Geoff, the only speed limitation I have is the fact that I have to use a dial-up modem. No DSL in my area, and if I want to use a satellite connection, I have to buy a PC. Neither of these problems are anything Apple can address unless they 1) buy out the telephone company, and 2) buy out Direct PC and/or Starband.
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Sincerely,
Dennis B. Swaney
Dennis
When I speak of speed I am talking that the fastest Mac out there runs at 1.4 Ghz and that is a desk top. Sony has lap tops that are pushing 2.4 Ghz 512 ram 40 GB HD DVDRW CDDRW and of course windoz this for $1800.00
I love my Macs, I have had them from the first 128k up to the pismo but I feel we are paying a premium price for what, speed no, products that last, tell that to my 2 dead pismos. Quality has gone down hill.
Now we can look at the cute young girl sing on TV about apple music but unless Apple gets off it's butt and produces some hardware that at least keeps up with the rest of the world and drives this unix system with the power it needs, then the lines begin to blur between Apple and Microsoft.
I know M$$ is the company we love to hate, I have because they crush new ideas that threaten their products.. But I am not going to shell out twice the money on hardware that is not keeping up with the rest of the world. Apple was always about, ease of use, speed and quality. I do not see this anymore. Ease of use well Apple under the GUI has UNIX, Windoz is DOS Speed we already know that answer, quality go the Apple home page and see the list of users that are having problems with iBooks. I am not sure of Apples plan but unless the Ghz and the bus is there I am not buying any hardware. I know I will be flamed here, but look around on the sites and you will see similar concerns.
I also talked with starband and they now offers Mac service, but it needs to be the top of the line model the dual 1.4
JMHO
Geoff
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