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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Notebook Hardware
What to get for my 1st mac laptop? Used or new?
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<blockquote data-quote="ticedoff8" data-source="post: 932065" data-attributes="member: 117762"><p>I use my old Dell D600 for my CentOS 5.4 laptop system. Not too bad.</p><p>I gave my wifey an old Dell D500 w/ 22"external monitor, wireless keyboard & mouse. Makes an "okay" netbook.</p><p></p><p>Any Macbook with Intel procs should be your only concern.</p><p>Older MacBooks have the PPC and PPC is no longer supported by Apple. </p><p>If you buy a PPC based system, you'll be loading Linux on it in a week - because it will be stuck on Tiger, or maybe an older version of Leopard.</p><p>Spend as much as you can afford. As I said, they hold their value pretty well, so you can sell it for about what you paid for it if she doesn't like it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ticedoff8, post: 932065, member: 117762"] I use my old Dell D600 for my CentOS 5.4 laptop system. Not too bad. I gave my wifey an old Dell D500 w/ 22"external monitor, wireless keyboard & mouse. Makes an "okay" netbook. Any Macbook with Intel procs should be your only concern. Older MacBooks have the PPC and PPC is no longer supported by Apple. If you buy a PPC based system, you'll be loading Linux on it in a week - because it will be stuck on Tiger, or maybe an older version of Leopard. Spend as much as you can afford. As I said, they hold their value pretty well, so you can sell it for about what you paid for it if she doesn't like it. [/QUOTE]
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