[geeks] Business Decision Help, Please

[Sridhar Ayengar]

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"?

Yes.  The worst that could happen is that they'll say no.

Peace...  Sridhar