tiger by the tail
so, my shipment of apple's newest OS should be arriving today. I suppose it would be a good time for me to back up all my files and settings and wipe the laptop's drive to start over.
but, i'm not certain i want to. i mean, my laptop is 4 years old, people. the hardware configuration is nearly 5. at work, we've been budgeting for new computers, so i've seen the insanity... aside from dual processors, there's NOTHING apple can offer to me really, other than comfort, and is comfort really worth 50% or more of the price?
most say, no. but, for that nagging 5% (and may they be blessed for not supporting Micro$oft) we have to keep at least one mac in our department for testing. when we did budgeting yesterday, we asked for $2500 for a new tower.
and for our other division, we asked for $5-6000 for 2 new Apple machines (to replace three old g3-350s). we don't get involved in prepress budgeting, but those guys have at least 5 macs... all of varying ages, but none is a g5, and from what I've seen, you really want a g5, lots of ram, and a nice hefty (128MB or above) graphics card to run Tiger.
So an old g3-500 iBook probably will just be even more sluggish.
There are things I want more than a new laptop. Gutter drains and patios are higher on that list. And a clean, beautiful landscaping job. And a rubble-free garden. Chimney tuckpointing. New storm windows. And the list goes on and on.
So, I suffer thru with what I've got. Till it dies. And I wonder how Tiger would run.