I came across a PowerBook 2400c/180 that has hardly been used and I'm wondering if it is completely obsolete or if it could be used for basic internet use and word processing. It says the built-in memory is 48 MB, so it seems like it wouldn't be able to handle much, but I know nothing about Macs so I thought I'd ask for input. Thanks!
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How useful is a PowerBook 2400c/180 these days?
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The 2400c is basically the 3400c packed into a smaller case (with no internal CD-ROM drive), so anything that a 3400c can do, so can a 2400c. Even though my 3400c is running at 200 MHz with 80 MB of memory, that isn't all that much higher specs than your 2400c, so anything I can do on my 3400c you should be able to do on a 2400c. The applications I currently have installed on my 3400c include the following:
... and I'm sure that it is good for word processing too.
Adobe Acrobat 5.0
Adobe Distiller 5.0
Adobe Acrobat Catalog 4.0
Adobe Dimensions 1.0
Adobe GoLive 5.0
Adobe Illustrator 8.0
Adobe ImageReady 2.0
Adobe LiveMotion 1.0
Adobe PageMaker 6.5
Adobe PageMill 3.0
Adobe Photoshop 5.5
Adobe Premiere 5.1
Adobe Type Manager Deluxe 4.6
AppleWorks 6.2.8
Apple iTunes 1.0
BBEdit Lite 6.0
ClarisDraw 1.0
Corel PHOTO-PAINT 8 LE
Corel WordPerfect 3.5e
CorelDraw 8 LE
Fetch 3.0.3
FileMaker Pro 5.0
Fractal Design Painter 5.0.3
Macromedia Flash 5.0
Mathcad PLUS 6
Mathematica 2.2.2
MathReader 4.2
MetaCreations Bryce 3D
Microsoft Excel 98
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.1.7
Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0.6
Microsoft PowerPoint 98
Microsoft Word 98
Microsoft Word 5.1a
Mozilla 1.3.1
Netscape 7.0.2
Netscape Communicator 4.8
Nisus Compact 3.4
Nisus Write 4.1.6
Opera 6.0.3
Softpress Freeway 2.0.3 LE
PiXELS 3D Studio 3.7
QuarkXPress 3.32
QuarkXPress 4.11
QuickTime Pro 5
QuickTime 6.0.3
ResEdit
SimpleText
Sound Studio 2.0.7
SoundEdit 16 2.0.7
SoundEffects 0.9.2
Strata VideoShop 3.0
Strata VideoShop 4.0
Strata Studio Pro 1.5.2
StrataVision 3D 4.0
Strata MediaPaint 1.1.2
Theorist 2.0.1
And as of late, I've been playing around with 3D design and animation on that system. A good example of what I've produced using the software listed above would be this short video...Adobe Distiller 5.0
Adobe Acrobat Catalog 4.0
Adobe Dimensions 1.0
Adobe GoLive 5.0
Adobe Illustrator 8.0
Adobe ImageReady 2.0
Adobe LiveMotion 1.0
Adobe PageMaker 6.5
Adobe PageMill 3.0
Adobe Photoshop 5.5
Adobe Premiere 5.1
Adobe Type Manager Deluxe 4.6
AppleWorks 6.2.8
Apple iTunes 1.0
BBEdit Lite 6.0
ClarisDraw 1.0
Corel PHOTO-PAINT 8 LE
Corel WordPerfect 3.5e
CorelDraw 8 LE
Fetch 3.0.3
FileMaker Pro 5.0
Fractal Design Painter 5.0.3
Macromedia Flash 5.0
Mathcad PLUS 6
Mathematica 2.2.2
MathReader 4.2
MetaCreations Bryce 3D
Microsoft Excel 98
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.1.7
Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0.6
Microsoft PowerPoint 98
Microsoft Word 98
Microsoft Word 5.1a
Mozilla 1.3.1
Netscape 7.0.2
Netscape Communicator 4.8
Nisus Compact 3.4
Nisus Write 4.1.6
Opera 6.0.3
Softpress Freeway 2.0.3 LE
PiXELS 3D Studio 3.7
QuarkXPress 3.32
QuarkXPress 4.11
QuickTime Pro 5
QuickTime 6.0.3
ResEdit
SimpleText
Sound Studio 2.0.7
SoundEdit 16 2.0.7
SoundEffects 0.9.2
Strata VideoShop 3.0
Strata VideoShop 4.0
Strata Studio Pro 1.5.2
StrataVision 3D 4.0
Strata MediaPaint 1.1.2
Theorist 2.0.1
... and I'm sure that it is good for word processing too.
It's just as useful as it was when it was new except you can't run the newest versions of software on it. The only thing I would be worried about on it is that web browsing may not work great since there are no modern browsers for it, but you could still browse the web on it just pages may not display correctly.
