Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 08:18:55 -0500 From: "Nikolas Britton" <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> To: "Perry Hutchison" <perryh@pluto.rain.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, tedm@toybox.placo.com Subject: Re: Word processor for 6.1 Message-ID: <ef10de9a0609050618t3d681acbn9af0b04538a30fc8@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <10609050654.AA21414@pluto.rain.com> References: <10609040708.AA17675@pluto.rain.com> <ef10de9a0609041402p30991a58hfc9063e8a857a1b1@mail.gmail.com> <10609042341.AA20281@pluto.rain.com> <ef10de9a0609041958m3577a344uc369a497ccda6609@mail.gmail.com> <004401c6d09d$05f17170$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> <10609050654.AA21414@pluto.rain.com>
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On 9/5/06, Perry Hutchison <perryh@pluto.rain.com> wrote: > > > 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. > Yes Panther is OS X: Mac OS X v10.0 (Cheetah) Mac OS X v10.1 (Puma) Mac OS X v10.2 (Jaguar) Mac OS X v10.3 (Panther) Mac OS X v10.4 (Tiger) Mac OS X v10.5 (Leopard) (Yet to be released) NeoOffice2 (NeoOffice is OpenOffice 2.x with a native mac front-end) requires Panther or better. Personally I would not buy anything less then Sawtooth G4 PowerMac. You should be able to buy a fully equipped sawtooth model on eBay for less then $250. The best bang for your buck would be a new refurbished Intel Mac mini for $519. This unit should take your child all the way through high school and then some, you can find it on Apple's refurb page here: http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wo/2.RSLID?mco=D8593B5A&nclm=CertifiedMac A used G4 Mac mini in the $300~$400 range would also be good bed because all mini's have USB 2.0, it's very easy to expand them using external drives. Also: http://www.lowendmac.com/mini/minis.html http://www.lowendmac.com/ppc/g4saw.shtml http://www.apple.com/macosx/upgrade/requirements.html -- BSD Podcasts @: http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ http://freebsdforall.blogspot.com/
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