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I'm interested in vintage Macintosh hardware, PC hardware, beta software, iOS Jailbreaking (legacy and modern), video editing, and I'm getting into programming too.

I have too many old laptops.

Collection:
further information on my collection, including PCs, is all available on my website, right here.

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PowerBook 100 (16MHz, 2MB RAM, 40MB HDD, System 6.0.8/7.1) - Working, broken internal speaker (external works)
PowerBook 170 (25Mhz, 8MB RAM, No HDD, No OS) - Working, internal speaker doesn't work (external sound does)
PowerBook 145 (25MHz, 6MB RAM, 320MB HDD, System 7.5.3) - Bad FDD
PowerBook 180c (33MHz 030, 4MB RAM, BlueSCSI 2GB, System 7.5.3) - Working!
PowerBook 150 (33MHz 030, 8MB RAM, 1GB HDD, System 7.5.3) - Working, horrible, awful, terrible hinges.
PowerBook 540 (33MHz 040, 12MB RAM, 250MB HDD, System 7.5.3) - Working, display damage + tunnel vision + bad floppy drive
PowerBook 540c (33MHz 040, 20MB RAM, 320MB HDD, System 7.5.5) - Working, cracked plastic.

PowerPC:
PowerBook 5300c/e (117MHz, 64MB RAM, 3GB HDD, Mac OS 7.6.1, 640x480) - Working, DC Board Recapped, and a bunch of spare parts!
PowerBook 1400c (117MHz, 16MB RAM, 20GB HDD, Mac OS 7.6.1) - Working, hinges cracking.
PowerBook 3400c (200MHz, 48MB RAM, No HDD, No OS) - Working!
PowerBook 3400c (240MHz, 48MB RAM, 64GB SSD, Mac OS 7.6.1/8.1/8.5/9.1) - Working, 5 working batteries!
PowerBook G3 "PDQ" (266MHz, 192MB RAM, 40GB HDD, Mac OS 9.2.1/OS X 10.2.8) - Working, bad hinge.
iBook G3 "Clamshell" (Blueberry, 300MHz, 256MB RAM, 40GB HDD, Mac OS 9.2.1/OS X 10.4.11) - Working - plus a whole lot of spare parts.
iBook G3 "Clamshell" (Tangerine, 300MHz, 128MB RAM, 40GB HDD, Mac OS 8.6/OS X 10.2) - Working, Bad left shift & line in display.
iMac G3 (Blueberry, 350MHz, 384MB RAM, 40GB HDD, Mac OS 9.2.1/OS X 10.3.9) - Working!
iMac G3 DV Special Edition (Graphite, 400MHz, 640MB RAM, 60GB HDD, Mac OS 9.2.1/OS X 10.4.11) - Working!
Power Mac G4 "Sawtooth" (Graphite, 400MHz, 1.5GB RAM, Dual HDDs (60 and 40GB), Mac OS 9.2/Tiger) - Working!
PowerBook G4 Titanium (667MHz, 512MB, 60GB, OS 9.2.2 and Tiger.) - Working!
iBook G3 "Snow" (600MHz, 256MB RAM, 20GB HDD, Mac OS 9.2.2/OS X 10.4.11 Tiger) - Working - plus a whole lot of spare parts.
iBook G3 “Snow” (900MHz, 384MB RAM, 40GB HDD, Mac OS 9.2.2/OS X 10.4.11 Tiger) - Working!
eMac (1.0GHz, 1GB RAM, 80GB HDD, Mac OS X 10.4.11/10.5.8) - Working!
Power Mac G5 (Dual 1.8GHz, 4GB RAM, 2x HDDs (160 and 500GB), Mac OS X 10.4.11/10.5.8) - Working!
iMac G5 20 Inch (2.0GHz, 512MB RAM, 250GB HDD, ATI Radeon 9600, Mac OS X 10.4.11/Classic) - Working!
iBook G4 14 Inch (1.42GHz, 1.5GB RAM, 120GB SSD, Mac OS X 10.4.11/Classic/10.5.8) - Working!
PowerBook G4 15" DLSD (1.67GHz, 2GB RAM, 80GB HDD, Mac OS X 10.5.8) - Working!
PowerBook G4 17" DLSD (1.67GHz, 2GB RAM, 100GB HDD, Sorbet Leopard) - Working!

Intel:
Early 2006 MacBook Pro (2.16GHz Core Duo, 2GB RAM, 120GB SSD, Mac OS X 10.6.8) - Working!
Late 2006 MacBook (White, 2.0GHz Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, 80GB HDD, Mac OS X 10.6.8) - Dead Logic Board
Late 2006 MacBook (Black, 2.0GHz Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, 500GB HDD, Mac OS X 10.7.5/Windows 7) - Working!
Late 2006 iMac 27” (2.16GHz, 4GB RAM, 300GB HDD, Mac OS X 10.6.8) - Working, minor Graphics issues (that haven't shown themself since a few days after I got the thing).
Early 2008 MacBook (Black, 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM, 250GB HDD, Mac OS X 10.7.5) - Working!
Early 2008 MacBook Pro (2.4GHz Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM, 120GB SSD, macOS 10.16.7/Windows 7) - Working!
Late 2008 MacBook (Aluminum, 2.0GHz Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, 160GB HDD, OS X Mountain Lion) - Working!
Mid 2010 MacBook (2.4GHz Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM, 250GB SSD) - Working!
Mid 2010 MacBook Pro 13” Unibody (2.4GHz Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM, 320GB HDD) - Working, damaged keyboard, broken WiFi.
Early 2011 MacBook Pro 13” Unibody (Core i5, 8GB RAM, 250GB SSD, macOS Monterey) - Working!
Mid 2014 MacBook Pro 13” Retina (Core i5, 8GB RAM, 250GB SSD, macOS Ventura) - Working, various small issues.

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I collect old laptops and spend way too much time trying to keep them from falling apart.
Check out my website, MacDat for vintage mac resources, cap reference, and more!
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