cheap Macs?
Oct. 15th, 2006 09:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cellioDear LJ brain trust,
I'd like to get an inexpensive laptop. It won't be my main machine; it's for travel and other situations where portability is useful. So it doesn't need to be studly; it just needs to be reliable and support basic tools like Firefox, emacs, SSH, FTP, and that sort of thing.
This would be a prime opportunity to explore the Macintosh, which some of my friends rave about, except for one little thing: I can get a (new) Dell laptop for around $400, but Macs start at $1100. Is there some less-expensive option I'm missing?
I'd like to get an inexpensive laptop. It won't be my main machine; it's for travel and other situations where portability is useful. So it doesn't need to be studly; it just needs to be reliable and support basic tools like Firefox, emacs, SSH, FTP, and that sort of thing.
This would be a prime opportunity to explore the Macintosh, which some of my friends rave about, except for one little thing: I can get a (new) Dell laptop for around $400, but Macs start at $1100. Is there some less-expensive option I'm missing?
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Date: 2006-10-16 11:54 am (UTC)as it so happens,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cellio, i have a 12” iBook G4/800 (http://www.apple-history.com/body.php?page=gallery&model=ibook_g4&performa=off&sort=family&order=ASC) that i’m looking to sell, and i’d sell it to you for less than $400. it was my main workstation for several years and still works (i’ve simply upgraded).
drop me an email if you’re interested.
-steve
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Date: 2006-10-16 12:58 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-10-16 01:59 pm (UTC)my
@livejournal.comaddress works as well. :)-steve
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Date: 2006-10-16 10:44 pm (UTC)