[macintologist]

I have the first revision 12" Powerbook and its feeling its old age more and more every day. I see new games, software, etc that can't run on my machine. I'm thinking of getting a new desktop, probably an Intel iMac or something later on in 2006, so my Powerbook will be 3 and a half years old by then.

Do you guys continue to use your older Powerbooks? I know I'll use mine when I travel and I'll have the iMac set up an ad-hoc airport network so I can use the PB on my bed, but other than that, do you put your old Powerbooks to good use somehow? knowing that PB's are different from old desktops because you can't ideally run one as a server or something like that.

[chefpastry]

I have an old 400MHz PowerBook Pismo that I still use for surfing. It's really too slow for me to do much else with.

Actually, using it as a file server might not be a bad idea. I really don't see a reason why a laptop can't be used for this purpose. The fact that it can run on its battery if/when there's a power outage might be an advantage in such situation. Also, it'll be a very quiet server.

[JoshuaZ]

Originally Posted by chefpastry

I have an old 400MHz PowerBook Pismo that I still use for surfing. It's really too slow for me to do much else with.

Actually, using it as a file server might not be a bad idea. I really don't see a reason why a laptop can't be used for this purpose. The fact that it can run on its battery if/when there's a power outage might be an advantage in such situation. Also, it'll be a very quiet server.

The hard drive and ethernet might be a bit slow depending on what kind of file server you're setting up. Plus if power was out... would anyone actually be able to connect to it?

[Madrag]

I hardly use my tiBook 500
I wish I had a faster one so I could really use it as a working machine.

[chefpastry]

Originally Posted by JoshuaZ

The hard drive and ethernet might be a bit slow depending on what kind of file server you're setting up. Plus if power was out... would anyone actually be able to connect to it?

Well, it could eliminate the need for a UPS... If you've got AirPort turned on, other laptops who are running on batteries can still connect,