I want to purchase

a tangerine imac that I saw on ebay. I love the color! If I purchase this big orange bubble, how much upgrading would it take to run AdobeCS2 premium...and the latest QuarkXpress? Do you think it's worth it?
ibook g3 tangerine   Mac OS 9.2.x   3GbHD 160Mb memory

I realize that you're entranced by it, and I hate to say anything negative, but from a realistic standpoint, even if you can get some use out of it now, how long will you be able to do that before the age simply catches up? at some point it will be a museum piece.
If you have the space for it, then that's not an issue. If you can avoid spending too much money (used hard drive, used RAM), then that's not much of an issue either. If you want to put in an original Airport card, I'd probably draw the line unless you can steal one. Then again, if you really do want to have it around for a long time, at some point I'd think an original Airport card will be available at a much cheaper price, and I'd look for one later.
From an operating standpoint, your biggest concern has to be the condition of the CRT and its past usage. If it's had hard institutional use, you could get a big CRT bill too soon. If it's been used by a little old lady only on weekends, then you're golden!

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