[geeks] Business Decision Help, Please

[Lionel Peterson]

>From: Phil Stracchino <alaric at metrocast.net>
>Date: 2008/01/18 Fri AM 05:52:16 CST
>To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [geeks] Business Decision Help, Please

>sammy ominsky wrote:
>> So I have a question.  I use my own (5-year old) powerbook for work,  
>> and always have.  Last night I met its limits while trying to stream  
>> video and insert a full-duplex voip call into that stream.  The cpu  
>> was pegged and the framerate dropped to something sad.  So my boss  
>> (who was on the other end of said stream, and the guy on the phone  
>> there) said "maybe you need a new mac."  Now, there's a seriously huge  
>> difference between what would do the job and what I'd buy for myself  
>> if I were the one shopping.  Like a $1500 difference.  But I'm the one  
>> who's going to be using the thing for the *next* 5 years...
>> 
>> Is it reasonable to ask for the one I really want as opposed to the  
>> one that'll "do the job"?
>
>Two words:  "future proof".  If you gotta replace it anyway, replace it 
>ONCE.  Replace it with something that "just" Does The Job, and you'll 
>probably need to replace the replacement next year.

Apply the same thinking you did 5 years ago - I suspect you bought the laptop 
you wanted back then, not the one that was "good enough", why not repeat that 
same thought process.

Speaking of Mac laptops, I just noticed that Crucial is selling 2x 2 Gig DDR2 
PC2-5300 SoDIMMs for $107 - I may upgrade my Mac Book Pro to 4 Gigs (from 2 
Gigs) just because it's so cheap. Anyone upgrade a 2.16 GHz MBP to 4 Gigs? 
(Crucial says 3072 is max.)

Lionel