Bloody Hell! and I thought I had problems :-(
Mac
On 19/04/2005, at 6:21 PM, Greg Sharp wrote:
On 19/4/05 6:50 PM, "Vladimir James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
A few years ago I switched from Macromedia to Adobe products, figuring
Adobe had more of what I needed. Went flat out last August, investing
in the Adobe CreativeSuite Premium for about $1500. I thought I was
all
set. Less than 7 months later Adobe signals the latest CS upgrade.
About $1300. Just to upgrade. Now, Adobe has swallowed Macromedia. I
dread thinking about what the next upgrade will cost.
Makes the Panther>Tiger upgrade look like excellent value. Peanuts.
Look on the bright side I have to spend $1000 + on the CS2 upgrade
like you
but also I'll have to spend $6500+ for Tiger Server Unlimited & a new
Xserve, $1000 upgrading to Final Cut Studio, Tiger Client upgrades for
10+
client machines around $800 and around $4000 on a new G5 for my new
main day
to day machine.
In the last few months I also spent $1500 upgrading to Filemaker 7
Server
Advanced, $400+ upgrading WebStar V server/mailserver software, $500+
upgrading Lasso Server , $600+ on new Gigabit PCI cards, $1500+ on
Gigabit
Switches, $2500 on a second hand Xserve with 10.3 Unlimited Server,
$3000 on
a replacement 17" Powerbook for my son for school, $500+ on a Rack for
my
servers, $100's on cables, patch panels etc + many thousands on other
required/desired software, external hard drives etc.
I currently have around 13 machines and should get to 15-16 by June
and I
run everything from home. I also runs 3 not for profits MUG's which
limits
the number of hours I can actually earn an income (I also run 4 online
businesses as a sole trader) so costs like these have a huge impact on
my
standard of living. Add to this, I'm a sole parent of a 17 year old son
(with special needs) & fighting for access to my 14 year old daughter
who
was kidnapped by her mum 5 years ago (despite court orders giving me
access)
after throwing my son out on the street. She ran off with an
aboriginal (who
goes by an alias) to the country with my daughter and wont let me have
any
contact or even let me know what town they live in. It's been years
since
I've been to a pub, seen a band, had a holiday or eaten out and I
basically
work around 16-18 hours a day 365 days of the year just to keep my head
above water and earn enough to keep fighting (legal fees) to get my
daughter
back.
As they say, "Life wasn't meant to be easy".
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