Simon I agree, a 8 or 9 year old Mac would struggle - ie, the Pismo or Clamshell), but the original poster was banging on about 3 year old machines struggling and that is what I disagreed with.
I also agree cash is where I struggle. If I had it I wouldn't be on a G4 PowerBook (which I only afforded because it needed repairing) I would be on a MacBook or MacBook Pro. Simon On 8 Jan 2009, at 19:36, Simon Graham wrote: > > On 7 Jan 2009, at 21:21, Simon Royal wrote: > >> >> Michael >> >> >> On 7 Jan 2009, at 20:33, Michael S. Macdonald wrote: >> >> I disagree with that comment. A 3 year old computer does not struggle >> to keep up with current hardware and software improvements. >> 'Struggle' >> is a very opinionated would. > > Struggle is only an opinion if you don't back it-up with evidence as > to why you think the computer is struggling. My Pismo really > struggles to view the Macworld speeches (on my ibook clamshell (same > age as Pismo) it was impossible) - on my new iPod Touch it runs like > a dream. What I really struggle with is finding the cash to buy a > new 17" MacBook Pro. Personally, in my ideal world where cash would > not be the barrier, I'd give everyone - all 6 billion inhabitants on > the planet - who wanted one a MacBook Pro - but I guess such mass > consumption would be an environmentalists nightmare irrespective of > the ecological footprint of Macs' latest offering. > > What really gets me is the whole environmentalist nonsense and > watching the high priest of environmentalism and misanthropy Al Gore > righteously gurning in the front row at Macworld. Such righteousness > makes me want to ditch Apple altogether. It should not be their > remit to 'save' the planet. All they should be doing is bringing the > cutting edge of computer technological advances to the market in > order to make ALL 6 billion of our lives, and by extension the > future generations, better off - irrespective of the weather. > > Simon > > >>>> >> >> --- http://www.simonroyal.co.uk and http://www.nmug.org.uk >> --- sent from my PowerBook G4 867Mhz, 768MB RAM, Mac OSX 10.5 >> >> >> > > > > --- http://www.simonroyal.co.uk and http://www.nmug.org.uk --- sent from my PowerBook G4 867Mhz, 768MB RAM, Mac OSX 10.5 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's G-Books list, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
