Also, G5 prices should lower considerably once the new models come out (if they haven't already - I haven't checked). The best deals will probably be on slightly used G5s belonging to owners who feel compelled to upgrade anyway. I try to buy a machine (and software) that will work well for me for a fair amount of time even if it gets surpassed by the latest, greatest and newest whatever (as is always the case).
That said, what I hope to avoid is an issue that will leave me behind in compatibility, like the classic/OSX transition. My G3 laptop got me through to the other side of that transition to where I felt I got my money's worth, and then I got a G5 desktop. It's probably good to keep an ear to the ground for stuff like that but I guess there's always a certain amount of risk. The G5 is not a bad machine and I haven't found it to be slow running Finale; the few problems there are seem to be Finale issues, not mac issues. The machine waits for me way more than I for the machine. Just some advice, FWIW, that at least I've been lucky with. Don Hart on 5/23/06 1:09 PM, Johannes Gebauer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 23.05.2006 Phil Daley wrote: >> Actually, the world of Apple, where every new release invalidates all of the >> old software. > > This has very little to do with existing software, which will still run > on the new machines, with very few hardware dependent exceptions. > > The point is that the current G5 is far too expensive considering you > can actually buy faster Macs now for a fraction of the price. > > You wouldn't buy an outdated Windows machine for 2000$ if you know you > can buy a faster machine for half the price, and if you wait a few weeks > you can buy a much faster top range desktop model for probably still > less, or the same price. With the added advantage of full dual platform > support, which the G5 does not and will not offer. > > Johannes _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
