looking for an older Mac notebook

[markw-FJ05HQ0HCKaWd6l5hS35sQ at public.gmane.org (Mark Woodward)]

On 06/30/2010 12:30 AM, Danny Piccirillo wrote:
> Are you looking for a free one, or would you be willing to pay? Also,
> would it be a problem if it had Ubuntu installed?
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Well, I'm not looking to pay more than a couple hundred. So, I'm not 
looking for the top of the line or anything like that. A year or two old 
macbook is all I want. This is an attempt to get my sister and her 
family to use something other than Windows. As long as it runs the 
latest version of OS/X its ok.
> A windows box is easier to deal with and de-windowzify than a
> macthing, but if you want one my friend has one who may be interested.
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I've tried Linux with them in the past and it was really painful. My 
thinking is that a Mac is a good transitional platform. It has many of 
the strengths of Linux, but has that "cool" factor that some people 
need. Besides, user's seem to be afraid of brands and products that are 
not constantly and aggressively marketed at them. So, using a Mac may 
have enough "street cred" to get them to think a little differently 
about their computer. Once they "switch" to a new platform, they may be 
more willing to accept learning new ways of doing things, once that 
happens, they may come to see Windows on their desktop as the problem 
that it is. Then, I'll try Ubuntu.

Then, I won't have any more tech support calls.
> On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 12:10, Mark Woodward<markw-FJ05HQ0HCKaWd6l5hS35sQ at public.gmane.org>  wrote:
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>> Anyone have an MacBook that's a year or so old that they want to get rid
>> of? My sister is looking for a laptop and I want to prevent her from
>> buying another Windows box.
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