Inky Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 I recently discovered you can get refurbished G3 and G4 12 inch ibooks for under 350. those would run circles around the Eee I'm about to get a 12 inch ibook g3 for 200 bucks just to use as a web browser by the couch.Oh, wow. Now that would be good for someone like me who wouldn't invest over 1k on an Apple Laptop. Got a link to these deals?http://www.lowendmac.com links to other places.http://www.ebay.com I won a bid for 180 bucks but the guy hasn't contacted me yet..http://www.dvwarehouse.comhttp://www.wegenermedia.com/http://www.betamacs.com/ you'll see they are all around the same prices. you usually have to add an airport card for anywhere from 40 to 70 bucks for wifi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Posted June 6, 2008 Author Share Posted June 6, 2008 I recently discovered you can get refurbished G3 and G4 12 inch ibooks for under 350. those would run circles around the Eee I'm about to get a 12 inch ibook g3 for 200 bucks just to use as a web browser by the couch.Oh, wow. Now that would be good for someone like me who wouldn't invest over 1k on an Apple Laptop. Got a link to these deals?http://www.lowendmac.com links to other places.http://www.ebay.com I won a bid for 180 bucks but the guy hasn't contacted me yet..http://www.dvwarehouse.comhttp://www.wegenermedia.com/http://www.betamacs.com/ you'll see they are all around the same prices. you usually have to add an airport card for anywhere from 40 to 70 bucks for wifi. Can you install the latest Mac OSX on these laptops? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 osx comes on most. I think you can get up to leopard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Posted June 6, 2008 Author Share Posted June 6, 2008 osx comes on most. I think you can get up to leopard.Is Leopard the latest and greatest OS for Mac? How old is it if it's not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 I just did a quick look. it appears 10.4 'tiger' is as high as you can get. which is one version behind leopard which is the newest. with a new update coming soon called 'snow leopard'but for surfing the internet, running openoffice and stuff like that do you really need the latest OS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackKnight Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 Cheap iBooks... never thought about getting one of those. I want a small cheapish laptop to play with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 yeah thats what I want, just a small lappy to have by the couch to surf the internet on and do small stuff with. learn alittle about osx and whatnot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackKnight Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 Do G3 and G4 iBooks have Wi-fi though? I;m looking through eBay listings and most only say Ethernet LAN and Airport Wireless (?). Wtf is Airport Wireless? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 thats wifi. 802.11B some come with the card others you have to buy it separate. I'm still researching and learning about these things too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 I just wanted to report I got my ibook. so far so good, learning about osx is different but I haven't run into any major problems. i got the ibook for 180.an airport card for 40and 512mb more ram for 38total 258 bucks and another 20 for shipping.not bad for a decent small lappy that runs circles around the Eee. I may work on a review later once I've had some real time with the ibook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackKnight Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 I've been eBaying some.. but the prices get ridiculous. Haven't seen an iBook G3 or G4 go for anything less than $450AUD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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