Re: Stop gap hardware recommendations ?

2011-08-07 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Jul 29, 7:54 am, irrational John zjboyguard-ggro...@yahoo.com wrote: I may be wrong, but I doubt a newer system is going to make much difference in terms of Internet speeds. You may be right John, and my connection is relatively slow, viz. 1 Mbps But, to summaries this thread for anyone

Re: Stop gap hardware recommendations ?

2011-07-29 Thread Valter Prahlad
Il giorno 28-07-2011 20:17, Cliff Rediger ha scritto: ** Assume a Mini is most affordable option IMHO, an iMac could be a better bargain. Lately I noticed that Minis are - comparateviley - more expesnive than iMacs... considering that with an iMac you get lot more things included for the price.

Re: Stop gap hardware recommendations ?

2011-07-29 Thread Dan
At 6:00 PM -0700 7/28/2011, Cliff Rediger wrote: Are not the latest iPads 64 bit arch.? No. iPhone and iPad use Apple's custom version of an ARM processor. They are 32-bit. ARM is moving to 64-bit, but it's not done yet. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. --

Re: Stop gap hardware recommendations ?

2011-07-29 Thread irrational John
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 2:17 PM, Cliff Rediger redicl...@thecriticalcrab.net wrote: The main issues are CPU speed and the ever increasing number of cool 10.5+ only apps. There is a tendency for people who don't obsess about these things to tend to fixate on CPU speed. In fact, total system

Stop gap hardware recommendations ?

2011-07-28 Thread Cliff Rediger
I've been monitoring discussions on Apple's OS progression and the changes in hardware requirements. Since I'm running a Mini G4, I feel I'm rapidly receding into antiquity. The main issues are CPU speed and the ever increasing number of cool 10.5+ only apps. I've lived with the speed thing

Re: Stop gap hardware recommendations ?

2011-07-28 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jul 28, 2011, at 11:17 AM, Cliff Rediger wrote: I've been monitoring discussions on Apple's OS progression and the changes in hardware requirements. Since I'm running a Mini G4, I feel I'm rapidly receding into antiquity. The main issues are CPU speed and the ever increasing number

Re: Stop gap hardware recommendations ?

2011-07-28 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jul 28, 2011, at 11:17 AM, Cliff Rediger wrote: **Cannot afford to change/upgrade my HDs to GUID. Also this is a matter of reformatting the drive, not getting a new one or anything like that. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group

Re: Stop gap hardware recommendations ?

2011-07-28 Thread Fabian Fang
On Jul 28, 2011, at 11:17 AM, Cliff Rediger wrote: Here's my OS/software criteria: **Accept that Classic is no longer an option (run separate machine if necessary) **Want to retain PPC apps for now, so need Rosetta and apparently can only max at 10.5 OS **Cannot afford to change/upgrade my

Re: Stop gap hardware recommendations ?

2011-07-28 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Jul 28, 11:38 am, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: **Cannot afford  to change/upgrade my HDs to GUID. Also this is a matter of reformatting the drive, not getting a new one or anything like that. -- look at early gen Intel Macbooks. Macbook Pros, and iMacs Bruce, I

Re: Stop gap hardware recommendations ?

2011-07-28 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jul 28, 2011, at 6:00 PM, Cliff Rediger wrote: On Jul 28, 11:38 am, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: **Cannot afford to change/upgrade my HDs to GUID. Also this is a matter of reformatting the drive, not getting a new one or anything like that. -- look at early