Apple update has 'em standing in line for good reason

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

[js1138]

http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=615468/prsrt=1/ut=42a71e6e347f0da1

[Michael Barnes]

Sweetness...Gracias!

I'm on a SCSI subsystem, but if I can buy some IDE's with good spindle speed, that would suit my needs well from a capacity/storage stand point...

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Last month, I got a Western Digital 120 gig at a national store for $69.00 (after rebates)

[justlurking]

What kind of drive (brand) and do you have a site?

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=22-144-122&DEPA=1

80 GB IDE, 7200 RPM 8M cache: Western Digital's "Special Edition"

$75 for a new one, $56.25 for a refurbished one. I wouldn't recommend the refurbished one, but the new one is a great drive (I've bought several).

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=property&DEPA=1

A list of all the 80 GB drives they offer, sorted by price. Starts at $69.50 for a WD 7200 RPM with 2MB cache.

http://www.pricewatch.com/1/26/2480-1.htm

Multi-vendor list, starts at $55.48 (after shipping) for a WD 5400 RPM with 2MB cache.

[Michael Barnes]

Thanks for the great info.. I'll keep my SCSI system on my workstation whereas it does most of my work..My file server though; she's a wee bit tight on capacity..Some of these drives can do me nicely without breaking the bank...

</ torrent's are addicting>

[js1138]

My standards for price would shock Mac users. Right now my motherboard is a hand-me-down 5-year-old dual PIII-500 abandoned by a CAD jockey. Disk is a 40 gig aquired for $10 at a garage sale. Monitor is a 17 inch Dell, $20, garage sale. Counting the DVD player, SCSI CD burner, 512 megs memory (hand-me-down), Windows 2000 (garage sale) I have about $150 invested.

I collect parts at garage sales until I have enough to build or upgrade.

[Michael Barnes]

I'm pretty cheap when it comes to comp HW as well...(FWIW, I have owned a Mac, Power Mac 7100/80). I didn't like being locked into only buying certain HW from certain vendors. I love the flexability I have in PC's. And like you say, it's amazing what you can find at flea markets and garage sales; buyer beware of course..

Once my first kid came along, I ditched the "latest and greatest" HW REAL quick. Now it's all about squeezing every last ounce of everybit of hardware I have.

[js1138]

LOL. I inherit my kid's discarded computer stuff. My son is into CAD professionally, so what I get is still good enough to surf. And I do freelance IT, so I get lots of discards.

By the way if you're looking for speed, you can get IBM 9 gig 10,000 rpm SCSI ultra 160 drives for $29. They're discontinued, but widely available. I'm building a RAID 5 server for a client with them.

[Freemeorkillme]

I'd think os, but here the system requirements facts:

http://www.apple.com/macosx/upgrade/requirements.html

You're probably safe, but check to be sure.

[jordan8]

Apple, Linux? Don't have the users 'cause they don't have the apps, don't have the apps 'cause they don't have the users. Till you can buy 'em in Wal-Mart . . .

[papertyger]

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.

So does Ferrari. What's your point?

[papertyger]

Apple is poised to take over in the next five years IMHO because Microsoft has p*ssed off so many previously loyal customers...

I wouldn't go hocking the jewels to invest in Apple just yet if I were you.

I have learned two profound truths about life:
Never underestimate the ability of people to rationalize bad decisions.
And never underestimate Steve Jobs ability to innovate so far ahead of the curve the buying public has no idea what the hell said innovation is good for.

[Swordmaker]

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?

It will run fine. You SHOULD have some more memory than the 32 Megs the first iMacs were released with, however. But memory is cheap.

[KneelBeforeZod]

so waiting in line was "worth it?"

like waiting in line for the next harry potter book...which was available by the dozens the next day at everywhere, including grocery stores?

something for folks to do when they outgrow waiting in line overnight for Air Supply concert tickets

[Swordmaker]

i didn't have to stand in line... my copy of Panther was awaiting me when I got home early Friday afternoon... and was installed on my G5 before the sun set!

As to the author's complaint about the revised finder, the use of space in the finder windows is MUCH better than the waste of space in Windows in the same area... Windows just has a few comments, a few links, and a graphic or two in their default "browser" mode. The Mac also doesn'w waste screen acreage by duplicating the menu bar in EVERY BLASTED folder window!

He then goes on to praise the ability of the finder to open or save documents to anyplace... ignoring that those places can be easily added to the window pane he is complaining about... and you can just "drag and drop" the files to the location.

[Crispy]

I would consider buying OSX if they made it work on non apple hardware.