I still have a Power Macintosh 8600/200 that was wonderful computer in its time. The issue is its time was 1996. I've since moved on, but just never bothered to sell the computer. I still use it once in a while for website browsing or simple word processing. Back in the day (its day) I used it to do graphic design, photography and other creative projects.
Now that I'm planning to buy yet another computer in the not too distant future (an iMac, pending reviews), I'm wondering if it would be worth the trouble to sell the old 8600/200 along with its monitor (a 17-inch CRT from Samsung that's newer than the computer, but still a few years old -- it all seems so old school). It's hardware configuration is basically the same as when it was purchased: same processor, more memory (but still way modest compared to today's standards), same hard disk drive. I'd have to look at it to see what its exact specs are.
It's not up for sale yet, I'm just wondering if I should bother trying to sell it at this point and how much I could get for it.
Any thoughts? Who else has sold a really old, grandfatherly computer?
In the worst case scenario I can donate it to The Museum of Antiquated Computers.
Now that I'm planning to buy yet another computer in the not too distant future (an iMac, pending reviews), I'm wondering if it would be worth the trouble to sell the old 8600/200 along with its monitor (a 17-inch CRT from Samsung that's newer than the computer, but still a few years old -- it all seems so old school). It's hardware configuration is basically the same as when it was purchased: same processor, more memory (but still way modest compared to today's standards), same hard disk drive. I'd have to look at it to see what its exact specs are.
It's not up for sale yet, I'm just wondering if I should bother trying to sell it at this point and how much I could get for it.
Any thoughts? Who else has sold a really old, grandfatherly computer?
In the worst case scenario I can donate it to The Museum of Antiquated Computers.