Late night "dumpster" diving at my institution... netted an...

[D-Rod]

Iboob? No wonder he wants to massage the screen!

[Bill in NC]

Tiger for best performance.

The biggest problem is finding a decent browser, which is why I finally ipgraded my eMacs to the cheapest white plastic C2D iMacs running 10.6.

[thermarest]

I wouldn't mind having a couple of those

[PeterB]

Dennis R wrote:
Iboob? No wonder he wants to massage the screen!

I'm pretty sure I heard it was called an iBoob from someone here...

At any rate, should I keep it, or return it to the dumpster? Sounds like it's more hassle than it's worth to put it to good use... I just thought it looked cool.

[ztirffritz]

To use it as-is isn't worth it in my opinion. I contemplated stuffing a mini inside my old one when it died. But realized there was no way to hijack the video easily.

[decay]

1.25 GHz model has USB 2.0

[PeterB]

Yup, let me find out exactly which model this is... I'm inclined to keep it if it's the 17" with at least 1Ghz, and as decay says, USB2.0 would be nice.

[RAMd®d]

I've never heard of it being called an iBoob. ILamp, Sunflower, yes. But never iBoob.

Even igloo, never iBoob.

Agreed.

I remember something years back about Apple rejecting a bunch of iBoob apps, but noting about the G4 iMac ever being called iBoob.

[PeterB]

Not to beat a dead horse, but here's someone referring to it as such: http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=246255

Hmmm... underside of this machine says 1.25Ghz, 1024MB, 80HD, Airport. I think I got lucky... that should be the USB 2.0 version, right?

[kj]

I remember "iBoob". There's gotta be something you can do with that machine. I'd say that's a sweet find. kj.