I have got old Apple Mac eMac computer and digging it up now. It is definately faster than my Pentium 3 from the dump place but I have to live with the older software. I can port a few programs that I used to use from Linux, but whenever I dig more into the mac, I wish it would be Linux. The machine has PowerPC CPU and that means there is no way to run windows software on it. I'm also disappointed with strictness of this machine, e.g. If it decides that my keyboard is European type there is no easy way to cheat it to US keyboard.It also has limited number of free software for it, and a lot of software designed for next generation of os x.

However, there are some positive things - first of all it boots up way faster, second UI looks pretty even though it is not as powerfull as my office desktop.

So, my conclusion - it is good machine for dayly simple tasks. Kind of large calculator. It is not suitable though for development needs and for users who likes to experiment.