---------- Original message ---------- Subject: Re: Why are you (still) using PowerPC-based Macs? Date: Donnerstag 21 Januar 2010N From: "===( )8>" <[email protected]> To: [email protected]
> Andreas writes, > > <So, G-Group: Why are you (still) PowerPC-based Mac users?> > > Me personally? > > 1. I am NOT willing to GIVE UP enjoying retro gaming and using my > beloved old programs, which I would have to do if I "upgraded" to > Leopard, Snow Leopard and Macintels. None of the present state of the > art will run Classic Mode, and I keep reading about how Sheep Shaver is > unstable. I enjoy what I do, exactly the way I'm doing it, and I don't > wanna stop yet. So you will be keeping the PowerPC once you'll finally buy an old&used Intel- Mac... > 2. Brand new Macs are too rich for my blood. I don't have that kind of > money lying around just to buy new crap which won't even RUN my beloved > old stuff. Now, MAYBE in a few years I'll be looking to do new stuff and > the prices will come down to my level, so I'll change my mind about > Macintels, Leopard and Snow Leopard, but of course, by the time I'm > ready to buy them, they won't be state of the art anymore anyway. Having seen a Mac Mini for <500 Euro (the prices should be 1:1 in Dollars, right?) I cannot really see the fuzz about it. You'll get a small Mac with a better speed and a new and supported operating system. You can continue to use whatever peripherials you may have, like the monitor and the USB keyboard and mouse. If you upgrade a Power Mac with RAM, maybe a processor upgrade too and a bigger hard drive, you'll get close to 500 bucks too. You won't be able to run Classic Mac OS applications though. So you will want to keep your Power Mac anyway. > Y'know, some of us are just perpetually on the Trailing Edge instead of > the Cutting Edge of technology, and we even prefer it this way! I like that. I also like the Trailing Edge, otherwise I wouldn't be using a G3 B&W as my primary office computer now. It just suits my needs and to be honest -- I like it being older than a decade and still computing for me. Cheers, Andreas aka Mac User #330250
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