Re: FN-FORUM New iMac

date posted 10th January 2002 15:45

> why you couldn't share files. (This is a ten year old machine. By
> comparison, how much use could you make of a 10 year old PC?)

...a ten year old 286 PC - still perfectly usable as a word processor and
some wicked DOS games, and no worries about sharing floppies with current PC
;-)

Paul

----- Original Message -----
From: "James Newman" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 2:34 PM
Subject: RE: FN-FORUM New iMac


> I doubt they would be worth that much. I have a Mac Classic that is
> probably still working. They are still perfectly usable as a word
> processor (Word 5.1 works fine on them - which was the best version
> of that particular product). But it is getting increasingly difficult
> to interconnect them with current networks, printers and suchlike. If
> you have a floppy drive on your current Mac, then there is no reason
> why you couldn't share files. (This is a ten year old machine. By
> comparison, how much use could you make of a 10 year old PC?)