<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Dan,<div><br></div><div>To add to Al's mention... if he's got to keep it under $350, a Pismo is still a very valid machine for just doing web surfing and such. And no viruses or malware to worry about...</div><div><br></div><div>smiles,</div><div>Jamie</div><div><br><div><div>On May 26, 2008, at 6:07 PM, Al Poulin wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; ">Dan:<br><br>Why not talk up a nice, used iBook G4? They came with 10.3 Panther or later, most can run Leopard for an upgrade future. Download FireFox to supplement Safari for surfing. Add RAM if necessary to get to 516 MB.<br><br>See the profile info at lowendmac.com and check this out with current prices down to $350.<br><a href="http://lowendmac.com/deals/best-ibook-g4-prices.html">http://lowendmac.com/deals/best-ibook-g4-prices.html</a><br><br>Al Poulin<br><br>On May 26, 2008, at 8:14 PM, Dan A. Currie wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">Hello All,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">... and Steven, please forgive me for what I am about to ask!!<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">A friend ... and I use the term loosely asked for my help in purchasing a laptop ... “strictly for internet surfing, no term papers, no games - just surfing!!”<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I would like to put him on a Mac but he wants to spend as little as possible for the biggest bang available ... and I no absolutely nothing about PC laptops ... except that Vista runs better on a Mac!!<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Suggestions for particular make and model!!<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Dan A. Currie, Jr.</blockquote></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>