Simon Royal asks: Are G3 Macs still viable work machines?.
His answer is a resounding affirmative, but then you’d expect that of an article at Low End Mac. Simon’s a writer, too, so his requirements for a work machine are pretty minimal: just a word processor, most of the time.
My oldest Mac is a 600MHz Dual USB G3 iBook, which copes bravely with Tiger. It does nothing other than play music streamed from elsewhere, and does that job just fine. The only problem is that getting it started up and playing takes a while:
- press on/off button
- (make cup of tea while it boots, connects to network, launches iTunes)
- tell iTunes to connect to shared music
- (make another cup of tea)
- select desired playlist
- (look out of the window wistfully)
- start playing music
Apart from that, it’s fine.
What’s the oldest Mac you’ve got that does a decent job of something or other?
Giles Turnbull is a freelance writer in England. He also writes for the Press Association and The Morning News. You can find out more at his website, and follow him on Twitter @gilest.
