I'll agree with almost everything you've said, as a loyal cloner myself (S900). There's still the issue of a slow system bus on the SuperMac. That's a problem that we can't "work-around". Jaguar runs well but slowly off of it's committed ATA drive on my machine. OS 9.1 runs faster and trouble-free off of it's own SCSI drive... I much prefer OSX though. And you're right about the money factor... a dollar spent is a dollar lost if it's thrown at the name on the case instead of what's inside of the case! I know more about my machine because I built it... I probably couldn't say that if it had been an out-of-the-box deal on a new G4 system. Don't get me wrong here... Id love to have one of those gorgeous new machines... I just can't see spending the money for one... and I definitely WON'T go to a Windows machine! I'm not the follower type!
Eric On Sunday, January 12, 2003, at 05:46 PM, Dan Stewart wrote: >> From: Shawn Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> That the current Motorola Processors well...suck. >> MHZ smegahertz, Apple will still be considered a redheaded stepchild >> by the >> unknowledgeable masses until they can ditch Moto and get some serious >> power >> behind Jaguar. A 3GHZ PC running a crappy Winblows XP is going to >> sell ALOT >> better than a machine that just cracks 1GHZ. I mean the masses just >> aren't >> real bright...how else do you explain the WWE or NASCAR ? > > Actually, "the masses" are smart enough to realize that a faster > machine for > less money, running Windows, is the better buy. > > Look, the real Mac Loonies can rave all they want about This Year's > Case and > This Year's Color, but the fact remains that the current Macs are > simply - > as always - overpriced and underpowered. > > That's why I bought a bare bones S900 (case, power, motherboard and > CPU)on > eBay and built it up myself. It's currently running 10.2.3 on 688 > megs > ram, a 450mhz G4 CPU, various IDE and SCSI hard drives and an IDE > CD/RW. > All for around $750. Plus, that $750 was spread out over about 18 > months! > No single big hit to the credit card. That's another (often > overlooked) > advantage to "build it yourself"! > > I can upgrade it even further with a better video card, faster CPU, or > add > USB and/or firewire. > > I'll never buy a new Mac. If I were in the market now, I'd buy a > used G3 > or G4 tower and upgrade it. > > Just my opinion. YMMV, and all that. > > Dan > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus > > > -- > SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished > Drives | > Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! > | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- >> The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
