[glenng6]

Macintoshes have been excellent computers for decades. I just about never hear of anyone whose Mac has failed and they needed to purchase a new one. Almost always Mac users' Macs last until the day comes that the user simply is desirous to have a new one.

I can't tell you how many Mac users I've met who have a closet full of old Macs, all of which still work perfectly. They all simply got to an age where the user decided to retire them, but couldn't bring themselves to throw the old one out because it still worked.

Randy,
Know what you mean. I have numerous Apple computers in my basement. IIGS, Macs (including SE, 2 G4's). I use a G5 to back up and sync some folders. It has been in use since 2006. Glenn

 

[pm-r]

I use a G5 to back up and sync some folders. It has been in use since 2006. Glenn

I also have some old G3 and G4 Macs in the basement still in working order but haven't been used for several years now, but it's nice to hear that your G5 is still giving you some good service. That's a good long service record for a personal computer.

I dare say that there would be a lot more of them still in use only if the software they need to run modern stuff could be updated somehow. Not everyone needs the speediest machines going for what the average person uses their computer for.



- Patrick
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[Randy B. Singer]

I dare say that there would be a lot more of them still in use only if the software they need to run modern stuff could be updated somehow. Not everyone needs the speediest machines going for what the average person uses their computer for.

It's not simply that modern software applications would have to be written to be compatible with that old hardware. It would also have to be written to be slim enough (for want of a better word) so that it didn't tax the processing power of the old machine.

I have a 15 year old iMac running in my office. I keep it in service to run a couple of legacy applications that were never updated for later machines, and nothing modern is as good. (e.g. OmniPage Pro OCR.) The machine will run some software that came out well after that iMac was a terribly outdated personal computer. But newer software runs a bit slowly on such an old computer, and it's annoying.

The thing is, many of us don't want to use our old computers forever. We want all of the benefits of having a new, really fast, cutting edge, computer. At least for all around general use.

 

[Macfury]

OminiPage OCR was a good program!

I still maintain an older unit because on that one I own Photoshop instead of renting it.