Lance and "'99 Contour" ... I don't think AliasJerk is in a financial position to purchase a Mac (even the Mini) unless he feels like working more through his freshman year of college. Especially if it's only going to be for casual use.
Alias (Jared, right?) - I'd either go and purchase an older Mac, a G3 iBook or even Lombard/Pismo G3 PowerBook should do the trick. It will be slow, but bearable enough to get done what you need done. Also, check out if your school has a Mac on campus. My college had one lonely G4 iMac sitting in a corner of one lab, which was nice because their official policy (at the time) was that they didn't support Mac outside of the access-restricted music labs. (They're turning around on that due to an increasing Mac-using population.)
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I really want the ability to put OSX legally (and not painfully) on a PC. I don't like any of the laptop designs they have out there right now, and Apple doesn't cater to the smaller crowds such as those looking for an ultraportable that is not their primary computer. At least they finally came out with a black one, but the hinge design is still intrusive. I showed somebody my Ti (which are evidently becoming rare nowadays) and they were amazed I could open the display nearly 180°. Ideally I would love a Thinkpad X Series hinged laptop (not tablet) with an extended battery (not available on Power/MacBook), real docking station (only painful BookEndz available for Power/MacBook) and dual-booting WinXP and OSX. Apple will never do it though, I believe they learned their lesson from allowing clones in previous years.
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(<-- 1GHz Titanium PB, 400MHz G4 PM, G3 PM, PB 3400c, 68040 LCIII)
