"you are not getting much computer for your money." a couple of things: these computers are very very cheap if you purchased used and replace the bios yourself

"you are not getting much computer for your money." a couple of things: these computers are very very cheap if you purchased used and replace the bios yourself. I've been using Macbook2,1 with libreboot and it is fast enough for most purposes. And if you do need a power machine, you can use one of the libreboot-supported servers as a desktop machine. I've installed libreboot on kfsn4-dre server for $50 and which can max up to 12 barcelona amd cores and up to 64gig ram, which is plenty of power for most large jobs, and they are freeing even more powerful servers.