[geeks] Replacement MacBook question

Alloysius Mdebe heavyj.gmbh at gmail.com
Sun Sep 7 23:22:25 CDT 2008


On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 4:10 PM, Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at verizon.net> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> My wife's powerbook (867 MHz PowerPC with a fresh, Apple replaced battery and a new keyboard) is showing it's age. She was unable to book our daughter's birthday party at Chuck E. CHeese's because her browser was too old (Safari for the PowerPC has been capped, AFAIK).
>
> Now, rather tahan take my advice (it was a sign that we shouldn't have the party at Chuck E Cheese's ;^), she decided to consider upgrading her laptop.
>
> She like the MacBook Air, but at $1,499 (as an Apple refurb) it is a bit steep, and that model includes an actual HD, not a SSD. Anyone have any exp. with that particular model?
>
> Or, in an effort to leep the older PowerPC Macbook in use, anyone have any exp. with more modern browsers than the latest release of Safari?
>
> Personally, I think she should upgrade and sell the old laptop to defray the cost, but I feel compelled to try and make this laptop last one more year...
>
> This has a max of 640 Meg of RAM, and the original 40-60 Gig HD, IIRC.
>
> Any advice?
>
> Lionel
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Good day,

I suggest the z990 from ibm. good design, good for processing
transactions for chuck e. cheese. z990 is getting a bit old but still
has many computing powers. If you desire, to keep old laptop to
control z990 to process transactions to chuck e. cheese and other
institutions requiring reservations.



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