Actually, that's one of the beautiful things about Macs. I think you'll find less built-in obsolescence with Apple machines.
If you're looking to run the latest games -- or Quartz Extreme in Jaguar! -- for instance, an older iMac like a Rev. A or a Rev. B will not get you anywhere. My Rev. B has a Rage Pro video card with only 6 MB VRAM. But in other ways I've upgraded it out the wazoo: with a better processor, a bigger hard drive, more RAM, peripherals like my 60 gig firewire drive, etc. (enabled through the firewire port given me by the upgrade card). So I consider it to be mostly on-par with many Macs sold in the last year or two. Mac OS X is already extremely usable on this machine and should only get better with the speed improvements in Jaguar. Therefore, as much as I covet the flat-panel iMac, especially the 17-incher, I simply do not have an imperative to buy one yet. Compared to the buy and throw away cycle of PCs, I believe this is a good thing, and one of the things that makes the Macintosh such a wonderful platform. I mean, there are still guys out there who have the original 128k Mac and are actually still getting use out of the thing. :-) -Steve Sobek >> I have a question for members of the group with oldr macs. Please do not >> start flaming and yelling.Thanks. >> >> Why do so many people have such old machines? Is it a hobby thing, or a >> money >> thing? >> >> I work for a living too so I know these machines can cost a lot. >> >> Jessie >> "There are many humorous things in the world: among them the white man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages." -- Mark Twain Steve Sobek [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.unitedmac.com -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
