It's not "holier than thou". It's been said many times before, by many people. Go look at the Mac threads on Ars, you will see what I mean. Even threads here.
It holds true for almost anything. When companies have cycles, you have to pay attention to them. There were signs that Apple might want to speed this up. Since no one really knew for certain what Apple would do, it made sense to wait and see. Certainly, if the wait was just a few weeks, and surely just a few days, the wait wouldn't hurt, unless you needed to get a machine before a school year.
Just because it's been said before doesn't mean your post wasn't totally condescending.
Anyway, if I'd waited until today, now I'd be asking the same question: Do I buy the old G5, tried and true technology which is perfectly fine, or do I go with a Rev 1 machine with the new architecture. I'm not about to wait another couple of months for the next Revision to make sure it's stable and relatively bug free. So pretend I didn't have the G5 in hand that I could return. I still need the new mac; which do I get? I mean, there's a reason the old G5 is still available, right? Remember when OS X came out and for a while you could buy Macs that booted in OS 9?
Still wondering if anyone has experience with Amazon returns. Thanks!
However, do you think I'd be able to "turn off" the 17-inch display and dedicate all the VRAM to my ACD. Or am I going to have to have them both on in extended mode, making my VRAM slashed?
Mirroring should still work with the new iMacs, no? If I am not mistaken, with mirroring the VRAM is not split up.
Just because it's been said before doesn't mean your post wasn't totally condescending.
Anyway, if I'd waited until today, now I'd be asking the same question: Do I buy the old G5, tried and true technology which is perfectly fine, or do I go with a Rev 1 machine with the new architecture. I'm not about to wait another couple of months for the next Revision to make sure it's stable and relatively bug free. So pretend I didn't have the G5 in hand that I could return. I still need the new mac; which do I get? I mean, there's a reason the old G5 is still available, right? Remember when OS X came out and for a while you could buy Macs that booted in OS 9?
Still wondering if anyone has experience with Amazon returns. Thanks!
Well, then I suppose the many dozens of posts, possibly hundreds, about this very same issue that say what I've said that have come up every time some people post their troubles after they have bought something right before a show are all condesending.
It wasn't meant to be condesending. it was meant as a heads up.
People should know this by now. If it's ignored then "caveat emptor".
Fortunately, Apple will usually allow you to return it if you didn't wait too long.
Just because it's been said before doesn't mean your post wasn't totally condescending.
Anyway, if I'd waited until today, now I'd be asking the same question: Do I buy the old G5, tried and true technology which is perfectly fine, or do I go with a Rev 1 machine with the new architecture. I'm not about to wait another couple of months for the next Revision to make sure it's stable and relatively bug free. So pretend I didn't have the G5 in hand that I could return. I still need the new mac; which do I get? I mean, there's a reason the old G5 is still available, right? Remember when OS X came out and for a while you could buy Macs that booted in OS 9?
Still wondering if anyone has experience with Amazon returns. Thanks!
Ok, you've basically answered your own question here. Any new technology always has the risc of "baby-illnesses". Heck, my powerbook shipped with a bad screen AND logic board, although it had been released six months before, how's that for tried and tested technology?
You have two options: Keep your "critically acclaimed succesful machine" (your words), or return it and gamble with the latest, untested (on a consumer market) technology.
Everything we could tell you, you already know: Universal apps transition period, 1st rev intel computers, updated technology that might cause issues. All this stuff you already know, you don't need our reassurance to take a decision on this.
So your only question is basically: Are you prepared to gamble?
This iMac finally finally gives me the one thing I've always wanted out of a Mac. It has the ability to attach another monitor and expand the desktop rather than just mirror it (without any kind of hack). Sure you could do this with a Powerbook or PowerMac, but this iMac comes in costing significantly less.
And with a core duo and native apps. I'm guessing about the speed of the PowerMacs.
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Originally posted by melgross
It's not "holier than thou". It's been said many times before, by many people. Go look at the Mac threads on Ars, you will see what I mean. Even threads here.
