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My mom has an old PPC iBook (from 2003!). It's still working perfectly. It looks clean and white. She can edit documents and spreadsheets, check email, peruse p
by fractallyte 11y ago
My mom has an old PPC iBook (from 2003!). It's still working perfectly. It looks clean and white. She can edit documents and spreadsheets, check email, peruse photos. I've even fitted an IDE SSD. Why dump it for a newer 'better' model?
TenFourFox was the crucial factor - by providing a connection to modern internet - in our decision to maintain this old machine. My mom's happy, I'm happy! (And sincere thanks to "Contributors to TenFourFox.")
- gsnedders 11y ago> Why dump it for a newer 'better' model? Because no PPC release of OS X receives security fixes.
- pdkl95 11y agoThat's why software needs to become public domain if it's abandoned. We already do this for everything else - if you abandon land, you can lose it through "adverse possession". If you abandon your car, someone else can claim title. When you abandon your stuff, society will eventually let someone else clean up the mess you left.
- frozenport 11y agoIt maybe cheaper for us to buy your mother a new computer than to support two endian standards.