09-29-2010, 02:31 AM
TheCaber wrote: The G4 does not have the CPU muscle needed to deal with current web media (flash, streaming video), but it can handle compressed audio (MP3) and audio streaming, static web pages and email just fine.Not true. As long as it's not starved for RAM, an eMac can be quite serviceable even for streaming video as long as you stick with the low bandwidth versions most sites offer. It's not the state of the art experience, but it's not particularly painful either. Friend of mine is saving their nickels and dimes for a Macbook, because it is time to upgrade, but till Leader Day arrives, they get along quite well with Tiger and an eMac.
Now would I spend money to upgrade an eMac? Nope. I'd grin and bear it and put every spare cent into an empty mayo jar till I had the three hundred or so bucks I needed to Craigs List something closer current, even if the slog from no bucks to a few bucks was slow and arduous. If the fish are biting, you could probably get somewhere between $75 - $125 for the eMac to put with the mayo jar money.