what about desktops? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dane Trethowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 9:34 AM Subject: Re: Some Mac's are really cheap right now
> I have to admit that I was quite surprised to find out what G4 Ibooks > are going for, nearly a thousand dollars a piece, incredible. > > > On 01/05/2006, at 1:22 AM, Access Curmudgeon wrote: > > > Congratulations to Dane for picking up a G3 iMac for $100. That is a > > good deal. I periodically check eBay for late model G3 iMacs and am > > stunned by what they go for. I think $200 would be fair, but they go > > for twice that. One nice thing about machines that are good enough is > > that you can break the upgrade cycle. I have an G3 iMac that runs OS > > 9 and the kids games great and is meets the minimum published > > requirements for Tiger despite being manufactured in 2000. My > > expectation is that Leopard will not support G3. > > > > The OS X on generic 86 is interesting but not really practical for a > > production machine. If you save $50 a month for a year that covers a > > brand new Mini that you can reasonably expect to be compatible with > > the latest software offering five years after purchase. It will be > > far longer than a year before OSx86 is anything more than an > > interesting hack. > > > > http://backaccessward.blogspot.com/ > > > >
