-- Posted by iBritt at 1:44 pm on July 1, 2008 Can someone explain what exactly this is? -- Posted by marshmellowman at 1:45 pm on July 1, 2008 An older model of Apple's laptops, based on the PowerPC G4 processor. It has the same colour as the white MacBook today. -- Posted by uwastedmyheart at 1:46 pm on July 1, 2008 A book that has an apple and an I on it. -- Posted by Natsy at 1:47 pm on July 1, 2008 older apple laptop -- Posted by hardnhorny at 1:50 pm on July 1, 2008 Crap without an Intel chip inside, basically. -- Posted by espresso8097 at 10:01 pm on July 1, 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. -- Posted by iBritt at 10:02 pm on July 1, 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. -- Posted by espresso8097 at 10:06 pm on July 1, 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. -- Posted by iBritt at 10:13 pm on July 1, 2008 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...