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pinto32

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I'm thinking about getting an old Mac to keep around my apartment at school, just so I can have AIM on all day, etc. I'm gonna get either a laptop or all-in-one (not sure which yet). Currently I'm looking at something in the 233mhz G3 range, as I'm on a strict budget, and it will only be used for instant messaging, web browsing, and playing audio CDs.

But anyway, what are the minimum specs I would need so that I could IM, web browse, and play audio/mp3 CDs simultaniously without the music skipping (in OS 9)?
 
I looked into getting an older mac for my kids recently. What I discovered was that for the $300 that a servicable system would cost they made no sense when I could get a refurbed eMac for a couple hundred more that is far more capable.
 
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