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Will Smith <[log in to unmask]>
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Blind-Hams For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 29 May 2005 17:42:15 -0400
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Hi Buddy,

I just got a Mac Mini on Ebay with 512 megs ram and Word for $530.
Looking forward to learning how to use it!

There are some good deals outthere for sure on Ebay, and one should take
the usual precautions of course.

Will K4SAY
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On Sun, 29 May 2005, Buddy Brannan wrote:

> Uh. You can't dual boot Tiger with anything on a Wintel machine. Gotta
> be a Mac.
>
> Having said that...I've heard of it running successfully on a
> G3/350. Keep your eyes peeled on eBay. I just got an iBook G3/500,
> 384MB of RAM, 20GB hard drive, and wireless networking, for $385. But
> then had to buy a charger (didn't notice in the auction it didn't have
> one until after I won), and then had to buy Tiger itself, but again,
> both got off Ebay for decent prices. All told, I spent just a titch
> over $500, including shipping. And I even got a DVD/CDRW. You can
> probably do better if you look hard, and certainly if you go for a
> desktop model of some sort or another instead of a laptop. But they
> tell me, get as much RAM as you can afford. At least a G3. And a DVD
> drive is helpful so you don't have to trade in to Apple for CD's of
> Tiger.
>

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