On Oct 28, 2010, at 6:16 PM, Mystic Prowler wrote: > The iMac G5 is perfectly useful... but no new version of Mac OS X supports it > anymore. It is a powerful, 64-bit computer that will last until 128-bit > computers start peeking through the markets....
I'm not going to defend the way Apple has gone from extremely long product support to extremely short over the past few years, but your logic isn't quite right. The 1984 Macintosh was technically a 32 bit computer, and while I would love to have one for my collection, it is in no way useful for 90% of the things you could do with the newest 32 bit computers (except, of course, word processing, where the lack of internet and multimedia capabilities give it a huge advantage). The G5 series is still a very useful line of machines, but they are getting older, and just because they are 64 bit doesn't mean they will never be obsolete. Secondly, according to what I understand about 8/16/32/64/128 bit computing technologies, there won't be 128 bit home computers for a very very long time, since they don't offer much improvement over 64 bit for most purposes. Also, you can clearly see the trend in the history of home computing: 8 bit was common in the late 1970s before it was replaced by 16 bit PC compatibles in the early 1980s, then 32 bit became common in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and it wasn't until the past few years that 64 bit became really common. based on that, 128 bit home computers probably won't show up for another 20 or 30 years. Of course, lately companies have been jumping at any chance to purposely obsolete a device or technology, so I could be wrong. Steven -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
