Hi,
I'm currently a PC owner by default - I was looking for a computer, primarily as an internet browser, about 6 years ago and ended up buying my first PC - an absolute beast of an old CAD workstation, with 2 old PIII 866 CPUs and more fan noise than a hovercraft, which cost me about £200 on eBay.
At about ten years old, the beast is now starting to show its age, toiling under the increasing demands of multimedia web browsing, huge mp3/aac files, digital photos, etc. When it goes, I certainly don't want another PC - I used to work in IT (support/dev) so it was vaguely useful for me to keep abreast of the latest incarnations of Windows, but now I am free of the industry I have no need for another Windoze machine.
I've used Macs in the past (Classics, Performas) and supported a couple of old G3s at one point at work, more through luck than good judgement
I now know nothing whatsoever about modern Macs and am looking for some advice re buying a secondhand one. I see G4 machines at reasonable prices, but will this be a quick route to being trapped in obsoletion? Could I upgrade one of these machines to run a currently supported version of Mac OS?
I don't play games on my home computer, I really only use it for t'internet, a bit of iPod/iTunes and a few digi photos.
Any advice very gratefully received.
Niall
I'm currently a PC owner by default - I was looking for a computer, primarily as an internet browser, about 6 years ago and ended up buying my first PC - an absolute beast of an old CAD workstation, with 2 old PIII 866 CPUs and more fan noise than a hovercraft, which cost me about £200 on eBay.
At about ten years old, the beast is now starting to show its age, toiling under the increasing demands of multimedia web browsing, huge mp3/aac files, digital photos, etc. When it goes, I certainly don't want another PC - I used to work in IT (support/dev) so it was vaguely useful for me to keep abreast of the latest incarnations of Windows, but now I am free of the industry I have no need for another Windoze machine.
I've used Macs in the past (Classics, Performas) and supported a couple of old G3s at one point at work, more through luck than good judgement
I now know nothing whatsoever about modern Macs and am looking for some advice re buying a secondhand one. I see G4 machines at reasonable prices, but will this be a quick route to being trapped in obsoletion? Could I upgrade one of these machines to run a currently supported version of Mac OS?
I don't play games on my home computer, I really only use it for t'internet, a bit of iPod/iTunes and a few digi photos.
Any advice very gratefully received.
Niall