And here we have another member that misses the point. Not to offend you, but you aren't trying to see the point. We aren't waiting for new technology so that we can say that we have the fastest and baddest Mac ever, just that we have $4000 to spend and we want every penny of it to count. Our current machines, which in my case is older than any Mac Pro on the market is serving me just fine, but when I upgrade it I want my money to go where it can get the most, since I won't be able to just drop $5000+ anytime I choose.
No one waiting for a Mac Pro is trying to be king of the mountain, there are better machines out there currently for that.
Nope, it's just how I see it. I'd rather spending my time using my gear than waiting for it to be updated.
And that's okay, but you can't dispute the fact that there are some poeple that don't, and some that have an entirely different perspective.
It's
more than a year old. Rapidly approaching a year and a half old, and the graphics options are 2-3 years old, depending on the card. It's sad they still charge the same prices they did in 2006 when it came out. Even sadder is that they expect people to pay $400.00 for an x1900xt which is worth less than half that. The saddest part of all is the $323.00 price for a 500 gig hard drive.
Get with the times, Apple.
And this statment is proving what all Mac Pro waiters are saying. If I bought it a year ago then I wouldn't be waiting for anything.
A far more accurate comparison would be one made between a 2006 Corolla and a 2007 one. In fact, once you make such a comparison, it becomes even easier to see how useless it is to compulsively upgrade for the sake of having the "newest" technology. There's virtually nothing the '07 model does that the '06 one can't. In the eleven months you spent waiting for the '07 model, you could have put hundreds of thousands of miles into the '06 model.
Close but not that close. A car lasts 20 years at best, a computer lasts 3-4 at best. You can make both last longer with money of course. The analogy to the 1994 car was more accurate, or we can replace cars with food. Would you pay me top dollar for the worlds tastiest juciest steak if it were a week old? I hope not. Or how about a pure breed racing horse? Would you pay me $10,000 for a horse that was halfway through his life, and wasn't as fast as other horses that were in his price range?
NO one is upgrading for the sake of current tech, we are waiting and upgrading after our G5 Towers have made it to the 3-4 year old mark. And the current offerings aren't worth the cash.
I have a feeling that you still won't understand though.
