On 21/10/2010, at 10:58 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: > > > On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Brian Christmas <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 21/10/2010, at 10:20 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: > >> >> This may help. >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%BCbler-Ross_model > > > > Very interesting. > > I feel like I'm in a different state tho, an calm analytical one, - I don't > like the situation, what can I do about it? > > Regards > > Santa > > I thought you could afford the upgrade path, sorry I misunderstood. > > I ask myself the same thing every day. > And I ask " even if I buy a G5 or a low end Mac Pro how long can I use it for > NLE before the OS can no longer get online for editing updates and other > software duties? > How long will Apple not kill it ?
G'day again Adrian Thanks. To be honest, if I get paid for several software applications I've written pending approval, and sell my current machine on eBay, and throw in some extra, and get approval from my significant other, I might be able to get an i7 iMac. Big might. My current machine is only worth 30% of what I paid for it 18 months ago, so devaluation hits hard. But I really need a Power Mac for the Blender graphics I'm trying to write, which I simply can't justify, even to myself. Software advances to the limit of current processors, and my Core 2 duo is not cutting it. I have given myself a yearly budget to put towards a new computer, and try not to go over it, so might squeeze it in in a few months. Yearly internet access costs nearly as much. Computers are expensive hobbies. Contrast that tho with Windoze boxes that can hardly be given away after 2 years, unless the OS is completely restored. (I also know golfers, drinkers and smokers who spend more per annum on their hobbies than I do: self justification) The reason I'm a member of the Low End group is that over the years I've scrounged older machines, tricked them out, and given them to neighbours and friends, and still maintain them. Gets Macs into hands that appreciate them. The oldest is a G3 tangarine iMac, running X.3., but the best is a beige G3 desktop I used to own, fitted with 1GB RAM and a G4 daughter card at 1.6 GHz. running 10.4 really well. Still runs the latest version of iWork, and iMovie 6, and surfs the net with aplomb. Neighbours kids love it. How long have they got? How long's a piece of string? Certainly the webs moving to H264 as witness Apples videos (and Flash might survive) which use more processor power then older machines have, so the web experience will be diminished, but by the time that becomes heavily prevalent, I would hope an intel iMac might be had cheaply. Sorry, but the long term outlook for the net and existing older Macs doesn't look good. If Australias National Broadband Network (fibre to the node) gets off the ground, then the biggest speed bottleneck for the end user will be older computers. The main situation I don't like, and am taking a calm approach to, is Apples continued moves towards a closed system. What can I, as one person, do about it? Dunno. Perhaps hope for a groundswell, tho hope is a bit irrational. Perhaps I'll fire a calm email off to his Steveness in the hope he'll take note, especially if a few others are expressing the same feelings. Is this the anger stage of grief? I don't think so, as I don't feel anger; perhaps disappointment in that such a shining star as Apple seem to be moving in this direction. Regards Santa And what, you ask, was the beginning of it all? And it is this...... Existence that multiplied itself For sheer delight of being And plunged with numberless trillions of forms So that it might find itself innumerably Sri Aurobindo -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
