Anyone have to "switch back" due to $$?

[iBookG4user]

save as much as you can and if you still dont have enough buy it and put the rest on a credit card.

And people wonder why the US populous is in debt...

 

[Schtibbie]

BTW, I'm the original poster. And I'm not terribly impressed with Apple's new offerings announced today. For the macbook, it looks like they basically gussied it up and left the price where it was.

But to guarantee that I'll replace this Macbook I'm typing on with another Apple laptop when the time comes, they would need to bring the hardware specs in line with comparable consumer-level windows 7 laptops AND lower the price. It's like they're TRYING to push folks off the bottom end.

 

[Kat King123]

I'm not an apple true believer or fanboy, but doesn't that kind of depend on what you're using it for?

If it's for net surfing, emails and word processing, then it's still usable. I'm still using a p4m laptop for a lot of basic stuff at work, and it-well-works. Ive also got a 12" g4 powerbook at home for couch, porch and garage computing, and it still handles basic stuff adequately.

If you're using it for higher end functions like photoshop, video editing, etc., it will be out of date and unable to use the latest OS and applications like any wintel machine will be. I wouldn't use either of my older machines for anything processor intensive unless I absolutely had to.

No machine is going to be top of line for very long. Chip makers release new chips with new speeds and features to sell chips. Computer makers put the new chips in their lineup to sell new machines. Software companies rewrite their code for the new machines to sell updates or new versions of their wares. Such is life.

I got into mac in the last few years of the power pc era. When apple announced that the newest version of the powerbook's g4 chip went from 1.33 to 1.5 ghz, it was a lot easier to say 'meh' and ignore it. Likewise, the netbook showed that most people could effectively make do with a lower power, less powerful chip for their basic or secondary computer needs.

And finally, I'm hoping that windows 7 is everything its proponents are claiming. I'm not a rabid mac fanboy who would cheer like an ewok on endor if microsoft imploded. Choice and options are good for all consumers; and I don't think I'd like technology being dominated by apple any more than Microsoft. A stable, secure, easy to use OS on competitively priced computers with a choice of hardware component features is a win.

Yes i see what your saying, but im in the studio almost every week so i have to use pro tools/garageband and guitar rig alot. i hope apple doesn't change around there mobile cpu to much so most older intel laptops are backwards compatible with new OS's and software like they are today