I don't make a living using my Mac, I just live to use it. My first computer was an Atari 800XL back in the day, then an Atari ST, then a my first Mac a Centris 660AV, then a Power Mac 7300, an iMac rev B, and then a dual G4 450Mhz. I've also co-owned with my girlfriend, now wife, a Power Book Duo 2300 and an iBook. And I have a Mac SE just for kicks. I've been waiting forever to get a new Mac. I've upgraded the G4 with a Giga Designs upgrade from Carbon to a dual 1.6 GHz. I've loved the G4 becuase it has been able to grow over the years, going from 30G HD to a total of 3 HDs for a total of 400GB. I also upgraded the RAM from 120MB to 1.2GB. I added USB 2.0, a Bluetooth key, upgraded the graphics from an ATI Radeon card to an ATI 8500, changed the DVD player to a CD/RW and then to a DVD/RW, and I installed a PCI TV card (by Miglia). I also sold my old 17" Apple Studio CRT and replaced it with a Dell 20" LCD. Yes, I have spent a fortune over the years but it was OVER the years. The G4 was $2200 back in March of 2001 when I got it. You would figure that I could get a whole lot more computer for much less money in 2007, but that isn't really the case is it?
I ranted about this a few months ago in the "My specs for a Mac Apple should make" thread. Every day I see the Dell ads for crappy towers with Pentium chips for like $600. And I look at HUB magzine or TigerDirect.ca a nd realize I could get/make a fairly decent Win/Tel box for $1500 to $2000. A Mac Pro is like mid 3K. I think it's obvious why I wouldn't want to go the iMac route - little possibility of expanability coupled with a processor intended to be used in laptops. Hell, the other day I started looking at the wiki.osx86project.org site. And that would be an option, if I wanted to totally ignore my wife and young daughter while I built it.
I was totally expecting a price drop last week with the announcement of the 8 core machines, but nada. Why doesn't Apple just use an Intel desktop processor in a desktop machine? I don't need Xeon server chips.
sigh
Steve
I ranted about this a few months ago in the "My specs for a Mac Apple should make" thread. Every day I see the Dell ads for crappy towers with Pentium chips for like $600. And I look at HUB magzine or TigerDirect.ca a nd realize I could get/make a fairly decent Win/Tel box for $1500 to $2000. A Mac Pro is like mid 3K. I think it's obvious why I wouldn't want to go the iMac route - little possibility of expanability coupled with a processor intended to be used in laptops. Hell, the other day I started looking at the wiki.osx86project.org site. And that would be an option, if I wanted to totally ignore my wife and young daughter while I built it.
I was totally expecting a price drop last week with the announcement of the 8 core machines, but nada. Why doesn't Apple just use an Intel desktop processor in a desktop machine? I don't need Xeon server chips.
sigh
Steve