On Aug 25, 2009, at 9:42 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> My 11 year old niece wants a laptop. They have a G5 iMac for a > desktop. They can only budget about $500-600 for the laptop. I've > been checking out Apple's refurbished MacBooks, but they are out of > the budget. > > What do you think of just getting her a PowerBook? It's not the > latest and greatest, but it is a solid laptop. Will it run 10.5? > Comments and opinions, please? My laptop is a 1GHz TiBook running 10.5 and I'm quite pleased with it's performance. It's starting to show its age, though, particularly since it only has the old original Airport in it. An Al Powerbook would suit them quite well, since they're faster, have faster buses, and have the Airport Express for WiFi. You should be able to find lots of 'em in that price range. Also, as someone else mentioned, look on Fleabay: Core Duo MacBooks (the originals) are coming down to that price range as well...those would be a lot more future-proof than a Powerbook. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's G-Books list, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
