i've been running into the same problem with my mac as antibubba.
i've got an G3 ibook with 10.3.9 that i've had for about 5 or 6 years, and i've started to run into problems with the new software thats too much for my processor.
and i can't afford a new one. i could probably afford to buy a refurbished Windows machine, but to be honest i don't really need it.
it may be old in computer years, but it gets me on the internet, plays my music, loads my ipod and does the other little things i need.
so whatever, i like my mac. it does its job. one of the reasons i don't want windows is because when i use my moms computer (thats been rehauled several times) it crashes all the darn time.
as for jobs. well, at least there is an alternitive to windows. i don't really care to be honest.