[dorkbotpdx-blabber] Re: Buying a laptop

[Jacob Helwig]

On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 16:23, Cameron Adamez <cameron at soycow.org> wrote:
>
>> What is the primary use? Are you the type of Mac user that likes to pull
>> up
>> a terminal window and poke at things or do you just want the standard
>> application and are happy?
>
> Well, I have two modes for myself - work mode and etc mode. My previous
> laptop (an iBook G3 that went horribly awry after the backlight died) was
> used for web dev projects, so I used Coda and terminal windows. In fact,
> Coda works really well on a G3 because I constantly harassed Tim at Panic
> Inc about the bugs and he ironed them out for me :) So while most of the
> time I'm poking at things in the terminal, I also like to be lazy
> occasionally and watch Doctor Who. The only Mac program I really need is
> Photoshop, and I guess I could use Gimp... :/
> A side note - I'm really used to the Mac's IME, Kotoeri, so while I was
> contemplating having the laptop run Debian (which I've used before),
> Gentoo, or FreeBSD, I would need to figure out how you use their IME.
>
> I wonder what else my Intel "discount" is good for...
>
>
>> I will loan you my g3 if you are just needing something now.
>
> Actually, if any of you don't mind parting with your laptop for an hour or
> so at the next Dorkbot meeting, that would help. I need to update my site
> and the library computers don't run SSH. (Job-hunting time.)
>
> Camo
>
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If you'd like to get another iBook.  It looks like you can get one for
about $350.

http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/08/14/deal-apple-12-ibook.html