----- Original Message -----
From: "mark baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "PowerBooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2001 5:11 AM
Subject: Which PB for $450 USD?
> Hello,
>
> I have managed to convince my father to purchase an older PB rather than
some
> old PC laptop he spied at a local used PC shop. Now, of course, I have to
help
> him find one. He can only afford to spend about $450 USD. I thought that
the
> best option would be a PB 3400, which one can find on eBay for a little
less
> than that. Another option would be to purchase a 1400c or 1400cs and a
sonnet
> crescendo, also on eBay. I myself have the latter option and am quite
happy
> with it, despite a small problem with freezing.
>
> My question is which of these options do you think would be best?
>
> My father is barely computer literate, so I want to get him something
quite
> simple to operate [I will have about ten days over christmas holidays to
teach
> him how to use it]. He wants to use this machine to do email, surf the
web and
> do some word processing, while away from home. If you have any other
> suggestions besides these two options, please suggest away! I just want
to
> find him the best machine for the money.
>
> Thanks,
I have a Powerbook 3400, which I use for those purposes, and for some light
audio work. It's a fine machine, and I recommend it highly. BUT..... you
MUST make sure that the PB he gets has a ram upgrade inside it! 16 mb is
just not enough! I currently have the 48 mb card, and still feel a bit ram
challenged at 64mb total ram.
Just a suggestion.
Good luck!
-doktorboring
[still in mourning for my city's skyline.]
AIM- doktor242
MSN & Yahoo- doktorboring
www.mp3.com/c6h6
"You can't break a free man. The worst you can do is kill him."
---Robert A. Heinlein
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