[Cialug] Mac Powerbook for linux?

[Chris Hilton]

A 700 G4 is pretty new (3 years?).  I'd go with whichever you personally
prefer.  Only thing to keep in mind is that most linux distros don't hog
RAM as bad, but OS X will probably be more power efficient.


On Wed, 2005-05-25 at 15:28 -0500, Alan Maupin wrote:
> I'm taking possession of an ibook 700 mhz in a few days and also wondered if
> I should stick to OS-X or try a PPC distro.  Any suggestions?
> 
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> Nathan C. Smith
> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 2:41 PM
> To: 'cialug@cialug.org'
> Subject: [Cialug] Mac Powerbook for linux?
> 
> 
> I have a co-worker offering me a Mac Powerbook G3 PowerPC 750 64 MB RAM and
> 6 GB HD "Bronze Lombard".  I have been tempted by the silver apple for some
> time.  The machine appears to be relatively clean and in decent condition.
> The battery needs replaced.
> 
> I'm going to check e-bay but I wondered if anyone would ballpark what I
> should expect to Pay.
> 
> Probably would want more memory and the disk is small, but would it be OK to
> run Linux on or should I wait until something else comes along?  (Would
> probably beat the 486 I've been asking about on IRC!)
> 
> -Nate
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