Re: Child Mac user advice needed

2011-01-12 Thread Charles Lenington
On 1/9/11 6:53 PM, Jonas Lopez wrote: Child Mac user advice needed PLEASE REPLY OFF LIST: Grandchild's parents asked me for Mac computer for kid 6, grade kindergarden, is this too young? I have NO EXPERIENCE with programs for children. Would a G3 work to start? Are there children pro

Re: Child Mac user advice needed

2011-01-10 Thread t...@savingus.org
On 1/9/11 8:01 PM, Albert Carter wrote: Hi, If people can respond to this on list it would be great. For Christmas I gave my middle school son a G4 iBook 1.0 Ghz with 756MB of RAM and OS X 10.5.x. I was also wondering what software is available for a child of his age on a G4 Mac. Thank You, Alber

Re: Child Mac user advice needed

2011-01-10 Thread PETER WARNER
On Jan 9, 2011, at 7:53 PM, Jonas Lopez wrote: Are there children programs for G3? Where, who, etc. StarFall.com is a great educational site (reading related), and I don't think it has any flash, we used it on a blueberry iMac. We also love the Myst games. They take parental involvement,

Re: Child Mac user advice needed

2011-01-10 Thread John Carmonne
On Jan 9, 2011, at 7:01 PM, Albert Carter wrote: > Hi, > > If people can respond to this on list it would be great. For Christmas I > gave my middle school son a G4 iBook 1.0 Ghz with 756MB of RAM and OS X > 10.5.x. I was also wondering what software is available for a child of his > age

Re: Child Mac user advice needed

2011-01-10 Thread t...@savingus.org
PLEASE REPLY OFF LIST: Grandchild's parents asked me for Mac computer for kid 6, grade kindergarden, is this too young? I have NO EXPERIENCE with programs for children. Would a G3 work to start? Are there children programs for G3? Where, who, etc. Amju Pet Zoo, Amju Super Cool Pool, amj

Re: Child Mac user advice needed

2011-01-10 Thread Geke
It requires a spiffy internet connection and an up-to-date version of Flash, but I love the Sesame Street site! -- 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:/

Re: Child Mac user advice needed

2011-01-09 Thread Dan
At 7:01 PM -0800 1/9/2011, Albert Carter wrote: For Christmas I gave my middle school son a G4 iBook 1.0 Ghz with 756MB of RAM and OS X 10.5.x. Great! wondering what software is available for a child of his age on a G4 Mac. XCode - a free download from Apple. And a text book to go with it.

Re: Child Mac user advice needed

2011-01-09 Thread Jeff Bequette
Ohio Distinctive Software-many math, geography and games kids will play (and learn) I started my kids out when we were running OS 9. On Jan 9, 2011, at 7:32 PM, Dana Collins wrote: On 1/9/11 7:53 PM, Jonas Lopez of jonaslo...@yahoo.com sent Child Mac user advice needed PLEASE REPLY OFF

Re: Child Mac user advice needed

2011-01-09 Thread Albert Carter
: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Cc: Sent: Sunday, January 9, 2011 8:38:46 PM Subject: Re: Child Mac user advice needed On Jan 9, 2011, at 5:32 PM, Dana Collins wrote: > On 1/9/11 7:53 PM, Jonas Lopez of jonaslo...@yahoo.com sent > >> Child Mac user advice needed >> >&g

Re: Child Mac user advice needed

2011-01-09 Thread John Carmonne
On Jan 9, 2011, at 5:32 PM, Dana Collins wrote: > On 1/9/11 7:53 PM, Jonas Lopez of jonaslo...@yahoo.com sent > >> Child Mac user advice needed >> >> PLEASE REPLY OFF LIST: >> >> Grandchild's parents asked me for Mac computer for kid 6, grade >>

Re: Child Mac user advice needed

2011-01-09 Thread Dana Collins
On 1/9/11 7:53 PM, Jonas Lopez of jonaslo...@yahoo.com sent > Child Mac user advice needed > > PLEASE REPLY OFF LIST: > > Grandchild's parents asked me for Mac computer for kid 6, grade kindergarden, > is this too young? > > I have NO EXPERIENCE with programs for c

Child Mac user advice needed

2011-01-09 Thread Jonas Lopez
Child Mac user advice needed PLEASE REPLY OFF LIST: Grandchild's parents asked me for Mac computer for kid 6, grade kindergarden, is this too young? I have NO EXPERIENCE with programs for children. Would a G3 work to start? Are there children programs for G3? Where, who