A few months ago I decided that it was about time to upgrade my second-hand, iMac desktop (G5 2.0 GHz single-core PowerPC, 1GB Ram, 200GB hard drive, 17” display.) The computer had spent about a year suffering through problems booting and subsequent bouts of kernel panic. I probably could have reinstalled OS X but there would be little to gain from it. As configured this aging desktop was stuck with OS X Tiger…
World Computer Exchange
Yesterday I spent the day with the folks from the World Computer Exchange. We tested and packaged up quite a large number of Pentium III and newer computers. These used computers were donated by various organizations in the metro-Boston area and they are being shipped out to people in need throughout the world.