$399 is for hte previous generation mini that apple no longer sells. i'm kind of the opinion though that you want to go with the core2duo overall if you plan to use the machine as your main computer. the g4, man, he dead!.
On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 10:08 AM, archer <arche...@embarqmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Dan and Gary, > Your discussion about the MacMini is interesting. Looked it up at the > Apple website and found it's gone up to about $599 but a MacBook is still > only $999. Didn't know they were that cheap. > > Since the guy with the used Macs listed software (10.4 Tiger iLife) with > some of the G3 machines and didn't list an OS with the G4s, it looks like I > will have to buy an OS for either of the G4s. Looked up OSs that will > supposedly work on G4 iBooks and found one OS-X Leopard 10.5.4 for $60 on > Ebay. That would raise the price of the G4 iBook to about $300. > Either Mac or MS OSs can be used on a new MacBook according to what I read > on the Mac website. Might be able to justify that expense since grandson, > who is going to college this fall, is always having virus troubles on his > families computer which runs Windows. He could use the MacBook this summer > in order to see if he can adapt to a Mac. If he can, he could take it with > him to college and I could buy a used G4 iBook or another MacBook. If he > doesn't like it, he can just give it back to me or put a PC OS on it. In > general, maybe buying a new MacBook would let the whole family try a new > Mac. > > Since both Mac and Windows OSs will supposedly work on a MacBook, it seems > like that would be the best laptop anyone could buy when you consider their > exceptional repair and support record. > > Looking at the Apple website, I don't see a lot of difference between the > MacBook and the MacBook Pro except a smaller cpu and hard drive. > > Unless you or Gary know of something I missed about the MacBook, it looks > like I've talked myself into ordering either a MacBook or a MacBook Pro. > (grin) > Thanks, > Gerry > > > ------------------------------------- From: "LWB250" <lwb...@yahoo.com > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090627/95f5e4e1/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
