[dcipjr]

Hi, I'm a student, and looking for a low-priced older PowerBook for some word processing and Internet use via Ethernet. I want to spend around $200, but anymore would be too much for me. A PowerBook 5300 (a color model) or a PowerBook 1400 would be great. Anyone dumping theirs that I can buy for a decent price?

[PeteWK]

Hi, just a word of advise. I've purchased four Apple laptops. Two of them were the 190cs and 1400cs (the 190cs is the same form factor but slower than the 5300). Both were nice (1400 was great) but they're probably not what you're looking for.

The 1400 and 5300 would need an Ethernet card which would up their price quite a bit. And neither one of them would be much fun surfing with their small screens. You can find 1400s and 5300s with active LCDs but 10.4 (5300) or 11.3 (1400) just isn't enough screen real estate these days.

My advise is look for a nice 3400. They came with active 12.1 inch screens, built in Ethernet and 180-240mhz PPC processors. Forget about getting a 1400 and upgrading it to the sky. These days, 64mb of max ram is a killer if you're going to do anything real with it. Consider the 3400 as a current stopgap until you can afford something new.

PeteWK