From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 5 13:20:42 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 6777D16A4E7 for ; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 13:20:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nikolas.britton@gmail.com) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.238]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EFCE43D53 for ; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 13:20:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nikolas.britton@gmail.com) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i27so2261101wxd for ; Tue, 05 Sep 2006 06:20:40 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=W/XEN46eFFELgOykBO6LMCNAMCizQ1AOLahwVDiomuxQm+6wi6g8LJuD3OFq1dOxF/fx365mr9YO4CCFaQDV606cxEbt9dahl5pwUqrEn+vAVmL44H6Z7jZDj/hHP/KvMmcdj/hjEHuEomipdKAjEQyNxWwPfNJnJ9XN5+iKwN8= Received: by 10.70.42.15 with SMTP id p15mr9860424wxp; Tue, 05 Sep 2006 06:18:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.70.49.3 with HTTP; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 06:18:55 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 08:18:55 -0500 From: "Nikolas Britton" To: "Perry Hutchison" In-Reply-To: <10609050654.AA21414@pluto.rain.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <10609040708.AA17675@pluto.rain.com> <10609042341.AA20281@pluto.rain.com> <004401c6d09d$05f17170$3c01a8c0@coolf89ea26645> <10609050654.AA21414@pluto.rain.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, tedm@toybox.placo.com 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 13:20:42 -0000 On 9/5/06, Perry Hutchison wrote: > > > 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. > Yes Panther is OS X: Mac OS X v10.0 (Cheetah) Mac OS X v10.1 (Puma) Mac OS X v10.2 (Jaguar) Mac OS X v10.3 (Panther) Mac OS X v10.4 (Tiger) Mac OS X v10.5 (Leopard) (Yet to be released) NeoOffice2 (NeoOffice is OpenOffice 2.x with a native mac front-end) requires Panther or better. Personally I would not buy anything less then Sawtooth G4 PowerMac. You should be able to buy a fully equipped sawtooth model on eBay for less then $250. The best bang for your buck would be a new refurbished Intel Mac mini for $519. This unit should take your child all the way through high school and then some, you can find it on Apple's refurb page here: http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wo/2.RSLID?mco=D8593B5A&nclm=CertifiedMac A used G4 Mac mini in the $300~$400 range would also be good bed because all mini's have USB 2.0, it's very easy to expand them using external drives. Also: http://www.lowendmac.com/mini/minis.html http://www.lowendmac.com/ppc/g4saw.shtml http://www.apple.com/macosx/upgrade/requirements.html -- BSD Podcasts @: http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ http://freebsdforall.blogspot.com/