On Aug 19, 2011, at 2:19 PM, Cliff Rediger wrote: > That's good advise Bruce, > Maybe I need to drop my PPC fixation (read fear of change and expense) > and leap ahead into the new world?
Based on my experience with the intel macs at my disposal, yeah, I'd go for the newest one I could scrape the money together for, and that's not all that expensive...new MacBook Airs are only $1100, and are, simply put, astonishing values for the money, and that's putting downward pricing pressure on all the used ones. Even an older 2 or 2.2 GHz Core 2 Duo is going to seem like a screaming performance monster moving up from a PPC mac. I just resurrected a 17" 2.4 Ghz one (MBP with a bad LCD + an hour careful fiddling to replace the LCD, gave me a 17" MBP for $375...) and it feels orders of magnitude faster than my old top of the line PPC PowerBook. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- 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
