OSNews > Thread > "RE: Are looks more important than functionality?" by macro

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 29th Mar 2007 16:04 UTC

About one year ago, I sold my iBook G4 in order to buy the then upcoming MacBook. Due to an unexpected change of plans (I moved to a new house), that MacBook never reached my desk; I still really missed having a Mac around. Now, almost a year later, I am again back on Mac. So, what did I buy? A sleek black MacBook? An all-powerful Intel PowerMac quad-core? No. David, OSNews' owner, sent me his G4 Cube.

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RE: Are looks more important than functionality?

by macro on Thu 29th Mar 2007 17:17 UTC in reply to "Are looks more important than functionality?"

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2005-07-27

...The system constantly crashed...became corrupt...I'd have to reinstall OS9 on an almost monthly basis...

That's interesting. I own a Cube and ran Gentoo Linux on it as a server 24/7 for 2 1/2 years and never had a problem with it.

The hard drive was sloooow and loud though.

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RE[2]: Are looks more important than functionality?

by tspears on Thu 29th Mar 2007 18:42 in reply to "RE: Are looks more important than functionality?"

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2006-05-22

I replaced the hard drive and ran yellow dog and it worked fine for me.... as long as you didn't put anything near the thermal vent.

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