Happy New Year, Today, I have made my NYR (New Years Resolution), and it does not include any Macintoshes, whatsoever. Today out of frustration, I have decided to give up on Macs.. Taking the advice of the members of the PCI PowerMacs, and G3 lists, I managed to update these machines although not easily, and keep them current. Within the last three months, these machines have just decided to go their own route, and do some of the dumbest things. Too numerous to mention, the problems are frustrating nonetheless. What is particularly frustrating is that an OS such as 9.x has been basically forgotten by the computing industry, not to mention Apple. I have one Win95 machine that I am able to use hardware and sotfware slated only for WinXP machines without any problem. My recent upgrades for the Macs included G4 700 and 600mhz processors, Two combo USB, FW, and ATA1000 cards, 4 HDs, and over 2GB of additional memory over the past two years. These hardware purchases were made IAW manufacturers recommendations as well as the advice of members of this list group. After spending almost $2.5K on these upgrades and not to mention hardware (I had an 8600, 9600, and two G3 mini-towers), I decided it is not economically feasible to keep throwing money at these machines with the constant problems these Macs have returned as a result of the upgrades. In comparison have spend less than $300 - total on my PCs over the last year! Try and update one of my Macs with something current supposedly, and all hell breaks loose. Well as of today, that hell has come to a head. In closing, if one good thing did come of my experience with these PCI Macs, it was that I managed to teach myself basic video editing with iMovie. Oh, and that brings another upgrade fiasco to mind. My upgrade to Adobe Premier it ran like sh** on all previously mentioned Macs. Now, I have all this beige plastic, and green expansion innards, that I cannot even donate, because its performance is so unpredictable. Better I trash it all! Despite my harsh experiences, those dedicate to using these ancient Mac have my best wishes for a Happy and Prosperous New Year.
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