On Jan 25, 2010, at 2:05 PM, [email protected] wrote:
The only Mac I ever had that was cutting edge was a 512K that I
bought new. I've always been behind the times but they're still
powerful machines and get the job done. Heck yeah I'd like to have
a new Mac but what can it do that I can't do already? Or need to to
do?
I have a small network at home. A G5 iMac for web, email, etc., a
B&W that's tricked up (1GHz accelerator, max RAM, SCSI card, extra
hard drives, etc.) for Pro Tools and a 450MHz G3 iMac that I bought
at a yard sale for $10 that I use as a print server. They all run
Tiger though I have a Leopard partition on the G5 and can boot the
B&W into Tiger or OS9 depending on my needs. Both the G5 and the
B&W run two displays. I also have a totally maxed out IIci that
would have cost $25K in 1990 that I use as a MIDI controller for an
old version of Performer for some vintage MIDI files that I have.
The IIci runs System 7.1 and has a Nubus (remember that?) Ethernet
card and is connected to the network so I can back it up. I have
$70 in the IIci.
I know someday I'll have to upgrade to Intel just as I had to
upgrade from OS9 a few years ago but for now everything is working.
As Bruce quoted the old axiom, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."
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Lol, i thoink you mean PowerMac G5, not iMac. The only iMac to ever
have an expansion slot were the very first (Rev.A) tray-load iMacs.
Also, i run dual displays on my G3 B&W too, with an extra rage 128.
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