Apple update has 'em standing in line for good reason

Chicago Sun Times ^ | 10/28/2003 | ANDY IHNATKO Advertisement

[Vermonter]

The next big rev of Windows is still a long ways off. Yet I have no earthly idea if in 2005 they'll be able to produce an OS to match the one that Apple had in 2003

[Vermonter]

ping

[Leroy S. Mort]

No posting from The Onion. Didn't you get the word?

[fqued]

when the gamers start using Apple computers, then I will consider buying one.
As long as the gamers use PCs, that is THE indication that PCs are still at the top of the heap.

[Vermonter]

Didn't you get the word?

Nah, I'm part of that 10 percent that NEVER gets the word.

[Leroy S. Mort]

Your in double digits now? Gee I didnt get that word.

[js1138]

Still the computer for the rich of us. I won't comment on the quality. It appears to be there. But Mac continues to plummit in market share.

Meanwhile AMD has 64 bit chips and MS has a 64 bit server OS.

[mcg1969]

Still the computer for the rich of us.

$799---including monitor, modem, Ethernet, DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive---is too expensive? That amount of money would buy a pretty weak PC, too.

[js1138]

I don't know what 800 will get you in a Mac. It could get you a pretty nice PC.

[RayChuang88]

However, I've heard that Longhorn (the code name for the replacement to Windows XP) will sport a lot of highly original features. I highly doubt that Microsoft will try to steal the look and feel of MacOS X 10.x versions given the nasty Apple v. Microsoft trial of the late 1980's over look and feel.

[mcg1969]

Umm, yes, Longhorn will be nice when it's released---in 2005.

[RayChuang88]

You do have to remember the Longhorn is at the same stage that Chicago (the code name for Windows 95) was back at the end of 1993, just over 1.5 years from Windows 95's release. I expect many changes before we see a feature freeze that will define how Longhorn works--and probably will see Longhorn be released on August 24, 2005 as Windows 2005 in both Home and Professional editions.

[afz400]

You get what you pay for - Apples are engineered, high quality products, not the slapped together crap you get from HP, etc. Apple is poised to take over in the next five years IMHO because Microsoft has p*ssed off so many previously loyal customers with their obsession for building software that surrepticiously snoops around for what you're doing on your PC. Who needs that sh*t?

[Sabertooth]

I don't know what 800 will get you in a Mac.

17" eMac for $799

[ladyinred]

I have a iMac, but it is about 3 years old. Since I am not computer savvy, is there anyway I can buy an OS for mine? I am asking I suppose, if it will run in an older mac?

[js1138]

With a dvd burner and 80 gig drive it's $1100. 80 gig hard drives are running about $60 and dvd burners can be had for $150. Retail.

I have no problem with Apple's quality, but I can't afford them.

[Michael Barnes]

HP throws together "crap"? Interesting..Didn't know Apple had any servers to go head to head with HP.

Oh, you meant desktop....Well, Apple might want to consider porting to x86 or IA 64. I can't think of too many Fortune 500's that would ditch 100K+ in Intel based desktop's for PowerPC's. Nice chip (I love RISC), no where near able to compete (dollar for dollar) against the cheaper Intel's and AMD's.

[Michael Barnes]

80gig for 60 bucks? What kind of drive (brand) and do you have a site?

(I assume it's IDE, but what rpm?)

[ThinkPlease]

For $1600, you can get the G5, which is 64 bit, and 10.3, which has 64 bit pieces. That's not too shabby. It's not PC cheap, but it's price/performance ain't bad.

Scientists are just jumping on the Mac bandwagon. A workstation that does native Microsoft Word, computations and data reduction as a Unix, and you can integrate it in a Windows environment, as well as in a Unix environment. And for the most part, it does it out of the box. That's some powerful mojo. That's why I'm using a mac right now, anyway.

[Bob J]

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