Why? It was cheap, and it's actually very, very usable. It has MS Office for spreadsheets, writing documents, and a calendar. It can browse the web and send and receive email. It can play some cool games. It does everything I need it to do.
And it's still running MacOS 9! At 233MHz w/ a 4GB drive, I wouldn't torture it with OSX. I did try Ubuntu Linux, but Ubuntu (or Gnome maybe?) wouldn't let me use any other screen resolution than 512x384-- unusable. So I'm back to 9.
My wife asked me, "don't you want a *new* computer?" Well, I'd rather save for my kids' college education. And with this Bondi Blue iMac, I have fun, indulge in nostalgia, and get work done. Why should I drop $1k - $2k for the latest and greatest?
Now all they need is a *4d* accelerated video card with 512GB memory and they'll be at the minimum hardware requirements for the (up until now) highly secretive pre-beta version of Doom 4.
Okay, posts like this are dangerous. I made the horrible mistake of taking a sip of water immediately before reading this, and spit it all out. Through my nose. And my weird choking / laughing has my coworkers giving me strange looks now.
And if, as a professional programmer, you have ingested too much Jolt Cola throughout the day to easily fall asleep at night, this is the book for you! In fact, I have a copy right here, and just browsing through the index makes me feel very drowszzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
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Why? It was cheap, and it's actually very, very usable. It has MS Office for spreadsheets, writing documents, and a calendar. It can browse the web and send and receive email. It can play some cool games. It does everything I need it to do.
And it's still running MacOS 9! At 233MHz w/ a 4GB drive, I wouldn't torture it with OSX. I did try Ubuntu Linux, but Ubuntu (or Gnome maybe?) wouldn't let me use any other screen resolution than 512x384-- unusable. So I'm back to 9.
My wife asked me, "don't you want a *new* computer?" Well, I'd rather save for my kids' college education. And with this Bondi Blue iMac, I have fun, indulge in nostalgia, and get work done. Why should I drop $1k - $2k for the latest and greatest?
Now all they need is a *4d* accelerated video card with 512GB memory and they'll be at the minimum hardware requirements for the (up until now) highly secretive pre-beta version of Doom 4.
Okay, posts like this are dangerous. I made the horrible mistake of taking a sip of water immediately before reading this, and spit it all out. Through my nose. And my weird choking / laughing has my coworkers giving me strange looks now.
And if, as a professional programmer, you have ingested too much Jolt Cola throughout the day to easily fall asleep at night, this is the book for you! In fact, I have a copy right here, and just browsing through the index makes me feel very drowszzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.