You might want to consider picking up a MacBook on Craigslist, or something like that. You can get a lot of only slightly vintage computer for $5-700.

Cary

Random ad:

13 MacBook ProTurbo 2.9GHz i5 Dual-core ϟ Thunderbolt! + 500GB Storage - $499 (Los Angeles)
make / manufacturer: Apple MacBook Pro
size / dimensions: 13"
Up for sale my 13-inch Macbook Pro with free $40 case 
2.3GHz Turbo 2.9Ghz
500GB Storage 
4GB Ram DDR3
Thunderbolt 
USB 
FireWire 

> On Apr 6, 2015, at 12:31 PM, Francis Kayiwa <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Terry Reese (thanks Terry if you are reading this) has offered to write a Object-C version of MarcEdit. In order to this he needed access to a Apple Hardware. While my initial proposal on Go Fund me below was for a Macbook Pro, we've since realized it need not be a portable device. My current arithmetic puts the price of this at ~US$1300 as opposed to the listed ~US$2400
> 
> 
> Thanks for boosting this signal if you cannot otherwise help fund porting MarcEdit for the Mac OSX platform.
> 
> http://www.gofundme.com/qtbzq4
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> ./fxk
> -- 
> Your analyst has you mixed up with another patient.  Don't believe a
> thing he tells you.