New to mac's

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1275012750
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
Hi ALL,

I an new to mac's and looking at trying it wit a view to getting rid of my pc's or a new mac, so a friend has given me his powerbook G3 pismo to see how i get n as he has moved over to pc's...?

Just wanted to know if this mac was any good i's got 40gb hdd and 512 ram, airporcard and osx 10.4 tiger installed, but no disc's...



Would like to hear your views please guys, gals...

Thanks Rex...

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    Marvinmarvin Posts: 15,585moderator
    Not really that fast a computer but it depends on what you use it for. It will probably cover the basics ok but a 500MHz G3 at best is around 10 times slower than a modern Mac laptop and will even struggle on some websites.



    It will give you an idea of how the system works vs Windows but it probably won't give you a good assessment of how a modern Mac will run. Newer Macs can also run Windows so if you decide you don't like the Mac operating system or need to run some Windows software, you'll still have a decent 'PC' too.
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    1275012750 Posts: 5member
    Thanks for the info, i just want to get to know my way around a mac before i buy a new one...
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    taurontauron Posts: 911member
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    Thanks for the info, i just want to get to know my way around a mac before i buy a new one...



    Just buy a new mac and don't look back. You wont regret it. Also, don't install windows. There is nothing windows can do that a mac doesn't do 10 times better. Death for windows.
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    1275012750 Posts: 5member
    I will once i get use to them m8...
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    rokcet scientistrokcet scientist Posts: 962member
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    I will once i get use to them m8...



    No "getting used to" a Mac needed, m8. Grade school level common sense suffices.

    It ain't Windows, you know! That's precisely the difference between Macs and Windows: Macs are not complicated, Macs do not need getting used to!

    Macs just work.



    A current MacBook Pro and a Pismo compare like a 2009 BMW 330 CLS Convertible and a 1985 BMW 2002 Convertible. A 10 generation difference. No comparison.



    Get a new Mac, plug it in, press the power button, and away you fly!



    Once you go Mac, you never go back.
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    martinatycovamartinatycova Posts: 3member
    Hi All..



    I've installed on an HP 2140 SD-Display, 2GB RAM, 160 GB hard drive. Currently the following things have issues:

    1) No ethernet.

    2) CPU Hyperthreading is not stable.

    3) Sleep will only go to suspend-to-RAM and not full suspend-to-disk mode.



    Otherwise it works great and appears to be very stable.
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    benroethigbenroethig Posts: 2,782member
    It should get you to get the platform down and will not blowing the doors off of anything, still extremely usable for a nine year old computer.
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