Word up! My parents get way more use from our iMac G4 (2002--$275) than our HP Pavilion (2008--$799).
Austin Leeds Sent from my iPad On Jun 17, 2011, at 12:48 PM, Jonas Ulrich <jonasulrich3...@gmail.com> wrote: > Am I the only one realizing that your "new Winbox for $300-$400 running Win7 > with modern multi-core cpus", will be running like crap after a few months? > Whereas your mac, no matter how old, will be running great. For the average > computer user, they don't NEED a new PC, and the old Mac will work out better > for them in the long run. > > Here's an example. My mom bought an Emachines PC a few years ago, running > Windows XP, for around $350 with monitor and keyboard and everything. It ran > great, for a few months, but it got SO slow, that I actually traded it out > with a G3 iMac which I got for free, which worked great for about 3 years, > before I replaced it with an eMac 800MHZ. > > She got WAY more use out of that free G3, than the PC she paid for. And we > never have to buy and renew virus protection for a Mac:). > > It all boils down to what you want to use the computer for, but a new PC with > Windows, using faster hardware, isn't going to out perform a G4 in the long > run. A computer is only as fast as the weakest link. In the PC's case, the > weak link is Windows. > > -Jonas > -- > 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 -- 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
