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Post your desktop background (PowerPC)
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Dim the lights and you've got an iMac Pro
I wanted to give it that sort of spiritual predecessor feel. I played with an iMac Pro at the Apple Store and... well... wow. This iMac G4 has less processing power than my iPhone SE. I can't even begin to imagine the percentage of processing power it has compared to the Pro. I bet it's a VERY big negative number
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My Core Duo MBP (not really a PPC machine but the thing is so darn old and it looks like a Powerbook G4 so it might as well be)
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Mmmmm man it's been ages since I've had an orange julius
They don't make them like they did in the 70s and 80s anymore. I tried one at one of the DQ/OJ branded mini-stores and it was awful. It was basically orange and cream-flavored ice. They tasted better and had a much better consistency back in the days when they were fatty and unhealthy...
The desktop on my Pismo for OSX Jaguar. The X is a little jagged as a result of adding the blue (the original image had Grey, didn't like it).
There doesn't seem to be much in terms of OS specific desktops for anything pre-tiger.
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There doesn't seem to be much in terms of OS specific desktops for anything pre-tiger.
A few of my PPC desktops:
2003 12-inch iBook G4 running the Common Desktop Environment compiled from source:
![iBookG4-Debian-8.7-CDE-2017-03-10.png]( "iBookG4-Debian-8.7-CDE-2017-03-10.png")
2004 12-inch PowerBook:
![PowerBook12-1.33-MacOSX-10.5-20180112.png]( "PowerBook12-1.33-MacOSX-10.5-20180112.png")
2005 12-inch PowerBook:
![PowerBook12-1.5-MacOSX-10.4-2017-10-02.png]( "PowerBook12-1.5-MacOSX-10.4-2017-10-02.png")
Early 2005 15-inch PowerBook:
![PowerBook15-MacOSX-10.5-20180120.png]( "PowerBook15-MacOSX-10.5-20180120.png")
2003 12-inch iBook G4 running the Common Desktop Environment compiled from source:
2004 12-inch PowerBook:
2005 12-inch PowerBook:
Early 2005 15-inch PowerBook:
Love that CDE desktop ! That is a wm i would like to learn more about. I usually install Windowmaker on Debian, so know very little about configuring CDE. Seems more complex, but the look is just so 90's
What is the files browser there please ?
The files browser is the one that comes with CDE. Yes, it looks 'brutally early 1990's' but very Unix-like at the same time.
2003 12-inch PowerBook (this install is just for Mac-on-Mac):
![PowerBook12-867-MacOSX-10.3-20180704.png]( "PowerBook12-867-MacOSX-10.3-20180704.png")
2004 12-inch PowerBook (which 'officially' requires at least v10.3.3):
![PowerBook12-1.33-MacOSX-10.2-20180704.png]( "PowerBook12-1.33-MacOSX-10.2-20180704.png")
2004 12-inch PowerBook (which 'officially' requires at least v10.3.3):
I know it isn't PowerPC, but this MBP is Snow Leopard only. Changed the desktop background because this Mac's purpose is changing to a creation machine (wordprocessing, some light graphics, etc).
EDIT: Background is some editing I did in PS CS5 to get what I wanted.
![Finder.png]( "Finder.png")
EDIT: Background is some editing I did in PS CS5 to get what I wanted.
(Not PowerPC ) I've been using this layout for some time so I thought I'd share it on here.
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) I've been using this layout for some time so I thought I'd share it on here.
Shot this pic when I stepped outside this evening and thought it would make a perfect new background for my Powerbook.
"The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork." Psalm 19:1
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"The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork." Psalm 19:1
PowerBook G4 15" DLSD Mac OS X 10.5.8 with Cirques Wallpaper (from Snow Leopard)
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I suppose I should come clean with the full desktop picture...
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Cheers
Hugh
Cheers
Hugh
Very nice wallpaper. Looks pretty cool !
What is this painting? Would like to google it ... to set it up on my own Powerbook
It's a painting by Charles Brooking, and hangs in the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich in London, where he lived and worked.Very nice wallpaper. Looks pretty cool !
What is this painting? Would like to google it ... to set it up on my own Powerbook
See https://prints.rmg.co.uk/products/greenland-fishery-english-whalers-in-the-ice-bhc1035 ; a bit further down the page you may be able to do a low resolution 'save as' like I did.
https://prints.rmg.co.uk/search?q=tag:artist+Charles_Brooking for all of his paintings in the museum
Cheers
Hugh
Here my desktop. The Windows logo is me changing the finder icon but I decided to go to file explorer and me change the apple logo in the "About This Mac".