Go with the windows box. I gave my daughter a 2.5 GHz XP box when she was 5. She plays games and does a lot of kid-oriented web site activities, all of which is heavily geared toward Flash and Shockwave.
On 8/2/06, Zaphod wrote: > > I want to set up a computer for my daughters to use. They're 6, 4 and > 4. Mainly it's for the 6 year old. Currently, I have a 2.0Ghz > Windows machine that's sitting around unused. I was about to reload > winxp on it and go from there. Today though, I found this deal on one > of the older iMacs. I haven't owned a Mac since I had a Quadra back > in the day so I don't really know if this would be a better user > experience for my daughters or not. I've always heard how simple it > is to use a Mac, but I remember how hard it was to get the quadra to > access the internet back then. These are the specs of the machine: > -- --------------- Robert Munn www.funkymojo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:212258 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
