Apple is Still a Solid Core
I think the dual machine rocks. Furthermore, Apples only mistake up to this point is truly educating joe public that Ghz is NOT the only factor anymore. But I see so many people buying their first PeeCee and saying wow I got 1.7 gHz for $25! But when I point out that they now need good video card, good sound card, etc... they are less impressed with their deal. I'd carry on, but we all know this point...
Apple is smart to quench rumore of ANY upgrades coming in less than 6 months. as a large percentage of apple buyers are upgraders, face it we are not expanding new buyers...(although I feel iMac will help alot). So any apple user looking to upgrade a machine that is less than 3 years old, can wait two more months or three or four. I have a b/w G3 with a G4 400 zif card, and I've never waited this long to upgrade, but frankly everything I have runs great (of course the radeon helps). But I drool at new mac adds (exaggerated). Still until Photoshop X comes out and maybe even a little more mature OS X, I can't justify buying a new box, although those G4 at sub 3k are VERY tempting. If Apple was to tell me that in 2 months a 200mHz bus was gomeing or dual 1.6 gigs or whatever upgrade... I'd wait. By telling me nothing for a year... I'm now compelled to buy... once Photoshop is upgraded.
Buying a computer is like a job salary. If you make $10/hr and then get a promotion to $110/hour, at the end of the month you will still wonder where it all went and why you have bills. Regardless of your salary, you will manage to get by. Same with the computers, We will always want a faster better model, and if you wait you will get it. But there comes a point where you have to buy and at that time you get the best you can. I find it hard to believe that a apple faithful would look at the top of the line and resort to comparing it to a pentium 4 on a mHGz basis. Real mac users know that this is not even realistic. I agree USB 2.0, DDR ram, 200 mHz busses would be great. But the fact is, our high end beats their high end even without this stuff. Hands down to get all this gizmos, you have to use windows. I'd take my old 604e back before I'd do that! Furthermore these upgrades will add cost... and then we get all the toys we want and 1.21 gigawatts of computing power and we will complain about the cost... again not satisified. When an application comes along that you NEED (for me photoshop X (or v7)) and your current computer doesn't support it. Upgrade. Get the best you can afford and accept the fact that in 2 to 6 months their will be something better, but THEN realize you were able to work, play and be productive for 2 months longer then if you waited.
Anyways, now that I figured out my password, I thought I'd share my 2Cents!
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