On 6/1/02 6:02 PM, Dyna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can find no compelling reason to replace my 333mhz iMac > desktop machine or "upgrade" to OSX.
Then Don't. But on the flip side, don't put down the people that do. People like myself who don't really care about the price, and can afford a brand new one every year, sometimes 2 units a year. I could care less about the upgradeability factor because I just go out and buy a complete new unit. That's my choice. You really don't need to tell us whether or not you find reasons to replace or upgrade. It's like you need to justify to us why you are not going to do so. Your reasons are exactly that. Your reasons. I would hope you wouldn't make a purchase based on what others think. > In the early days of both motor vehicles and computers this > was true. The personal computer is now over a quarter century old and > the Mac is now getting close to 20 years old, especially if you count > the Lisa. A new iMac won't do e-mail, surf the web, or process words > much better than my 3 year old one. You are very correct. My first Mac was an iMac Rev. D 333MHz. It is still being used by my family, and running OS X just fine. Sure it takes a little bit longer to boot up then our iMac DV SE, but when all is opened and running, it checks email just as fast as the DV SE does. It web surfs on the same broadband network, and writes a mean letter. > Let me get this right- I'm supposed to bin my working 3 year > old iMac for a new one at upwards of $1300? Just so I can impress > every one with how cooool it looks? Of course not. I do it for myself, and no one else. > I can by a new desktop PC, monitor, and linux distro for > $600. Why should I spend $800 more for that fancy new iMac? > Especially given that a desktop PC is pretty generic, thusly cheap > and easy to maintain... unlike the iMac with it's many proprietary > parts. Why? Obviously you are in the wrong boat, and there is nothing wrong with that. If you cannot justify to yourself why you use an Apple, then by all means jump ship. Apple is not for you. Go buy yourself a nice PC, save your money and be happy. Lord knows I wish I could be happy with a PC. I wish I could buy an Hewlett Packard PC (which I also did in 2000, just to try out Windows 2000 Pro to see if I would like it - I didn't and gave the system to my Dad) and monitor for $800 and have the same level of satisfactioin that my Apple gives me. Myself? I drool over Apple. I have never been so satisfied with my computer and operating system as I am now with Apple. I used PCs from 1988 until 1999. I bought my first Apple in 99, as I said earlier, just to see if I would like it. Being that it was my "trial" machine, I bought the low end model. I loved it. So much so, that the next year I bought a new one. 2000 I bought an iMac DV SE. I would have bought a newer one in 2001, but I bought a 4 year old Cadillac Seville (and paid for it in a year) for my Wife as well as my iBook in November of 2001. I am crazy about my iBook, and plan on getting a TiBook this autumn. Then there are my normal purchases. iPod (5 Gig, and soon to be 10), Palms (my new m515 should be arriving in the mail within a week or so), digital cameras (Mine and the Wife's), digital video camera, Adobe software, Microsoft Office v.X. A quick check of Quicken tells me that I spent $11,800 on computers, hardware accessories (like what I just mentioned) and software between last year and this year so far. To most people this is a sign of some very serious issues ;) To me, I just spend my money on what I like. All this to say, shelling out the money for a new system as opposed to upgrading or choosing not to upgrade is a personal decision based on each individual's circumstances and opinions and priorities. We should not be getting into argumentative dialogs over it that stem from something such as the availability of technical manuals. To each their own, and viva la difference. Peace, Walt -- Red meat is not bad for you Fuzzy green meat is bad for you. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