It holds true for almost anything. When companies have cycles, you have to pay attention to them. There were signs that Apple might want to speed this up. Since no one really knew for certain what Apple would do, it made sense to wait and see. Certainly, if the wait was just a few weeks, and surely just a few days, the wait wouldn't hurt, unless you needed to get a machine before a school year.
Just because it's been said before doesn't mean your post wasn't totally condescending.
Anyway, if I'd waited until today, now I'd be asking the same question: Do I buy the old G5, tried and true technology which is perfectly fine, or do I go with a Rev 1 machine with the new architecture. I'm not about to wait another couple of months for the next Revision to make sure it's stable and relatively bug free. So pretend I didn't have the G5 in hand that I could return. I still need the new mac; which do I get? I mean, there's a reason the old G5 is still available, right? Remember when OS X came out and for a while you could buy Macs that booted in OS 9?
Still wondering if anyone has experience with Amazon returns. Thanks!
Originally posted by ibook911
However, do you think I'd be able to "turn off" the 17-inch display and dedicate all the VRAM to my ACD. Or am I going to have to have them both on in extended mode, making my VRAM slashed?
Mirroring should still work with the new iMacs, no? If I am not mistaken, with mirroring the VRAM is not split up.
Originally posted by deoxy75
Just because it's been said before doesn't mean your post wasn't totally condescending.
Anyway, if I'd waited until today, now I'd be asking the same question: Do I buy the old G5, tried and true technology which is perfectly fine, or do I go with a Rev 1 machine with the new architecture. I'm not about to wait another couple of months for the next Revision to make sure it's stable and relatively bug free. So pretend I didn't have the G5 in hand that I could return. I still need the new mac; which do I get? I mean, there's a reason the old G5 is still available, right? Remember when OS X came out and for a while you could buy Macs that booted in OS 9?
Still wondering if anyone has experience with Amazon returns. Thanks!
Well, then I suppose the many dozens of posts, possibly hundreds, about this very same issue that say what I've said that have come up every time some people post their troubles after they have bought something right before a show are all condesending.
It wasn't meant to be condesending. it was meant as a heads up.
People should know this by now. If it's ignored then "caveat emptor".
Fortunately, Apple will usually allow you to return it if you didn't wait too long.
Originally posted by deoxy75
Just because it's been said before doesn't mean your post wasn't totally condescending.
Anyway, if I'd waited until today, now I'd be asking the same question: Do I buy the old G5, tried and true technology which is perfectly fine, or do I go with a Rev 1 machine with the new architecture. I'm not about to wait another couple of months for the next Revision to make sure it's stable and relatively bug free. So pretend I didn't have the G5 in hand that I could return. I still need the new mac; which do I get? I mean, there's a reason the old G5 is still available, right? Remember when OS X came out and for a while you could buy Macs that booted in OS 9?
Still wondering if anyone has experience with Amazon returns. Thanks!
Ok, you've basically answered your own question here. Any new technology always has the risc of "baby-illnesses". Heck, my powerbook shipped with a bad screen AND logic board, although it had been released six months before, how's that for tried and tested technology?
You have two options: Keep your "critically acclaimed succesful machine" (your words), or return it and gamble with the latest, untested (on a consumer market) technology.
Everything we could tell you, you already know: Universal apps transition period, 1st rev intel computers, updated technology that might cause issues. All this stuff you already know, you don't need our reassurance to take a decision on this.
So your only question is basically: Are you prepared to gamble?
In general though, I'm fairly impressed with the new systems.
I can't believe that they haven't been put through the wringer by both companies.
Originally posted by Baron von Smiley
This iMac finally finally gives me the one thing I've always wanted out of a Mac. It has the ability to attach another monitor and expand the desktop rather than just mirror it (without any kind of hack). Sure you could do this with a Powerbook or PowerMac, but this iMac comes in costing significantly less.
And with a core duo and native apps. I'm guessing about the speed of the PowerMacs.
Linky:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10853916/site/newsweek/