WhatTheTech Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 ...and says "do whatever you want with it" - it's VERY hard to stay in retirement. Hi to everyone who remembers me! For those who don't, I ran the short-lived G5Modders.com website as well as the soon-to-be-relaunched MacModders.com site! I have backups of the Ultimate G5 Modding thread as well as various other tutorials, guides, builds and whatnot that will be put back online - it's awesome to see people still modding away! With a 24" iMac and a 15" Macbook Pro from work for home use, as well as a last-gen Mac Pro with a 30" ACD at my desk at work, it was easy to go into a retirement. I had two computers at home, one at work - what else could I want? Well all that changed when we were clearing out some old junk (I work at a printing company) and came across an old dusty G5 in perfect condition besides a few minor scratches and labels stuck to it. After replacing the hard-drive and RAM...BLAM - up and running, well currently installing OS X Panther. I was told to keep it, since I'm pretty sure it doesn't run the Adobe CC 2014 suite... As much as I love that this is a fully-functional G5, for it to be useful for me, it's going to have to be gutted and replaced with a hackintosh. Besides, what's the fun of having a G5 case without ripping it open?? This will be a slow worklog - I have to pull all of my modding supplies out of storage, choose my parts, order one of TLH's fantastic trays... Nice to be back, looking forward to seeing some old faces! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mendietinha Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 pretty cool, mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JahStories Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 the best desktop PPC in terms of speed and probably the best desktop macintosh ever in terms of design. It's always nice to hear these machines boot again... bong welcome back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baudouin Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Hi, I am still around checking the forum from time to time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mendietinha Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 what i don´t get it is why panther? haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhatTheTech Posted August 16, 2014 Author Share Posted August 16, 2014 Hi, I am still around checking the forum from time to time. Hey man, good to see you around! Any current projects? what i don´t get it is why panther? haha Because those were the original disks that came with it! Also because it's kind of like stepping back in time - Panther was the first Apple OS I ever used on a regular basis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mendietinha Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 cool! i love those towers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhatTheTech Posted August 18, 2014 Author Share Posted August 18, 2014 I'm currently pricing out my new build, as well as getting the Ultimate G5 Modding Resource thread back up and running! I know this was a huge help to many (with tens of thousands of visits) so I think it's about time to goes back up on the web ey? http://www.macmodders.com/the-ultimate-g5-modding-thread/ This will be the link once it's live. I've already done an anodized Mac Pro mod - I'm trying to figure out what else can be done...any suggestions on a cool mod I can do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackCH Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Congrats! Great giveaway from your job! Nice to see you around again. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baudouin Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Hey man, good to see you around! Any current projects? Good to see you too. Not really a new one, just changing the internal parts and staying with SL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickjf20 Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Welcome back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiftysamurai Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Make a plexi case for it in the correct dimensions. Also, I've been AWOL from here for a while as well. Glad to see some builds going on/have gone on while I was away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniHack Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Hah! Good to see you again....I was genuinely worried. You know where to find me. I have some bits for you to try..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mendietinha Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 swell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Xtreme Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 When life hands you a G5.... Rip the guts and make a hackintosh in it . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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