I have two older Macs with Panther and Tiger on them. I have a
Quicksilver with Leopard. I plan on holding onto them. They all work well. I
really like Apples. I only have the Quicksilver out though as there isn't
room to put three desk tops on my desk. I have a new Dell with Windows 7 on
my desk as well. The new Apples do not fit my budget.
Before I bought the new Dell, I spent one month checking out Apples.
There were no good deals anywhere and I am retired.
I bought the Dell with all new technology, complete with lcd monitor,
multi-function printer, mouse and keyboard for $599.
For that same price I could buy a square box called a Mac Mini with nothing
else.
I bought the Dell and went on the internet for a used Quicksilver. I
upgraded it and it is great. If Apple wants to sell more computers, they are
going to have to realize that they will have to offer better deals. The
competition is stiff. I Really wanted to buy a new Apple but didn't want
what I could afford and couldn't afford what I wanted. There are a lot of
people like me out there.
A week ago my husband and I went to the Apple store to check new
computers, desktop and laptops. If I could afford it ,I thought it might be
interesting to add a Macintel to my collection. It was depressing to
discover that I Still can only afford the Macmini, with nothing else. Back
to the internet for a used one-
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From: "===( )8>" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 4:34 PM
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Why are you (still) using PowerPC-based Macs?
Andreas writes,
<So you will be keeping the PowerPC once you'll finally buy an old&used
Intel-Mac...>
MAYBE SOMEDAY I MIGHT buy one of those damned Macintels, but I don't know
that YET. Please don't tell me what I'll be doing in the future, OK?
<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.>
According to the currency converter in my Quicksilver's Dashboard, 500
Euro = 706.778 USD, which is WAY OVER my budget for anything that isn't
essential, such as computers I don't need, such as Macintels.
<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.>
I do not need a processor upgrade. My Power Macs (G4 1.5 GHz Mini, G4 867
Quicksilver and G3/800 iBook) are also already maxed on RAM. They all make
me happy exactly the way they are. I only need a couple of LITTLE stuffs
at the moment (two items I can get for $0-$30 depending on what my
boyfriend turns up), and once I get 'em I'll be done for YEARS AND YEARS.
<You won't be able to run Classic Mac OS applications though. So you will
want to keep your Power Mac anyway.>
Geez! I KNOW what I need for my own computing, and that is PPC Macs
running Tiger and lower, which I HAVE and LOVE, thankyouverymuch! Now will
you please stop trolling about the goddamn future? Right now I don't GIVE
a donkey's ass about the freakin' future!
Listers in general -- I know, I'm kind of testy today, but I'm REALLY sick
and tired of this push push push from Bleeding Edge people! I promise from
now on I'll just ignore this Andreas person and all the other Bleeding
Edgers.
~Yersinia.
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