The whole point of buying the new machine was to not have to worry about wasted cycles. I'm hoping eight 3GHz cores will make this a non-issue. Our current machine runs just fine when Photoshop is the only program running, but who wants to spend hours upon hours in Photoshop with no music playing?
I want to get rid of our current machine and our old 7500/100 with a 300MHz PowerPC G3 upgrade card to clean up our office. We'll still use our 1GHz TiBook.
This new Mac Pro cost a lot more than the six-year-old machine it's replacing. Six years ago, our current Mac was the fastest Mac money could buy (aside from those equipped with Ultra-SCSI RAIDs). I thought computers were supposed to get cheaper as time went on. I hope we never have to spend so much for a single workstation ever again.
Thanks for drooling over our new purchase. In six years we can laugh at it.
"Man, all you got is a lousy eight-core 3GHz Mac Pro? Hehe. How lame! What do you do with that thing, send text messages to your grandma's cell phone?"
Make sure you open and pay that credit card bill before your wife gets to it. Ouch!!
I've been married to her for sixteen years. People often ask, "How do you keep it going for so long?"
I asked her two years ago for a new Mac mini-tower in one year, which meant that we were to buy a new one at this time last year. She really didn't give me an answer. Then Apple announced the transition to Intel processors. So I changed my request. I asked for a new MacIntel mini-tower as soon as Adobe's programs were Intel-native. She gave me one of those quasi-okay answers. I talked about it, talked about it, talked about it, and talked about it. Then I started talking about how we were going to pay for it. When she started helping me figure out a way to pay for it, I knew I was in the clear. Then I actually started thinking that we'd wait another six months or so for something better. I went back and forth, frustrating my wife. Then yesterday just before NAB got started, she told me to go ahead and order the computer. I watched coverage of the presentation on MacRumorsLive and Engadget and then got the order ready to place on the Apple Store for Education (my wife is a teacher). Before I hit the Place Order button, I got her blessing one last time.
Then I pressed the button.
Divorce and being thrown out of the house have been avoided, at least for now.
I was hoping to buy a MacBook in June so I could get use to OS X before I headed of to college. Now I think I will just wait for August regardless if they have made updates or not. I will need at least a few days with my computer before I take care of college. To bad I will have to go the entire summer without a decent computer. \
I was planning on getting a Leopard Macbook sometime this summer for college next year. This delay does stink but depending on how the news turns out I can wait up until the last week of August before I have to cave. I'm going to buy a Macbook this summer no matter what, I was hoping it would come with Leopard and now I hope there will be a revision to the book.
Well that won't be a problem for me because I'm going to college in summer 2008 so it'll come with Leopard and all mac specs will be either way better or they'll be less expensive. Plus the iPhone may be less expensive and hopefully there'll be a hefty educational discount!
Well that won't be a problem for me because I'm going to college in summer 2008 so it'll come with Leopard and all mac specs will be either way better or they'll be less expensive. Plus the iPhone may be less expensive and hopefully there'll be a hefty educational discount!
Trust me, you'll be wondering if the next revision won't be worth waiting for by summer 2008.
A while back I was using a 667 Ti PB, waiting for the G5 PB.
When Apple came out with a 15" 1.5 Al PB I stopped waiting and was glad I did.
While Santa Rosa might seem like a dream of a computer I wouldn't hesitate to get a MB or MBP now if I was not happy with the PB. The problem is that I'm still happy with the PB!
Hi all. I'm considering switching to a Mac for the first time, and the Leopard delay has set me back quite a bit. My current laptop is messed up, a lost cause if you will - I can still use it, but it's quite a painful process. Luckily I won't rely on it too much as I have finals soon.
My questions are regarding the cost amongst other things. Being my first Mac, it's going to cost a lot I have an allowance of about £1,000 and luckily a student discount of 15%.
I heard that MS Office on Mac runs quite slow on Tiger, and am wondering if I am correct in assuming the Office 2008 will be optimised to run on Leopard?
Also, what is the likelihood of a new revision for the MacBook being out before October?
What else apart from the MacBook and Office should I consider with my initial purchase? I'm going for the 1.83GHZ MacBook (or the price equivalent of that in October) so obviously a memory upgrade is in order. What about Applecare, I am quite competant with computers but this OS is new to me...will I need it?
I think may be better in my case to wait (which I can) so I can purchase a brand new model and OS for my first Mac experience, what will be the cost difference between buying one now and later though (in terms of things I will have to buy)?
Apple care is more of a hardware warranty. If for some reason your screen were to get a dead pixel after your basic warranty was up you could trade it in. Apple care is support, but that support is limited IMO. OR at least it was the last time I had Apple care.
