On May 30, 5:56 pm, Alexander MacLeod <twocor...@gmail.com> wrote: > What about the basic $999 White MacBook? It's the only MacBook that > still has a firewire port, which is very important, to me at least. > > I think that buying any PPC-based Mac at this point is of dubious > value. Once Snow Leopard comes out, Apple is officially leaving PPC > architecture behind. Also, you can run Windows on the Intel-based Macs > (if you must), and boot from USB 2.0 devices as well. > > I'd go with the White MacBook. Just my $.02.
And the early 2009 2.0 GHz model which includes both Firewire and Superdrive is now in closeout at Smalldog Electronics for $899.99. Likely other vendors will be doing the same thing. Apple just made a speed bump on this entry level machine. http://www.smalldog.com/product/73058 Al Poulin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
