On Oct 21, 2010, at 11:57 AM, Ashgrove wrote:
The issue here --for me at least, and for several people here as
well-- is not the natural course of life, or the too rapid pace of
computer development. We're talking about "forced" obsolescence, which
Apple seems to be perfecting into a form of art. The fact that someone
could watch Job's keynote on a G4 running Ubuntu, or that I can watch
Netflix streamed movies on my pitiful old ThinkPad but not in my newer
and much more powerful 17" PowerBook, is pretty telling.
I'm just talking streamed video here, which is just the top of the
iceberg. (And I'm aware that Netflix is not exactly the best example,
because it depends on a Microsoft plugin --but who knows? Perhaps
Microsoft is in cahoots with Apple in that one.)
Oh, well. Perhaps the whole world is just changing. People thought of
a Mac in the same way they thought or a nice car: Buy quality, it'll
last you forever. Nowadays people who really want quality and can
afford it simply lease their cars, because that way they'll always
have a top of the line automobile. Perhaps the computer world has gone
full circle, and we'll end up leasing terminals to access a cloud
supercomputer hidden somewhere in California and fully under the thumb
of Jobs, or Gates, or whichever computer Big Brother we'll choose to
surround ourselves to...
Having the latest 'n greatest is fine and justifiable if your in the
business that requires it.
Macs don't fall into this category as the PC world owns that domain.
That said, a very substantial number of Mac owners own older Macs as
do I. My newest is a 1.25GHz PowerBook, (bought on eBay in 2007),
that does just fine with Tiger. My other Mac is a Gigabit purchased
new in 2001.
Since you mentioned automobile, well that is often the case of
"keepin' up with the Jones'."
I don't subscribe to such since I drive really old cars the newest
being a 1983. If they run good why change a good thing?
JT
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