From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 5 07:01:20 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3AC716A4E1 for ; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 07:01:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (agora.rdrop.com [199.26.172.34]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2962A43D55 for ; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 07:01:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (66@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by agora.rdrop.com (8.13.1/8.12.7) with ESMTP id k85717aT030268 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 5 Sep 2006 00:01:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by agora.rdrop.com (8.13.1/8.12.9/Submit) with UUCP id k85717fM030267; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 00:01:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: by pluto.rain.com (4.1/SMI-4.1-pluto-M2060407) id AA21414; Mon, 4 Sep 06 23:54:16 PDT Date: Mon, 4 Sep 06 23:54:16 PDT From: perryh@pluto.rain.com (Perry Hutchison) Message-Id: <10609050654.AA21414@pluto.rain.com> To: nikolas.britton@gmail.com, tedm@toybox.placo.com In-Reply-To: <004401c6d09d$05f17170$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> References: <10609040708.AA17675@pluto.rain.com><10609042341.AA20281@pluto.rain.com> <004401c6d09d$05f17170$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Word processor for 6.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 07:01:20 -0000 > > FreeBSD and Linux will not meet your teenagers needs, If you really > > want to introduce your kid to UNIX then buy a Mac... trust me on > > this... I interact with many high school and college kids on a daily > > basis. Any used Mac capable of running Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger and > > NeoOffice2 will suit your childs needs perfectly: > > > > PowerPC G3, G4, or G5 processor. > > Built-in FireWire. > > 384 MB of memory. > > 5 GB of disk space. It is less a matter of "want to introduce to Unix" than "want to avoid Windoze" :) and yes, a Mac with OS X would be fine. (My college sophomore is doing just fine with a one-year-old iBook.) > Just keep in mind when you look for used Mac's that the Tiger OS > normally on DVD ... > If you can find an older copy of Panther OS it gives you lot more > lattitude in what older Macs will work - it also does not require > FireWire, so even the original iMacs will run it. Is Panther an earlier MacOS X (thus still marginally on-topic here :) or it MacOS 9? I have actually got an old PowerMAC (603-based) which AFAIK won't run anything newer than 9.