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| Performa 550 | |
| Posted by: Secret Chimp on 2012-12-01 14:25:27 I just picked up a Performa 550 off of Craigslist. They thought it was dead, but I helped them test it out (i.e. the power switch doesn't actually turn it on) and found out it just has a bad hard drive.  I picked it up for $75 - too much? I dunno. I put in another drive and it boots up fine, inside is hardly dusty at all, outside is in good shape. I never thought I'd see one of these things again so it's worth it to me. After I find a bigger drive I'm going to get it set up like I had my Performa 630CD as a kid - I have a lot of old CD-ROM Today and MacAddict CDs to go through! I also want to get my 4 year old playing with some KidPix. This is kind of a mundane model, but it's exciting for me since it's my first non-portable classic Mac score since my dad gave away my small (and also mundane) collection several years ago when our old house was sold. | |
| Posted by: Macdrone on 2012-12-01 15:08:26 You must be near Tacoma. I was gonna pick it up for 50 because of the drive but couldn't make it. Want to trade it for the 575 version? I have 2 575s but need a 550 for testing color classic stuff. I could slide you a 630cd with a 6200 motherboard also. | |
| Posted by: Secret Chimp on 2012-12-01 15:16:35 Sure, that'd be awesome. I live up in the Bothell area, I just made the trip for funsies. | |
| Posted by: fairchild on 2012-12-01 15:50:41 Congrats! It looks to be in great shape. I'm a big fan of all in ones. | |
| Posted by: Macdrone on 2012-12-01 15:51:56 Do you care too much about case yellow? The 575 (which is th same as the Apple TV and same form factor as the 550) plastic is yellow but works like a champ. Hard drive and all works great. Maybe next weekend I can head that way? What OS you want? Want after dark on it? | |
| Posted by: Secret Chimp on 2012-12-01 17:10:59 Yellowing is no problem, I don't mind mixing up a batch of RetroBright. Next weekend would be good, I'm out for half of next week on business. If it has some extra RAM in it I'll give 8.1 a try, otherwise I'll go with 7.5.5. Do you happen to have a PDS Ethernet card that would fit this thing? | |
| Posted by: Macdrone on 2012-12-01 17:48:36 I sure don't. Been looking for them myself. | |
| Posted by: Secret Chimp on 2012-12-01 17:53:58 They're on eBay for 15 to 30 dollars, just no guessing if they still work or not. | |
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