I have an iPad, btw. I've reviewed it a couple times on LEM (Austin Leeds, Apple Everywhere).
Well, we'll see about my school's G5. Our Mac tech is going to have a look at it. My HTPC that I'm building now is the shell of a 1999 Compaq Presario Internet PC, coupled with a new mobo and a triple-core AMD Athlon II. Its main OS will be Ubuntu Netbook Remix, with Unity, or possibly Mythbuntu (Ubuntu optimized for MythTV). Windows XP will be installed for gaming on the side. I would have gone with the Mac mini, but the Compaq is sort of a sentimental item (first family computer, and older than my youngest sister) that my whole family is excited to see made useful again. Well, off to upgrade my iMac G4—she's getting a 500 GB HD, 1 GB of RAM, and Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger Server. Man, I love that thing... Thanks for your opinions everyone! On Aug 4, 9:19 pm, Kris Tilford <ktilfo...@cox.net> wrote: > On Aug 4, 2010, at 9:06 PM, Robert MacLeay wrote: > > > If you are paying 13 cents per kilowatt hour, two hundred dollars a > > year. Every year. > > This is an excellent point. I think this is one reason why laptops > have finally overtaken desktops in sales. When you add in the cost of > electricity over the lifetime of the computer a laptop can be cheaper > to operate in some instances. An iPad takes efficient computing to a > new level, so it's another option in a more limited sense. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
