h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I've just started some temp/pt work in the office of a magazine and not only do they expect me to use a mac (for the first time ever) but what seems to be the oldest and smallest mac in the world!

They've all got ones that look like this: http://www.wired.com/news/images/full/02imac_hero_f2.jpg I've got one that looks like this: http://www.osnews.com/img/15122/imac4.jpg

Any tips? It all seems very slow and clunky compared to windows, maximising a window *doesn't* maximise it, so you have to then drag it as well, am I doing something wrong?

I asked if I could take in my laptop and one of the women there was very offended! (think she was joking though!).

oh my! that's a (near antique) iMac in the original colour, if my eyes don't deceive me.

Tell them you want an LCD screen for health and safety reasons.

I don't think they'd go for that. They have it propped up on an old pc case - they lifted it up for me as they said the previous woman had it like that for EIGHT years!

It's an admin role, and only for a couple of months, so don't suppose they will rush to update for little old me.

They are cute though, aren't they?

No. It's small and slow.

Ok, maybe it's a bit pretty.

oh they are very pretty and shiny and coloured

That's not going to be much help next week when I'm trying to make it work though.

just keep stroking it and saying how pretty it is...
maybe they'll get you a newer one just to stop you

I loved my blue iMac... and was very when I sold it for £200. However my Mum has a Lime Green iMac that I am tempted to buy off her for £50, purely as an investment, as it has never been used!!! And had a max. RAM upgrade!!! To 96Mb!!!

Where I am going to put it is a problem!!!



MMF

Didn't Douglas Adams use them as doorstops?