So I've pulled out an old $100 tower that wasn't much to begin with and I'm now creating a monster. I've pulled apart 3 different computers (2 Macs and I Windows) and put parts into a Powermac G4 Sawtooth. This started out with a 500mhz G4 processor, a dvd rom, 384mb of memory, a zip drive, and a 27gb hard drive. When I'm done, this thing will have 5 (memory yet to be determined) hard drives in it, 4 USB-1 ports, 2 USB-2 ports, a TV tuner card, another 128mb of ram, Bluetooth, wireless internet adapter, a CDRW, and possibly even some hydraulics. I'm basically building this as my work computer. Now, I love my Mac Mini, but I think its found its place in our living room as our media center. Plus I can make this "Hacksaw" project maybe even 5x as powerful as my Mini in the end. Still gonna wait until processor upgrades go down. I'm looking for below $75. :-)
That's about all I have planned for the weekend since the Dog is closed for Steamboat. Building a little trailer to pull behind my riding mower too. Thanks to the in-laws for Christmas. Now i can go get one of those big ass 15-gallon tank sprayers to put in it so I can spray my yard without fill up a two-gallon squirt gun fifty thousand times. May even do a little fence repair too. Oh and watch a ton of movies I put on my hard drive. Over and under.
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