I can't answer your office question b/c I don't use it, and MacBooks sometimes don't come out before school. Apple has been bad about that in the past, but if they (and intel) are timing this right there should some new ones.
I heard that MS Office on Mac runs quite slow on Tiger, and am wondering if I am correct in assuming the Office 2008 will be optimised to run on Leopard?
Thanks!
Office for Mac runs just fine, no speed problems at all. (That's on a PB G4 1Ghz)
There are other alternatives out there as well, you might want to check out the Open Office distribution. Open Office reads and writes M$ Office formatted documents with no problems. (and it's 100% free)
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The whole point of buying the new machine was to not have to worry about wasted cycles. I'm hoping eight 3GHz cores will make this a non-issue. Our current machine runs just fine when Photoshop is the only program running, but who wants to spend hours upon hours in Photoshop with no music playing?
I want to get rid of our current machine and our old 7500/100 with a 300MHz PowerPC G3 upgrade card to clean up our office. We'll still use our 1GHz TiBook.
This new Mac Pro cost a lot more than the six-year-old machine it's replacing. Six years ago, our current Mac was the fastest Mac money could buy (aside from those equipped with Ultra-SCSI RAIDs). I thought computers were supposed to get cheaper as time went on. I hope we never have to spend so much for a single workstation ever again.
Thanks for drooling over our new purchase. In six years we can laugh at it.
"Man, all you got is a lousy eight-core 3GHz Mac Pro? Hehe. How lame! What do you do with that thing, send text messages to your grandma's cell phone?"
Sincerely,
Jaddie
Make sure you open and pay that credit card bill before your wife gets to it. Ouch!!
I've been married to her for sixteen years. People often ask, "How do you keep it going for so long?"
I asked her two years ago for a new Mac mini-tower in one year, which meant that we were to buy a new one at this time last year. She really didn't give me an answer. Then Apple announced the transition to Intel processors. So I changed my request. I asked for a new MacIntel mini-tower as soon as Adobe's programs were Intel-native. She gave me one of those quasi-okay answers. I talked about it, talked about it, talked about it, and talked about it. Then I started talking about how we were going to pay for it. When she started helping me figure out a way to pay for it, I knew I was in the clear. Then I actually started thinking that we'd wait another six months or so for something better. I went back and forth, frustrating my wife. Then yesterday just before NAB got started, she told me to go ahead and order the computer. I watched coverage of the presentation on MacRumorsLive and Engadget and then got the order ready to place on the Apple Store for Education (my wife is a teacher). Before I hit the Place Order button, I got her blessing one last time.
Then I pressed the button.
Divorce and being thrown out of the house have been avoided, at least for now.
Sincerely,
Jaddie
Well that won't be a problem for me because I'm going to college in summer 2008 so it'll come with Leopard and all mac specs will be either way better or they'll be less expensive. Plus the iPhone may be less expensive and hopefully there'll be a hefty educational discount!
Trust me, you'll be wondering if the next revision won't be worth waiting for by summer 2008.
When Apple came out with a 15" 1.5 Al PB I stopped waiting and was glad I did.
While Santa Rosa might seem like a dream of a computer I wouldn't hesitate to get a MB or MBP now if I was not happy with the PB. The problem is that I'm still happy with the PB!
My questions are regarding the cost amongst other things. Being my first Mac, it's going to cost a lot I have an allowance of about £1,000 and luckily a student discount of 15%.
I heard that MS Office on Mac runs quite slow on Tiger, and am wondering if I am correct in assuming the Office 2008 will be optimised to run on Leopard?
Also, what is the likelihood of a new revision for the MacBook being out before October?
What else apart from the MacBook and Office should I consider with my initial purchase? I'm going for the 1.83GHZ MacBook (or the price equivalent of that in October) so obviously a memory upgrade is in order. What about Applecare, I am quite competant with computers but this OS is new to me...will I need it?
I think may be better in my case to wait (which I can) so I can purchase a brand new model and OS for my first Mac experience, what will be the cost difference between buying one now and later though (in terms of things I will have to buy)?
Thanks!
I can't answer your office question b/c I don't use it, and MacBooks sometimes don't come out before school. Apple has been bad about that in the past, but if they (and intel) are timing this right there should some new ones.
I heard that MS Office on Mac runs quite slow on Tiger, and am wondering if I am correct in assuming the Office 2008 will be optimised to run on Leopard?
Thanks!
Office for Mac runs just fine, no speed problems at all. (That's on a PB G4 1Ghz)
There are other alternatives out there as well, you might want to check out the Open Office distribution. Open Office reads and writes M$ Office formatted documents with no problems. (and it's 100% free)
Sopranino
I will buy a Mac when it has a coupon for a free upgrade to Leopard.