That title is probably the most misleading thing I have ever typed on here. The Wall Street in New York interests me not at all. The WallStreet made by Apple is what I am going to discuss (albeit briefly) today.
I always, always liked Apple's hardware design, and since they are primarily a hardware company, I guess this makes me an Apple fan. For quite some time I trashed them, though, not realizing that Apple was more than just a crumby OS. I relentlessly slagged them for having such a slow, unreliable, and just plain useless operating system back in the OS 8 and 9 days. While I secretly admired their sleek hardware, I assumed I would never use it due to its seeming dependence on disgusting (pre-OS X) Apple operating systems.
I had a particular proclivity for the G3 PowerBooks. They were simply very well-designed and particularly rugged laptops. I began thinking about them again when reading Douglas Coupland's Microserfs, in which several characters use them and reference them frequently. Admittedly, they were earlier models than the Wall Street, but it rekindled a desire to own one of the oldies-but-goodies.
So when I saw that I could pick one up for $90 dollars, I jumped on it. I plan to double the batteries in it (for up to 9 hours of life!) and jam either OpenBSD or Ubuntu on it. By adding an old Wifi PCMCIA card, I could easily have a super-sweet road machine! I encourage anyone who liked these old machines to jump on this deal.
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