I’m still on 10.4. I might run up to Fry’s and get 10.5 this weekend. Note the difference; every time M$ “upgrades,” programs fail, data is lost, and old machines become obsolete. Every time Mac OS upgrades, old aps still run and old machines run faster.
I have a standing challenge. Name a job I can’t do on my Mac. Not a game I can’t play or an app I can’t run — I’m talking results. Give me a task to perform or a problem so solve.
Chances are, I can get ‘er done on my nine-year-old blue and white G3. If not, then on my Quicksilver G4, If not there, then on my Dual Core Mini. in the off chance that it can’t be done n Mac OS, I can fire up Parallels and do it in Windows or Linux.
I don’t ditch my old computers. My Alpha Mac, the one I use every day, is on my desk. My beta is in the entertainment center, where it can stream video or music to the TV or stereo. Gamma is in the guest room, so my guests can surf the Web or check their e-mail in private. A new machine come in, the old ones cycle down.
My oldest computer, still functional, is a Mac Plus that’s nearing 20 years old — and I just keep it around for sentimental reasons. If I could find a SCSI-Ethernet adapter, I might put it back on the Internet, just because I can.
Gave my LISA to a Quaker middle school a few years back... Keeps going,going.... My 1985 macdrive gave out though.. 10 megs and cost 2 grand.. How times have changed... I have 3 or 4 older power books you are welcome to if you email me. Gots lots of stuff is you need stuff. We have 34 macs in the business plus 2 u1 servers running 10.5... really neat on time machine for email, etc for the customer service folks.