On Friday, January 14, 2005, at 02:25 AM, Tim Collier wrote:
I know that this email list is sponsored by 'lowendmac' but from the
MAJORITY of posts you can only surmise that the majority of us have Modern
Macs. I subscribed to get information that can't be gleaned from other
sources. There's nothing like information from somebody who is using the
same computer in the real world. Also, there are quite a few really
knowledgeable people here who are quite willing (if not eager) to help.
Another thing to keep in mind is that all of us are different and have
different life experiences. Some of us are more tactful in the way they
express themselves and some less (I fall in the latter group most often).
There is a group of people who subscribe to this list who continue using
'low end Macs'...either by necessity or choice (I have no clue). They also
continue to use OS 9 and prior as their main OS....once again out of
necessity or choice...I have no idea. They also 'appear' to refuse to use
an application that costs more than (gasp) $100.00....(ibid). These people
also 'appear' to be the minority of subscribers.
With the advent of the latest G5's and the powerful new powerbooks, ibooks
and even some of the latest G4's it seems a shame to saddle yourself to a
pre-G3 Mac (even if upgraded). Today's OS is way over what OS 9 could ever
do and Tiger sounds like it is going to be way over what 10.3 can do. Once
again a shame to be saddled to anything prior to OS X.
Watching the 2005 Mac conference was amazing. I can't wait to get Tiger and
try out iLife 05. Office 2004 simply rocks. The newest games are really
FUN! Using iTunes and the Music store and being able to use my iPod is
something you would have to tear out of my dead hands!
Proper use of the Mac is NOT chugging away on your PowerPC 7200 (although it
'was' my first Mac). Running multiple apps while listening to iTunes and
previewing a movie clip while downloading and chatting to somebody in the
next city SIMULTANEOUSLY is the proper use.
I'm certain that a lot of you don't disagree. I might not always say it
with the maximum tact, but 'thems the facts'.
Tim
Tim... Tim.. Tim.. Where do I begin to respond to that?
Agreed.. OS X is the way it should be and in a perfect world all of us would have ibooks, a nice G4 or even G5 running the latest and greatest..
And then there is the real world.. Those of us like me, who up until last year was chugging along an a 6400/180 with a 13 inch apple monitor.. Getting my 8600/300 and then about 9 months back my G3/300 now with a 17 Apple display..
Is it because I don't want a G5? An nice even refurbed ibook? Nope, not even close..
It has to do with the fact that I'm a full time college student and the farther of a small boy. My wife bless her heart works her butt to the bone in the AF.. But given our budget.. Even $150 for a used B&W takes a bit of saving..
And I think you are forgetting that some of us like this older hardware and for our needs it is still very viable for our uses..
Just because some of us chose to run os 9 ( a dead os) or are perfectly happy puttering along on an 840av ( I know extreme example). Doesn't warrant a belittling or different treatment..
At-least, that's how I see it..
-hth
-nathan
P.S And as always, if I have misread your meaning.. Then my apologies.
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