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  1. Mark (Millennium Macs)

    Different Kind of #Marchintosh Project - Macbook A1181 (early 2009) Revival

    Sure most people focus on beige Macs and classic OS stuff for Marchintosh and I’ve been up to my own Globalralk shenanigans, but this project found me rather than vice-versa when it came up on eBay cheap. Intel Macs are still Macs, after all, and this is a Millennium Macs project… So this...
  2. Mark (Millennium Macs)

    Save my Mac Pro 3,1 - PSU failure etc

    Hi, Long story short I bought a Mac Pro 3,1 a while back for very little money and it worked then it didn’t. I chalked it up to bad luck and scrapped it. I bought another one yesterday, with 2 3.2 Quad-cores and 32GB RAM BUT it’s also dead. No fans, no power LED, and no chime. Powers up for...
  3. PowerRCP-G3

    Introducing the Racer Cinema Productions Intel Swamp Years Challenge! (A yearly challenge to use early Intel Macs for most everyday modern tasks)

    Racer Cinema Productions Intel Swamp Years Challenge Hello there and welcome back. The MacYak PowerPC challenge was proven to be a success and, I decided to come up with my own challenge involving Macs that are also nearing obsolescence. For those of you who don’t know, The Swamp Years of...