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No.161406
I just opened up my old discontinued Toshiba Satellite (customized matte screen panel), changed the thermal paste, and reattached the temperature sensor. Ordered a new battery, and ordered 16 GB of RAM to max out and replace the old 8 GB.

What OS should I install on it?
And what would you suggest doing on it (other than browsing Heyuri, of course)?


Display: 15.6" Full HD IPS (1920 x 1080) LED-backlit
Processor: Intel Core i7-4710HQ (4 cores, 2.5 GHz base, up to 3.5 GHz Turbo)
RAM: 8 GB DDR3L (upgradable to 16 GB)
Storage: 1 TB SSHD (5400 RPM, SATA)
Graphics: AMD Radeon R9 M265X with 2 GB GDDR5 dedicated VRAM
Optical Drive: DVD SuperMulti (dual layer)
Operating System: Windows 8.1 (upgradable to Windows 10)
Connectivity: Wi-Fi 802.11ac (Dual Band), Bluetooth 4.0 + LE, Gigabit Ethernet
Ports: 4x USB 3.0 (one with Sleep-and-Charge), HDMI, SD card reader, headphone/mic, RJ-45
Audio: Harman Kardon stereo speakers with DTS Sound
Camera: HD webcam with stereo microphone
Keyboard: Full-size backlit keyboard with numeric pad
Battery: 4-cell lithium-ion, up to 4.5 hours (MobileMark 2012)
Dimensions & Weight: 377.5 x 244.0 x 27 mm, starting at 2.2 kg
Security: Kensington lock slot, user/supervisor passwords
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No.161409
Heyuri OS.
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No.161411
>>161409
何それ？？
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No.161430
Install Gentoo, fgt. :biggrin:
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No.161479
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Since I already have all kinds of computers, I'm going to install Linux on it with a minimal X11 setup that boots directly into Mac OS 9 (via Sheepshaver).
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No.161481
Triple boot MacOS, Arch Linux and Windows. Why pick? 1TB is plenty for the three.
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No.161483
>>161481
I already have a gaming Windows, a work Windows, and a work macOS.
I swapped the DVD drive for a 1 TB SSD, so I have a massive amount of space here for all kinds of messing around with Linux. But for now, installing a minimal Debian that boots into an emulated old Mac OS system for nostalgia and browsing Heyuri. Might add more partitions as I feel like it.
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No.161489
u neeeeed to install heyuri os too!
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No.161490
>>161489
Is that actually a thing?
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No.161491
yeah soon! :x3:
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No.161493
>>161483
Fair enough then. Why not DingusPPC rather than SheepShaver? Was your nostalgia more with the 68k era?

Running silly foreign operating systems like Red Star and EulerOS could be funny, maybe give that shot?
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>>161493
I ran from System 7 onwards, but my nostalgia is certainly PPC. I did not know about this new emulator, though. I looked it up and it says it's very much work in progress. What are it's advantages and drawbacks compared to sheepshaver?
>>161491
Pic related.

Also I can't Heyuri from my fake mac because Classilla throws a hissy fit about SSL protocols.
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Right after this screenshot was taken, MY WHOLE SYSTEM CRASHED. I demand retribution.
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I had to pirate the latest Adobe Photoshop (r) software just to post this bug report. PLEASE FIX ASAP
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No.161516
>>161496
you will probably need something like webone
https://github.com/atauenis/webone
which acts as an https proxy server
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No.161553
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We're talking old Macs? Cool story. I've got an actual PPC Mac running Mac OS 9.2.2. I've set up WebOne on my main PC (thanks >>161516-san) just so I can post from this near-25 year old beaut. I've recently installed Kaleidoscope (a popular theming extension for Classic Mac OS) and Snapz Pro 2 (in order to take screenshots from the G4 itself). I'm very happy with my old Mac.
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No.161554
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>>161553
Image is b0rked, here's a gif screencap in case.
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No.161555
Arch with KDE
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No.161561
>>161553
I remember Kaleidoscope! I had a Power Macintosh at my parents' with 9.2 that still worked, but my mom threw it out.
There's a Portable in the basement with System 6 installed, but the PSU is fried.

So my shitty Toshiba fake Mac is all I got :sad:
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No.161566
>>161561
It's alright. Your "fake Mac" can still be useful. You could browse Heyuri on it or do some Photoshop work. I've got UT99 to run at around 60-ish FPS by turning down the video settings and keeping it at 640x480. I sadly couldn't post a screengrab of the game from the machine itself as I tried converting the image to BMP on Photoshop to no avail. (why do you even support BMP when you can't even fucking use the damn format, Heyuri)
There's better ways to play UT99 on modern hardware, but oh well!
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No.161567
>>161496
While DingusPPC is, yeah, indev, it's decently functional for people to use it for vintage mac development. I know that the group of people porting Mac OS and Windows NT PPC to the wii (directly on the hardware, not through that Mac On Linux thing) use it.

DingusPPC is more accurate i think, since it doesn't patch the ROM and RAM, instead opting to directly emulate the hardware. It also runs the newer mac stuff, up to OS X 10.4. It got ported to the web and is what infinite mac runs: https://infinitemac.org/
If you're too lazy to download it and set it up with the adequate rom files, you can just try it through infinitemac. I find it to work pretty well, though, since im more of an early OS X guy, i never tried out SheepShaver for long enough to say that it's directly better or worse than the latter.


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>>161566
I just checked and found out we still have one of these white iMac G5 that got replaced at work and was never touched again. It's mint, with its wireless keyboard and everything.
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No.161569
>>161568
The one without webcam tho
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No.161583
>>161561
install Photoshop 4 or higher so you can save as .png
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No.161585
It's a damn shame the modern state of both Macs and Windows PCs.
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No.161589
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I installed webone on the Linux side and now I can browse and post on Heyuri!!
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>>161583
>>161566-san here, I completely forgot that I had the option to save PNGs 'cuz I put Photoshop 4 on my Mac. Thanks for letting me know (even if you got the post number wrong). Here's the UT99 screengrab I've been wanting to show, in case. (I had to manually put the extension or I'd get the same 'unsupported image' error as my earlier attempt. Just another Classic Mac OS quirk or something.)
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No.161654
>>161623
remember, old-school MacOS doesn't care about file extensions, it stores 4 character file and creator codes to determine file types

you might want to download resedit if you end up with a file you can't open in a Mac program as a result even though you know it's fine (it's also just useful, you can edit icons and shit with it)

the resource fork was a bad idea (I think modern macOS still uses it but for almost nothing these days) but it was also pretty cool
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No.161666
>>161654
Oh, there's my problem. Damned resource forks.
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