Quick ad hoc iMac replacement
So my girlfriends iMac broke down today and since she needs a desktop computer for, amongst other things, the night classes she’s taking and can’t wait until the iMac comes back from the service shop I had to throw something quick together.
I had an old 17″ monitor that I hooked up to an EeePC and then connected her Apple-keyboard, Logitech-mouse, ethernet-cable and speaker system to it - parts that were all previously hooked up to the iMac - and there we are; a fairly functional desktop. It’s not a 20″ crisp 1680×1050 display, 4GB of RAM and a blazing 2.66GHz Core2Duo CPU (it’s a crummy 1024×768 VGA display, 512MB and an underclocked 900MHz Celeron M) but at least it’s something. It only took me five minutes but I think it will do pretty OK for now.