The 2400c is basically the 3400c packed into a smaller case (with no internal CD-ROM drive), so anything that a 3400c can do, so can a 2400c. Even though my 3400c is running at 200 MHz with 80 MB of memory, that isn't all that much higher specs than your 2400c, so anything I can do on my 3400c you should be able to do on a 2400c. The applications I currently have installed on my 3400c include the following:Adobe Acrobat 5.0And as of late, I've been playing around with 3D design and animation on that system. A good example of what I've produced using the software listed above would be this short video...
Adobe Distiller 5.0
Adobe Acrobat Catalog 4.0
Adobe Dimensions 1.0
Adobe GoLive 5.0
Adobe Illustrator 8.0
Adobe ImageReady 2.0
Adobe LiveMotion 1.0
Adobe PageMaker 6.5
Adobe PageMill 3.0
Adobe Photoshop 5.5
Adobe Premiere 5.1
Adobe Type Manager Deluxe 4.6
AppleWorks 6.2.8
Apple iTunes 1.0
BBEdit Lite 6.0
ClarisDraw 1.0
Corel PHOTO-PAINT 8 LE
Corel WordPerfect 3.5e
CorelDraw 8 LE
Fetch 3.0.3
FileMaker Pro 5.0
Fractal Design Painter 5.0.3
Macromedia Flash 5.0
Mathcad PLUS 6
Mathematica 2.2.2
MathReader 4.2
MetaCreations Bryce 3D
Microsoft Excel 98
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.1.7
Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0.6
Microsoft PowerPoint 98
Microsoft Word 98
Microsoft Word 5.1a
Mozilla 1.3.1
Netscape 7.0.2
Netscape Communicator 4.8
Nisus Compact 3.4
Nisus Write 4.1.6
Opera 6.0.3
Softpress Freeway 2.0.3 LE
PiXELS 3D Studio 3.7
QuarkXPress 3.32
QuarkXPress 4.11
QuickTime Pro 5
QuickTime 6.0.3
ResEdit
SimpleText
Sound Studio 2.0.7
SoundEdit 16 2.0.7
SoundEffects 0.9.2
Strata VideoShop 3.0
Strata VideoShop 4.0
Strata Studio Pro 1.5.2
StrataVision 3D 4.0
Strata MediaPaint 1.1.2
Theorist 2.0.1
... and I'm sure that it is good for word processing too.
That sounds good, but does it play doom? (Just had to ask that
)I don't play many games on it (beyond Hellcats Over the Pacific), but I do have a ton of games installed (mostly for my wife).That sounds good, but does it play doom? (Just had to ask that
Abuse
Apeiron
Backgammon
Dark Forces
Ultimate DOOM
DOOM II
Final DOOM (Plutonia)
Final DOOM (TNT)
Hellcats Over the Pacific
Hellcats: Leyte Gulf
Marathon
Marathon 2
Marathon Infinity
Monopoly
Myth: The Fallen Lords
Souls in the System
Starcraft
Warcraft
Warcraft II
Wolfenstein 3D
So basically, there are enough games to make it a system that I sometimes have to fight to get back in order to do other things with it. Apeiron
Backgammon
Dark Forces
Ultimate DOOM
DOOM II
Final DOOM (Plutonia)
Final DOOM (TNT)
Hellcats Over the Pacific
Hellcats: Leyte Gulf
Marathon
Marathon 2
Marathon Infinity
Monopoly
Myth: The Fallen Lords
Souls in the System
Starcraft
Warcraft
Warcraft II
Wolfenstein 3D
I don't play many games on it (beyond Hellcats Over the Pacific), but I do have a ton of games installed (mostly for my wife).AbuseSo basically, there are enough games to make it a system that I sometimes have to fight to get back in order to do other things with it.
Apeiron
Backgammon
Dark Forces
Ultimate DOOM
DOOM II
Final DOOM (Plutonia)
Final DOOM (TNT)
Hellcats Over the Pacific
Hellcats: Leyte Gulf
Marathon
Marathon 2
Marathon Infinity
Monopoly
Myth: The Fallen Lords
Souls in the System
Starcraft
Warcraft
Warcraft II
Wolfenstein 3D
Well from that I guess it does play doom...But will it blend?
Edit: Just Kidding...
Doom used to work well on 33 MHz 486 Machines, even in 40 MHz 386 Machines. Especially with 8 MB of RAM (more were unused).
A 180 MHz RISC Processor should be more than adequate to run it.
But the slowdown factor imposed by OS 8 or 9... can change things.
A 180 MHz RISC Processor should be more than adequate to run it.
But the slowdown factor imposed by OS 8 or 9... can change things.
Was this post a joke too?
I've played DOOM on a 33 MHz 68040 running Mac OS 8.1 without issue, so I was wondering if I was supposed to laugh with that post or at that post.
Additionally DOOM runs great on a 68040 running NEXTSTEP too, but I'm sure that comes as no surprise as DOOM was developed in NEXTSTEP on NeXT hardware and then brought over to DOS.