On Oct 21, 12:21 pm, Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> wrote: > Someone on this list who hasn't bought a new Mac in a decade has no grounds > to bitch and moan...you're literally looking for a free ride. This is the > very thing that's made Microsoft the lumbering dinosaur it is, having to > provide that free ride to the folks still <snip>
The issue here --for me at least, and for several people here as well-- is not the natural course of life, or the too rapid pace of computer development. We're talking about "forced" obsolescence, which Apple seems to be perfecting into a form of art. The fact that someone could watch Job's keynote on a G4 running Ubuntu, or that I can watch Netflix streamed movies on my pitiful old ThinkPad but not in my newer and much more powerful 17" PowerBook, is pretty telling. I'm just talking streamed video here, which is just the top of the iceberg. (And I'm aware that Netflix is not exactly the best example, because it depends on a Microsoft plugin --but who knows? Perhaps Microsoft is in cahoots with Apple in that one.) Oh, well. Perhaps the whole world is just changing. People thought of a Mac in the same way they thought or a nice car: Buy quality, it'll last you forever. Nowadays people who really want quality and can afford it simply lease their cars, because that way they'll always have a top of the line automobile. Perhaps the computer world has gone full circle, and we'll end up leasing terminals to access a cloud supercomputer hidden somewhere in California and fully under the thumb of Jobs, or Gates, or whichever computer Big Brother we'll choose to surround ourselves to... -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
