... I has a Mac?

[bubosquared]

Work was giving away random stuff, and it appears I have a Mac. It's one of the iMacs, the G3, but it's got OS10 on it according to those in the know, and it's justb for faffing abouton, so. Yaye?

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[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

You may have noticed that I'm a Mac geek.

No, really? :D

If you need pointers, stuff, or software, let me know. I have a ton of stuff that's from that era. (I had a Blue and White PowerMac G3, which is from the same era as G3 iMacs.)

Yeah, there were a few PowerMacs going as well, but I was last in line to choose, and I wouldn't have had space for one of those anyway. I am, however, missing a keyboard -- do you know how much a Mac keyboard goes for, and/or where to get one cheap?

I'm mostly gonna be faffing around with it for a bit first and get used to the way it works, but will let you know if I'm ready to start putting software on it. :)

[wibbble]

Any USB keyboard will work with Mac OS X.

Actual Apple-branded USB keyboards are horribly expensive - I did have a spare, but my mother took it after she melted(!) her keyboard.

Let me know the specs - I'll get you the most recent Mac OS X it'll take. Unlike Windows, you want to use the newest you can - Mac OS X gets /faster/ with each release.

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Actual Apple-branded USB keyboards are horribly expensive - I did have a spare, but my mother took it after she melted(!) her keyboard.

That's ... impressive. o_O

Let me know the specs - I'll get you the most recent Mac OS X it'll take. Unlike Windows, you want to use the newest you can - Mac OS X gets /faster/ with each release.

I've not got it home yet, so I don't know the specs just now, but I'll let you know. :)

[msilverstar]

There are always a ton of used keyboards floating around, try eBay or a Mac shop, because used is fine, they last a long time.