The End of Days is Upon Us
My trusty G3 iBook is really starting to show its age. Oh, it still runs better than any Windows machine out there, but it's slow. I mean, it is three years old and today's software just requires a little more processing power than my little guy has.
A good rule of thumb for when to get a new computer: When you are waiting for the computer rather than the other way around. I have in my mind a series of tasks, and my computer should not just keep up with me, but be WAITING for me to tell it what to do. But when I have six or seven programs open, and I am quickly switching between them, sometimes it takes a few seconds to switch. It's acceptable but not respectable.
For instance, right now these programs are running: Safari, Firefox, MS Word, Mail, iTunes, TextEdit, iChat, Terminal, Skype and Quicktime. Do I need all those programs open? Not at the moment, but I don't want to have to go closing programs just because they are eating up processing cycles. I want cycles to spare.
I want a Dual 2.5GHz Power Mac G5.
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"Sometimes I miss Windows. I miss the snappiness. The folders open so quickly." - MSS
By Anonymous, at 12:03 AM
At least have the courage to use your own name, Brett. ( http://www.brettdaltman.com )
Yes, I will admit it, those are my words. I will also admit the snappiness is the ONLY thing I miss about Windows.
And with a dual G5, I will have that snappiness again. :-)
By Matt, at 12:05 AM
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