Sounds like an older powermac, or a mac mini would be the best bet.
You can get a B&W powermac for pretty cheap these days, and will
handle most everything you want it to, with no problems. Anything
newer/faster will only be icing on the cake. The linksys card MIGHT
work, IF there are mac drivers available for it. Depending on the
drivers, you may need to jump to a newer or older version of the mac
OS to work with the linksys card. IF that all works out well, then
getting the powermac on the wireless network should be cake.
Re: the games: I'm sure this goes without saying, but you'll have to
be sure that you have mac versions of everything you'll want to run.
Programs to word process with are not a problem: appleworks 5 or six
will do fine, and should be cheap as well. A B&W powermac or newer
should work with any existing USB keyboard and mouse you have and any
VGA monitor. hope that covers everything.
Brian
On Jul 19, 2005, at 5:42 PM, Trish wrote:
Hi gang,
I am a mighty confused PC user. I've been looking at so many used
mac's that
I've gone and messed my mind up so badly I'm not sure what I need
anymore.
here is the deal. First of all, I'm on a tight, tight budget.
but I have a 10 year old daughter who has some developmental delays
that
needs a computer.
She wants to: surf the net via our wireless network (I have a
linksys card
that went in a previous pc - will this work at all in a mac? and if
so,
which models?) to play games such as barbie.com, disney.com etc
use a notepad or word type program to type documents
use educational games such as jump start, etc...
I have a good working PC monitor, keyboard and mouse, also a mac
keyboard
and infared mouse from the dead Bondi. The aformentioned linksys
card, a
CD-RW/DVD, and some misc 128 mg pc100 and pc133 chips. Will any of
these
things work with a mac machine, and if so, what am I looking for?
For that matter, what is the least expensive machine I can get used
that
that will do all these things until I can afford to get her a better
machine? or a new machine?
I appreciate all your knowledge and expertise.
-----
Trish
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