Date: Mon, 4 Sep 06 23:54:16 PDT From: perryh@pluto.rain.com (Perry Hutchison) To: nikolas.britton@gmail.com, tedm@toybox.placo.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Word processor for 6.1 Message-ID: <10609050654.AA21414@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <004401c6d09d$05f17170$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> References: <10609040708.AA17675@pluto.rain.com><ef10de9a0609041402p30991a58hfc9063e8a857a1b1@mail.gmail.com><10609042341.AA20281@pluto.rain.com> <ef10de9a0609041958m3577a344uc369a497ccda6609@mail.gmail.com> <004401c6d09d$05f17170$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645>
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> > FreeBSD and Linux will not meet your teenagers needs, If you really > > want to introduce your kid to UNIX then buy a Mac... trust me on > > this... I interact with many high school and college kids on a daily > > basis. Any used Mac capable of running Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger and > > NeoOffice2 will suit your childs needs perfectly: > > > > PowerPC G3, G4, or G5 processor. > > Built-in FireWire. > > 384 MB of memory. > > 5 GB of disk space. It is less a matter of "want to introduce to Unix" than "want to avoid Windoze" :) and yes, a Mac with OS X would be fine. (My college sophomore is doing just fine with a one-year-old iBook.) > Just keep in mind when you look for used Mac's that the Tiger OS > normally on DVD ... > If you can find an older copy of Panther OS it gives you lot more > lattitude in what older Macs will work - it also does not require > FireWire, so even the original iMacs will run it. Is Panther an earlier MacOS X (thus still marginally on-topic here :) or it MacOS 9? I have actually got an old PowerMAC (603-based) which AFAIK won't run anything newer than 9.
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