At 11:43 AM -0800 2/24/2011, Fluxstringer wrote:
New MacBook Pro Laptops are out which is a problem in itself.
Yea. Transition machines -- rev 0 -- mostly new motherboards, wholly new processors (Sandy Bridge), wholly new interface (Thunderbolt, aka Light Peak), and those pesky "recalled" i/o chips. Personally, I'm waitin to see a teardown. If macfixit et al says those i/o chips are the degrading ones, then the whole line is a dud, IMO.
So we have seen some concern here for mac laptop users who have concerns about staying wiht Mac this week The question is exactly how much can one expect from a $ 5 - 600 Low end Mac laptop? What shounld one look for? What OS will give the greatest continued usage. What about application support and browser ?
ppc Leopard is ok, but dead ended. x86 Leopard or Snow Leopard are better. Of course, it's quite possible that the release of Lion, this summer, will cut off some of the early x86 Macs.
And no please no glorified Pismos and other boat anchors. I am asking about machines that can do real work on today's internet and applications and get the job done.
IMO the min for longevity is a PowerBook G4, 1 GHz or faster, running Leopard. - Dan -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- 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
