From goya@racine.vjf.cnrs.fr Sat Dec 1 08:33:25 2001 Received: from mailscan5.cac.washington.edu (mailscan5.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.14]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.11.6+UW01.08/8.11.6+UW01.10) with SMTP id fB1GXMn167054 for ; Sat, 1 Dec 2001 08:33:23 -0800 Received: FROM mxu1.u.washington.edu BY mailscan5.cac.washington.edu ; Sat Dec 01 08:33:22 2001 -0800 Received: from smtp.noos.fr (aragon.noos.net [212.198.2.75]) by mxu1.u.washington.edu (8.11.6+UW01.08/8.11.6+UW01.10) with ESMTP id fB1GXLB23896 for ; Sat, 1 Dec 2001 08:33:21 -0800 Received: (qmail 68887999 invoked by uid 0); 1 Dec 2001 16:33:19 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?195.132.107.118?) ([195.132.107.118]) (envelope-sender ) by 212.198.2.75 (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 1 Dec 2001 16:33:19 -0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 11:50:16 +0100 To: classics@u.washington.edu From: Michael Chase Subject: Re: GreekKeys question Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" >>A related question. I am about to replace my old trusty Macintosh Classic >>and I wonder which laptop model I should buy: the Titanium G4 or the >>Black G3 (used only)? Is there any difference between the two >>types of hardware that are significant for using Greekkeys? >>Thanks. >> >>EJTh > >You will probably regret it if you don't buy the G4; as is obvious >from recent listmessages Unicode is becoming more and more of a >reality, for Unicode you need OSX, for OSX you need all the >processing power you can get. The only reason I'd buy a G3 at the >moment is if I could get it for say, $300, and would expect to >replace it as soon as the G4 laptops become more affordable. >Fortunately, my iBook is still functional, and I want to keep that >cute orange thing as long as I can.. > I don't know 'bout Greek Keys - I use SSupergreek at home and Rhodos at work - but I'm awfully happy with my G3 now that I've upgraded the memory to 256. Can't see, at the moment, why I would wish to move to a G4. Best, Mike. -- Michael Chase (goya@vjf.cnrs.fr) C.N.R.S./Annee Philologique Paris .