Hi guys, I was gifted a free iMac (Intel core 2 duo) from a retired nasa engineer in his 90s (he even worked on the atom bomb!) and I was wondering if it is worth anything or if I should keep it and try to put Linux on it.

He forgot the password and I had to do some things in the terminal to get around it. So far, everything looks to be in working order. I have never owned a Mac or Apple products in general so I am kinda out of my element here lol

  • woelkchen@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    12 hours ago

    Your photo literally spells out Intel Core 2 Duo, not G5. Also 1.5GB RAM.

    Don’t waste your time with it. Clean it up and put it up on display. Other than all that dirt, it’s a nice looking piece of computing history.

    • Syndication@lemmy.todayOPEnglish
      2·
      12 hours ago

      Oh sorry about that, I’ll edit the post. I assumed G5 was the model and that Intel was the CPU. I’m very unfamiliar with Apple stuff lol but yeah I’m cleaning the keyboard and wiping it all down. So far it’s very neat and I’m nerding out over the aqua UI!