Buying a Mac WAS RE: Re[2]: [geeks] Dual Xeon vs Dual G4

[Bill Bradford]

Uhm, dude, do you need 10.2?  (or was I supposed to send it?)

Dont go with 10.1, just go straighto to 10.2 then the 10.2.3 upgrade.

Bill

On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 08:56:46PM -0600, Mike Hebel wrote:
> Chris Byrne wrote:
> >Fair enough. It seems like just about everybody gave the same reasoning.
> >Os9 and before sucked, OS X rocks, and g4's kick ass right ;-)
> 
> I haven't tried OS X yet but I definitely prefer my iBook over any 
> Windows box I've ever had.  (I'm gonna do the 10.1 install/upgrade 
> tonight if I get finished with the anime music video I'm making.)
> 
> >I never would have bought a "classic" box new, for exactly the reasons
> >you describe above, but I bought a couple of used ones. I ran MacOS from
> >7.5.3 up to 9, a couple of different UNIX variants, and tried to run the
> >first X beta (I never got it working properly) on them and loved them.
> >I've always loved Mac hardware, and industrial design.  
> 
> I personally am partial to 7.5.3 for older Macs - especially ones with 
> 68lc040's in them as they have a hard time running 'nix.  Hardware wise 
> they're fine usually IMHO but often you get the bottom of the barrel and 
> have to hunt for parts.  Newer PPC macs I haven't had a lot of 
> experience with.  Still, very sturdy machines for the most part - IMHO 
> sometimes subject to mystery-meat problems where they just decide not to 
> work right one day and you have to sacrifice a live chicken to get them 
> to do what you want them to.  But that's thankfully rare.
> 
> >The next NEW workstation I plan to buy is a dual g4 tower. When I need
> >to buy a new laptop I'm going to buy a PowerBook. 
> 
> I think my wife will eventually get an Alienware notebook but once I 
> outgrow my clamshell iBook I'm going for a 17" PowerBook if I can afford 
> it. ;-)
> 
> >Like most of the people here I seem to think that 2 grand is a perfectly
> >reasonable amount of money to pay for a better designed computer running
> >a better designed operating system. In fact it's a hell of a bargain. 
> 
> <AOL> Me too! </AOL>  I don't mind spending for quality when I can 
> afford it.  I just wish everything didn't cost so much.
> 
> Mike Hebel
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