Re: Apple Mac

[Gregory Weston <uce@splook.com>]

In article <1135204010.449436.79760@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
 "jkalin196511@gmail.com" <jkalin196511@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I have an Apple IIe, IIe Platinum, and IIgs and I have been thinking
> about adding a Mac to the collection.  I have noticed there are sever
> different models of Mac's when I have searched on eBay.  Is one
> particle Mac model that was better?  I have never used a Mac and I
> don't know to much about them.

There have been literally dozens of models in the Macintosh product line 
over the last 22 years. They hold value and usability fairly well, so 
depending on your needs it's likely you could get a fairly cheap one 
that meets them. Especially given that it sounds like you're at the 
"dipping a toe in" stage.

If you want to add an archetypal "Mac" to your collection just for the 
sake of having one, a Mac Plus can be had for small or even negative 
amounts of money. It's really only useful if you've got some very old 
software that you'd like to run, but for a collection piece it's small 
and it was probably the first "mainstream" Mac - the current model when 
the GUI thing really started to hit the average persons' awareness even 
if for the most part people considered it a toy.

If you want something that's actually useful for modern software, the 
best bang for your buck (again assuming toe-dipping) is a mini. It's not 
a speed-demon, but it's a relatively small investment of money and space 
(it's about 15cm square and 5cm tall) for something that's eminently 
usable with the current OS and likely to remain so for 3-5 years 
depending on exactly what you're likely to ask of it.

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