A decent amount of games were released for PowerPC Macs, and you can find many of them online. This alone has made my iBook worth every cent. No distractions means I’m able to focus better on the task at hand. Predictably, I’ve found that having a dedicated, internet-free laptop has helped me become more productive. These open natively on the latest version of macOS with TextEdit, so I didn’t have to download a conversion tool. You can also use it to make websites, although they wouldn’t look particularly good by today’s standards.Īfter I finish working on a piece, I copy it to a USB flash drive and move it to my main internet-connected computer.ĪppleWorks supports several Microsoft Word file types, with the most recent being from 2003.
It includes a word processor, spreadsheet, and presentations app. I’d even argue it’s more pleasant to use than Apple’s latest Magic Keyboard.įor writing, I use AppleWorks 6.0, an office suite that was largely supplanted by iWork. As a result, its keyboard has plenty of travel, with well-spaced and contoured keys. It hails from an era when laptops were profoundly bulky. It also helps that the iBook is lovely to type on.
