Caleb Cupples wrote:
Fluxstringer wrote: ...
Hey, don't laugh at the 190 users. I still use my old 190 daily, and I don't even have the colour screen. Really, in all honesty, you do need at least a 603 or a G3 to do serious work, but the 68K macs are great machines for text editing. My words of wisdom, John, if you can afford something with a 603 or an early G3, get one. If not, stick with the 190. After all, the worst mac beats the best Wintel box, right?_____________
I guy that uses a PB 190 for serious work deserves all the help he can get ! ;^ D
Well, this was a $20 pickup from a non-technical friend who'd kept it in a closet for 4-5 years. I also spent $13 on a CF PCcard, and many hours downloading software and learning how to use it. But from what I see, getting any higher level laptop will cost a lot more, and if I can make this one worthwhile, I'll eventually be able to convince myself that a laptop is more than just convenience (as happened with the Visor I got a couple of years ago as a gift). For now, simple text, tcl/tk programming, and a basic spreadsheet are the big help I'm looking for. As I mentioned before, my clients are tying me to Word and Excel, and don't know I'm actually using OpenOffice :-).
If I get really hooked, the step up will be to an OSX Mac, or some laptop that can run linux without severe restrictions. So far, OSX seems to be the only unrestricted option less than $2000+. There are several limited linux possibilities, but maybe by the time I can't do without a laptop, a full linux will be available.
Then again, OSX appears to have (according to various reviewers) some really strong advantages that linux may not be able to overcome in the near future. (Have you noticed I didn't even mention Wintel :-)?
By the way, I downloaded MacTcl.bin from SourceForge, and Stuffit won't open it. It doesn't even give a message -- just sits there for two or three seconds, and goes back to idle. Anyone know what's wrong?
jp
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