I agree with you, absolutely. I'm on a very fixed income, and most everything comes to me used. I used to think Macs were immune to the planned obsolesence virus that ruined Detroit, but I'm afraid not. Come to think of it, neither are the buyers.
>O.K. Before I get a bunch of hate mail, I'm not really anti-OS X. >Several of our newer Macs at my former job run it. (Yes, the usual >gliches). My real point was, there are oodles of people out there >using Macs (including iMacs) that are on OS 9 & older, and aren't >going to upgrade. Consider the scads of them out there in the >education world alone. Teachers and students don't necessarily run >out and spend a grand for a new computer, or half a grand to upgrade >a rev. A. And there's no compelling reason to do so yet. > >-- Skinny Butt -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
