On 2002-12-09 03:05, "Leon Sargent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a friend who's son has the worst PC in the world. Impossible. The worst PC in the world is here on my desk at work. ;-) > I have been over there so much just getting Windows 98 to work correctly. If at all possible, switch to Windows 2000. It is the only acceptable one of the bunch. > I said to his mother that I just bought a B&W G3 and I thought it would be a > good investment for her and her son. > > Well how do you sell a Macintosh to a 12 year old boy that is into playing > lots of games and the live on line ones. In that case, think twice before coaxing him into switching to the Mac. As much as I like the platform, it is not the foremost gaming platform. His Windows-using friends will ridicule him for having to wait longer for the latest games, if they do come out for the Mac at all. And to a 12-year-old, that's just about the worst thing in the world. It might just put him off the Mac platform for good. > The Mac will do most everything he needs as he spends the most of his time on > the net and Ichat and AOL will take care of that but he is concerned that if > friends send him .exe files he will not be able to open them. I thought about > Virtual PC and installing Windows 98 but that does not solve his gaming > appetite. Indeed. VPC on a B&W will be slow. I run it on a 600 MHz iBook (Rage128 version), and it runs, well... Acceptably for the few things I need it for. It certainly would collaps under the load of any modern game. ,xtG .tsooJ -- Joost van de Griek http://www.jvdg.net/ -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
