How Much Mac Do I Need?

[FFTT]

I just want to be able to e-mail chat and surf and maybe crunch some numbers and render a bit.

Will this Mac cover my needs?

 

[mad jew]

You'll want a screen, a keyboard and maybe even some sort of mouse though.

 

[pdpfilms]

I just want to be able to e-mail chat and surf and maybe crunch some numbers and render a bit.

Will this Mac cover my needs?

Um... nope. Definetly not. If you're gonna be doing any chatting, you're gonna need WAY more power. That piece you displayed can only handle the occaisional word processing. By occaisional i mean one word per minute.

 

[Abstract]

Yes, you'll be able to do all of that quite fast on that system.

And while you're at it, you may as well do something else that's crazy, like buy RAM from Apple or something.

 

[VanMac]

Buy two and have one shipped to my house. I'll help you crunch some numbers

 

[FFTT]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNIVAC_I
In 1968 you could pick up a 1.3 MHz CPU with half a megabyte of RAM and 100 megabyte hard drive for a mere US$1.6 million. Oh, and you want a printer too...?
UNIVAC I used 5,200 vacuum tubes

http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa060298.htm
The ENIAC contained 17,468 vacuum tubes, along with 70,000 resistors, 10,000 capacitors, 1,500 relays, 6,000 manual switches and 5 million soldered joints. It covered 1800 square feet (167 square meters) of floor space, weighed 30 tons, consumed 160 kilowatts of electrical power. There was even a rumor that when turned on the ENIAC caused the city of Philadelphia to experience brownouts, however, this was first reported incorrectly by the Philadelphia Bulletin in 1946 and since then has become an urban myth.

 

[gwuMACaddict]

i really like the new 14in iBook- sounds like it would be perfect for you.

 

[Eluon]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNIVAC_I
In 1968 you could pick up a 1.3 MHz CPU with half a megabyte of RAM and 100 megabyte hard drive for a mere US$1.6 million. Oh, and you want a printer too...?
UNIVAC I used 5,200 vacuum tubes

http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa060298.htm
The ENIAC contained 17,468 vacuum tubes, along with 70,000 resistors, 10,000 capacitors, 1,500 relays, 6,000 manual switches and 5 million soldered joints. It covered 1800 square feet (167 square meters) of floor space, weighed 30 tons, consumed 160 kilowatts of electrical power. There was even a rumor that when turned on the ENIAC caused the city of Philadelphia to experience brownouts, however, this was first reported incorrectly by the Philadelphia Bulletin in 1946 and since then has become an urban myth.

thanks for the lesson!

 

[Eagon]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNIVAC_I
In 1968 you could pick up a 1.3 MHz CPU with half a megabyte of RAM and 100 megabyte hard drive for a mere US$1.6 million. Oh, and you want a printer too...?
UNIVAC I used 5,200 vacuum tubes

http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa060298.htm
The ENIAC contained 17,468 vacuum tubes, along with 70,000 resistors, 10,000 capacitors, 1,500 relays, 6,000 manual switches and 5 million soldered joints. It covered 1800 square feet (167 square meters) of floor space, weighed 30 tons, consumed 160 kilowatts of electrical power. There was even a rumor that when turned on the ENIAC caused the city of Philadelphia to experience brownouts, however, this was first reported incorrectly by the Philadelphia Bulletin in 1946 and since then has become an urban myth.

Did they run OS8 ?

 

[dmw007]

I just want to be able to e-mail chat and surf and maybe crunch some numbers and render a bit.

Will this Mac cover my needs?

Ya, it should work nicely for you.

 

[dmw007]

Did they run OS8 ?

No, Mac OS 6.