Performa
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Thanks to an extremely generous donor, the club checked another machine off the wish list- this time in the form of an eMac. To the uninitiated, the eMac is the pseudo-successor to the iMac G3. While the iMac G4 was an excellent machine that was well received, they were prohibitively expensive and insufficiently rugged for the educational sector who still wanted to upgrade to the Power Macintosh G4 ecosystem. As such, the eMac was created- in essence an iMac G4 stuffed inside of an iMac G3-styled enclosure with previous generation CRT technology for the screen- the last time Apple would sell a CRT product. The eMac was sold all but exclusively to the educational sector from 2002 until about 2006 when new flat screen iMacs finally bridged the gap. After they were deemed obsolete, these things were hastily recycled, so while not "rare" exactly, they are getting harder to find these days.
The interest I have in them is in their value as a display unit for our events. I expect quite a few people used these back in their heyday (I know I sure did) and would likely enjoy being reunited with a machine they haven't seen in a decade or more. Likewise, it's a good opportunity to share a somewhat more obscure machine with the Mac nerds and collectors who might not have the space or means to harbor one of these things. I think it'll make a great addition to our lineup!
The interest I have in them is in their value as a display unit for our events. I expect quite a few people used these back in their heyday (I know I sure did) and would likely enjoy being reunited with a machine they haven't seen in a decade or more. Likewise, it's a good opportunity to share a somewhat more obscure machine with the Mac nerds and collectors who might not have the space or means to harbor one of these things. I think it'll make a great addition to our lineup!