On Oct 21, 2:27 pm, Kyle Hansen <[email protected]> wrote: > Listen, I feel your pain, I have an SE-30 sitting right here. I know this > is Lowendmac, but the Sawtooth G4 should be considered vintage at this > point. Back when I was nannying the PM 8500 list machines that were a three > or so years back were considered vintage. It's usually people who make > minor machine jumps that b*tch. For example going from a 4 year old machine > to a 3 year old machine instead of hitting the head of the curve. If these > people shelled out a few more bucks they would have a top of the line > machine that would last them a long time. I have a Tangerine iBook here for > testing RAM and OS 9 problems. It works great. It's not Apple that is > hurting you. It's developers moving on to the next and better thing. > Programs do not run well on old hardware for a reason. Developers are > developing for the future. If you were a machinist would you be working on > a better carburetor for a 73 Buick or a hydrogen fuel cell?
Kyle, all that is good and dandy. But I'm not worried about the obsolescence of a Gigabit, but of a Core 2 Duo, and is less that than the fact that a lot of this obsolescence is forced on you. It has nothing to do with your hardware, which can do things that your software doesn't allow them to do, so you are forced to buy new... And, by the way, Netflix envelopes are good and dandy, but what's great about streamed video is that you can watch the movies that are being showed in the Cannes Film Festival, right away. What worries me is that Amazon sells you a digital movie, or a digital book, and does not allow you to download it. You are sold the right to stream it. If that's the future, it's downright scary. -- 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
