My G3
Powerbook
I have several computers,
but my favorite is my G3 Powerbook, a laptop
computer. I
bought my powerbook to use with a projector, but now
it's my main computer.
It's beautifully designed
and meets my needs well.
I'm a writer, not a
hacker, so I am quite happy with the aging operating
system and software.
I've had my powerbook for
a few years now, and it has grown on
me.
I have had my G3 powerbook
for a couple of years, and in that time it has become
my main computer.
I bought my powerbook for
using with a projector at conferences and in my
lectures at KUT.
Then, in 1999, my home
computer blew up, and I started using the powerbook as
my home computer.
I liked it more and more
as I got used to it as a home computer.
Now my powerbook is a few
years old and it is slow compared to newer computers,
but there are many things I like about it
anyway.
My G3 powerbook may be a
little slow, but it is designed very nicely, I
think. It's
big for a laptop, but it has a big 14 inch screen, and
though it's quite heavy for travelling,I like the look
of the black case and the white Apple
logo. It
has interchangeable CD-ROM and ZIP drives, but no
floppy drive. It's a quiet, stable machine, but form
some reason the internal modem makes it wake up very
slowly. I
especially like the keyboard, which is almost full
size, which is good for me because I'm a
writer.
As a writer, I mostly use
word processing and publishing software on my
powerbook.
It has two operatin
systems, English Macintosh OS 8.6 and Japanese 8.5,
which are a little old, but work fine for my
needs. The
software I use is even older. I use HyperCard 2.3.5, a
15-year old software for creating interactive
multimedia, and Appleworks 5, which also very
old-fashioned.
For email, I use the free
software Outlook Express 5, which is
wonderful.
For web browsing, I use
the tiny iCab software as well as Netscape
4.7.
I feel like my powerbook
fits me like a glove.
Even though it's getting
older, and some people say it's a little slow, I still
use it more than any other computer.
I've been using the Mac
operating system and software for years, so I always
know how to solve my problems.
I can't imagine a better
computer for my needs than my Macintosh G3
powerbook.