A lot of people love the 8600.
I am not one of them. I like the tower case design and stuff, but it seems every 8600 I have ever touched was either super finicky or just plain flaky.
The 8500 on the other hand has been nothing but rock stable for me. I have owned about 5 of them in the past...
Interestingly enough I pulled my 1400/133cs out of the closet today and it refused to power on. I left it plugged in for 15 minutes and still nothing. Then I hit the little reset button on the back. Booted right up.
Still. I think I am going to sell it. Or trade. There is just something about...
The 8500 is my all time favorite Macintosh tower computer, followed closely by the Beige G3 tower. Sadly my 8500 died a few years back. What I wouldn't give to acquire another one. There's just somethng about the design of the tower, it's aesthetics and its hardware that just calls to me...
I had a PB520c many years ago. It was an OK laptop. Not my daily driver but something to tinker with none the less. IIRC, I sold it on e-bay to another Mac collector. Considering I hardly used (much preferred my PB5300) it wasn't all that big of a loss.
Have fun with your little PB though. :)
Nice score.
Treat it with respect and it should serve you well.
I myself owned 3 Ti's throughout my life and I loved them to death. 2 of them died a painful death from broken hinges and mutliated LVDS cables. The other sampled my iced tea and while it was delicious, it never powered on again...
If it were me, I would buy the G5 for $250 no questions asked.
I bought a 1.8GHz G5 a few years ago and I loved the machine to death. I sold it to a friend of mine whose financial situation is poor and was still using his Amiga 4000 as his main computer. He loves it and of course is very happy...
Forget the 9150.
Did you guys see this?!?. Man I learned to program on those! Clunky as hell, but still very cool.
The fact that you not only own one of them, but also have the requisite boxes and RAM upgrades for it grant you +50 internets. I remember reading over various computer mags back...
Grats on the 1400c. They are good machines.
TBH though, I never was impressed by them. I love PowerPC laptops and one of my all time favorites has to be my 5300c. Sure it's slow, but it lets me write, play a few vintage games and it never sees the internet. I consider this a huge bonus because...
Do not say bad things about the 8500. I know the case can be a pain to work with, but it is still one of my all time favourite Macs.
The 6x AV machine is pure win though. I have wanted one of those for many years. Yes I know they are underpowered a bit and the 8500 or 7600 is a clear step up...
Very nice score.
I have a 6500/300 myself and it is a wonderful system. Mine has 128MB of RAM a 120GB HD (man what a pain to replace the hard disks in those systems) and a 16MB Rage128 card. Runs like a dream. I am currently running 8.1 on mine with no complaints.
I've always like the tower...
Thinkpads, whether IBM or Lenovo are designed and built far better than most of their competitors. Lenovo added the roll cage which really helps things out.
TBH the only main issue is with the T4x series and the GPU coming loose requiring a motherboard swap or reballing service. That being said...
I recently traded my Thinkpad X41T Tablet PC for this Thinkpad T43.
Specs:
2.0GHz Pentium M
1GB DDR RAM <- Now 1.5GB and I am going to order another stick of 1GB to replace that 512
6-Cell battery
14.1" XGA LCD soon to be replaced with a 14.1" SXGA+ LCD
Intel 2200BG Wifi
30GB HD soon...
I hate to come across as harsh but the OP did state that:
also followed up with:
So if we understand that he requires Office 2008 and if we understand that said software requires the following:
* Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4 (500 MHz or faster) processor
* Mac OS X version 10.4.9 or...