[iBook] Help me help a friend

[G Henry Taylor]

On Mar 1, 2006, at 12:19 AM, Jean-Paul Thuot wrote:

> Hi List,
>
> A friend wants to buy a notebook.  She's never used a Mac, and is
> something of a techno-idiot.  She's strictly going to be
> email/web/word processing for the most part.
>
> She has about $1800 US for a computer.  I think that's not enough for
> a Macbook Pro, but more than enough for a ramped up PPC iBook.  Of
> course the question is, should she get a G4 iBook now?  She can not
> afford to wait six months until the new Intel iBooks come out.  I am
> moving in two months, so it needs to be soon so that I can spend some
> time getting her up to speed on it.  Otherwise I think she's just
> going to go with a Windows machine.
>
> Of course it's her decision, but I really think that for someone who
> isn't very savvy (esp. with virii and adware etc.) a Mac is the best
> idea.  How long will the PPC Macs be supported by Apple, does anyone
> know?
>
>
>
I think an iBook would be an excellent choice. It'll be supported for 
4-5 years, then, like my Lombard, will live on as medium task machines. 
For the task you mentioned, non-support is no big deal. And with a 
budget of $1800 she will have plenty left over to buy an external HDD 
for backup.
Just my $.02 worth.

Henry