Re: [MLUG] apple?? mac?? Opinions please???

[Jason Gyorog <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

One of my favourite sites regarding Mac stuff is www.lowendmac.com
Don't let the name fool you, they deal with all Macs, right up to 
the latest-and-greatest dual 2.0GHz monster. They give stats on all
configurations, a brief rating, and some upgrade options for each
iteration of the Macintosh computer. They even have some stats on
'clones' and such.

Just go to the site, and hit the type of Mac under 'Computer Profiles'
in the navigation bar at the right.

On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 12:10:52AM -0600, liz wrote:
> THANKS
> I was truly in the dark about it all and now I have an idea what to look 
> for.
> Back to ebay!  I haven't checked out apple yet but I will, best buy  has 
> had the great foresight to give me credit so I may actually get 
> something new?!!  I may get an older one first just to feel it all out.
> How much of a student do I have to be @ MU, I was going to take 
> psychology courses or get started at least??
> Thanks,
> Teresa
> (liz) middle name
> 
> 
> 
> Jonathan King wrote:
> 
> >On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, liz wrote:
> >
> >[snip]
> >
> > 
> >
> >>Last night I'm cruising ebay and bought a thinkpad for another
> >>kid.  I saw a snow white apple imac and fell in love.  I looked @
> >>the processors etc and said hey this is goooooooooooood.  I didn't
> >>get the imac but wondered if you all had had experience with the
> >>mac os and apples.  I don't play intensive games but I want things
> >>to WORK.  I don't like freezes or slowdowns or having to reboot or
> >>spending all day trying to figure out why printer won't install.  
> >>(needed to reset printer bios settings, duh)  I want to surf and
> >>send email with the best of em basically and run an accounting
> >>program and a couple graphics programs if I ever get the time.  
> >>If things don't work I tend to get obsessive about them, I think I
> >>spent 2 months trying to get windows xp home and knoppix which was
> >>really unstable debian to network happily.  I finally did a vpn
> >>and said enough.
> >>
> >>So is the mac os really more stable than windoze???  I'm not
> >>giving up on linux but those imacs are pretty and someone said you
> >>could install linux on them too???  And they are actually fairly
> >>cheap.  Opinions????  Pleeze?? Thanks, Teresa
> >>   
> >>
> >
> >Mac OS X is certainly more stable than Windows 98, NT or 2K (in my
> >experience).  Win XP is the best of the Windows lot so far, and I
> >think it can be made to be pretty stable.  But out of the box, I'd
> >say that Mac OS is about the easiest and most stable thing you're
> >likely to see.  In the last five years, I think I can still count
> >the number of honest-to-God, have-to-restart crashes on two hands,
> >and at least 3 of those were due to a bug in Keynote that has since
> >been fixed.  For web-browsing, Safari is very nice, as is your
> >favorite flavor of Mozilla.  Mail is a decent email client (although
> >I still use pine).  The pervasive use of PDF is incredibly handy
> >also.  Also, iPhoto, iMovie, and iTunes are basically the best
> >programs I've seen in those niches. Plus, OS X can be as unixy as
> >you like.  You can also install linux on a Mac, and that's probably
> >a pretty good idea for some of the older hardware (especially
> >hardware that isn't supported by OS X).
> >
> >If you do buy a more recent Mac (post-2000 or so), there have been
> >many improvements in the OS over the last two versions (Jaguar and
> >Panther) and I wouldn't recommend using anything older than 10.2.
> >Ebay probably has a decent selection of used Macs, and there are
> >also refurbs available (with warranty) directly from Apple.  The
> >best deals in the new Mac line-up these days are the eMac (you can
> >actually get a new one for about $500 if you're an MU student) and
> >the 12-inch G4 iBook.  The LCD iMac is very nice, but I can't say
> >it's cheap.
> >
> >Hope this helps.
> >
> >jking
> >
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