That's what I've been saying for close to a year now myself, once I
realized it. When the G5 was released, that was pretty much the big
hit. The price of everything beige went through the floor and even the
used G4 market sank to some degree.
If you just want to be productive for a job or have mission-critical
work, it simply isn't cost-effective (or time-effective) to upgrade
older systems if you need OS X or higher-speed processors. If you plan
to stick to OS 9, or even OS X but only need it for web browsing,
watching an occasional DVD, things like that then getting some modest
upgrades is still worthwhile. Also, if you have heavy investments in
one of the six slot models, then it can be worth trying to upgrade as
well since there's a lot you can do with that still as a base.
With what the upgrades in my Power Tower Pro cost, I could have gotten
a Quicksilver of MDD G4 by now. When I started 4 years ago these older
systems still had a lot of life left in them. Now I just do it to see
how far these old systems can be pushed. I like a challenge and it's
kind of fun, especially when these systems surprise you. And I have
learned a lot about computers in general.
- Alan
On Nov 13, 2005, at 5:15 PM, Al Hartman wrote:
I love my PowerCenter 132... I've owned it since 1995.
But when you can buy a Blue and White G3 for under $100.00
(www.wegenermedia.com), putting ANY money into a Power Computing
machine to upgrade it to run MacOS X, just makes no sense....
It's ok if anyone wants to do it...
But, I wouldn't want the tail to wag the dog...
I know a guy that put a Color Videro Adapter, A Daisy Wheel Printer,
Modem and Disk Drives on a Timex/Sinclair 1000.
It cost him more than buying a PC at the time...
That was ONE COSTLY PUPPY....
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