother in law.

I'll post if I do get more.