Well said, irrational John. My tangerine iBook is on the way ^_^. Obviously, nobody here will want it, but I will probably offer it on the LEM Swap group or on the Facebook group. It'll be almost identical to my current "resurrected" iBook, including (if I put it on the FB group) Adobe Photoshop 7.0.1 and AppleWorks 6. The only difference is it will have a full load of RAM. What I plan to charge: price of components (roughly $150-$200) + $25 labor and software. If it sells, I'll gradually increase my labor cost to see what my limits would be.
Austin Leeds Sent from my iPad On Jun 19, 2011, at 7:49 PM, iJohn <[email protected]> wrote: > The problem with this discussion in my opinion is that everyone is > correct but you all seem to have a hard time seeing it. > > I think what matters most when pairing a computer with a person is > what that person is going to do with the computer. For those with a > heavy tilt towards consuming video, an older Mac is definitely going > to be less special. Maybe a PC or even an iPad might be a better fit. > > But, on the other hand, those with simpler, less computationally > demanding needs who just want to do email, some simple word processing > maybe, and access the internet through dial-up then an eMac (or other > PPC Mac) can be a good fit. > > So my answer to Austen's question is to try it and find out. I > wouldn't sink too much time or money into at first until you get an > idea whether or not the market you think is out there is REALLY out > there. But it seems pretty clear Austin is in a better position to > find out what's "out there" in his area than, well, certainly better > than I am. > > Maybe a year or two back an acquaintance asked me to help her get an > inexpensive computer. We actually didn't get further than that so > recently I asked her if she was still interested. She said she was > going to look at a smart phone (Blackberry maybe?) as it seemed it > would be good enough for her needs. > > Not everyone is using desktop or laptop computers to interact online > these days. Something else to think about when trying to fit a > solution to a person's "computing" needs. > > -irrational john > > -- > 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 [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- 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 [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
