Tom Burke said: >Is their day finished? Not in such a sweeping way as your way of putting it suggest. It's not the common Mac users that subscribe to a list such as this one. This is a specialist crowd. And the list cater to people that like older machines, right? So where else would you be more likely to find older machines breaking (in itself a reason to subscribe).
Of course, there are break and tear that will shorten the life of any Powerbook especially if they occur in the context of the specific weaknesses of different machines (hinges being one spot). But I'd still like to maintain that unless ones needs are greater than the power such a machine can give - and to many the needs aren't -, a Wall street and a Pismo could be working for years to come *if taken care of*. Perhaps this is true also for the Lombard, but I wouldn't know myself. Also, remember that many newer machine break too. I personally have yet to meet a machine that couldn't be fixed, sometimes it was too costly for me, but for anyone that feel their needs are being met with the machine in question, that might be acceptable. That said, I'd rather recommend Titaniums for many people. But that's another story. And $500 for a Lombard is too much. But the market is also the market. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
