> But since you bring it up, I do get the argument about tinkering. If
the Mac
> is a great platform well designed and responsive to a whole range of
needs (which
> must be true if my MacMini is represenative) then buying a Mac to
radically
> mod or adapt it is like buying a Caddy or Porsche when you want to
> build a hot rod. When you want to build a hot-rod you start with
a Chevy
> because its alot cheaper and you don't feel so bad when you carve
it up.
Macs last a long time. They don't break, generally. We still use my
10-year-old Mac, but to make it more useful, it has an extra hard drive,
a DVD burner, more RAM, USB, FireWire, and a new processor, some fitted
by using a Dremel Mototool. It was a quality computer when I bought it,
but to keep it somewhat up-to-date, we make a lot of changes.
I disagree with your Chevy/Caddy/Porche analogy. I have friends who have
modded their Porsches. Acuras [RSX] are great for turning into super
'rice-burners'. I might want to mod a 1997 Honda Civic. I wouldn't waste
time with a 2004 Dodge Neon. If you start with a piece of junk, you'll
end up with a piece of junk. Mod something that's very good and you end
up with something awesome, like the water-cooled overclocked G5s.
You may not remember that the Bondi iMacs had some extra undocumented
hardware. One was the "mezzanine" slot. The other was a video card that
could handle an external monitor. The iMac was begging to be hacked, and
it was. Last month the AppleTV was hacked on the day it was released.
************************************************************************
* ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <==
* ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <==
* Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name
* Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST
* Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L
* New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress
* Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
************************************************************************
* List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
* RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml
* Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived
************************************************************************
