Some of us still have our Apple IIs up and running too. :) On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 7:23 PM, Ashgrove <[email protected]> wrote:
> This article has suddenly made me nostalgic: > > http://lowendmac.com/musings/myportable.shtml > > Interestingly enough, these 12-year-old computers are still usable. > All of them can run several Mac OS up to 10.4.11 (not to mention all > the Linux distros still available for them), browse the Internet, > play and burn CDs and DVDs, and do real work. Not at an amazing speed, > mind you --but that was easily foreseeable. The amazing, the mind- > blowing thing is that they still can, and do. > > I wonder what we will think, twelve years from now, of the Core i7 > machines of today, and how they will compare to these dependable > workhorses. > > -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, 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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
