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Replies: 8Last Post July 1 10:13pm by iBritt
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Can someone explain what exactly this is?

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An older model of Apple's laptops, based on the PowerPC G4 processor. It has the same colour as the white MacBook today.

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A book that has an apple and an I on it.

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older apple laptop

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Crap without an Intel chip inside, basically.

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Quote: from hardnhorny at 3:50 pm on July 1, 2008

Crap without an Intel chip inside, basically.

PowerPC processors were not total crap, some of the high end IBM workstations used them quite well.

On Topic:  Older Mac laptops/notebooks that used the PowerPC processor.

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Quote: from espresso8097 at 1:01 am on July 2, 2008

Quote: from hardnhorny at 3:50 pm on July 1, 2008

Crap without an Intel chip inside, basically.

PowerPC processors were not total crap, some of the high end IBM workstations used them quite well.

On Topic: Older Mac laptops/notebooks that used the PowerPC processor.


I'm thinking about getting one from eBay...would that be a wise decision? I already have a laptop, but my desktop is worth shit, and I want something so my parents will stop using my laptop all the time.

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Quote: from iBritt at 12:02 am on July 2, 2008

Quote: from espresso8097 at 1:01 am on July 2, 2008

Quote: from hardnhorny at 3:50 pm on July 1, 2008

Crap without an Intel chip inside, basically.
 

 PowerPC processors were not total crap, some of the high end IBM workstations used them quite well.  

 On Topic:  Older Mac laptops/notebooks that used the PowerPC processor.


I'm thinking about getting one from eBay...would that be a wise decision? I already have a laptop, but my desktop is worth shit, and I want something so my parents will stop using my laptop all the time.


Mac hardware is reliable, but soon to be obsolete.  Legend is that the next version of OS X (1.6, right?) will not be capable of running it.  If you just want a cheap work computer just for web access and office productivity applications it will work.  I have checked ebay and some of them are borderline dirt cheap.  

Also, if you do not like OS X you can just switch over to any version of Linux that has support for PowerPC processors.

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Quote: from espresso8097 at 1:06 am on July 2, 2008

Quote: from iBritt at 12:02 am on July 2, 2008

Quote: from espresso8097 at 1:01 am on July 2, 2008

Quote: from hardnhorny at 3:50 pm on July 1, 2008

Crap without an Intel chip inside, basically.

  PowerPC processors were not total crap, some of the high end IBM workstations used them quite well.

  On Topic: Older Mac laptops/notebooks that used the PowerPC processor.


 

 I'm thinking about getting one from eBay...would that be a wise decision? I already have a laptop, but my desktop is worth shit, and I want something so my parents will stop using my laptop all the time.


Mac hardware is reliable, but soon to be obsolete. Legend is that the next version of OS X (1.6, right?) will not be capable of running it. If you just want a cheap work computer just for web access and office productivity applications it will work. I have checked ebay and some of them are borderline dirt cheap.

Also, if you do not like OS X you can just switch over to any version of Linux that has support for PowerPC processors.


Well, I've never used a Mac before, so I wanted to try it out. I don't even know what a PowerPC processor is...

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