[MacDV] Re: Apple abandons the G3 chip

[illovox at comcast.net]

on 1/6/04 5:08 PM, James Asherman at jimash at optonline.net wrote:

> 
> On Tuesday, January 6, 2004, at 08:02  PM, illovox at comcast.net wrote:
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>> on 1/6/04 4:53 PM, ShirleyK at ShirleyKat at cox.net wrote:
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>>> It's no more useless than it was the day you bought it. Keep doing
>>> what
>>> you got it for and when you can afford a G5, then it's time to move up
>>> to the new software too. Sometimes you have to put blinders on :-)
>>> 
>>> Shirley
>> 
>> Exactly
>> 
>> 
>> 
> I gotta say. I share the frustration and the answer. But there comes a
> time when you can't even bear to read the magazines or catalogues, and
> then comes the test of marriage and plastic that leads to some
> outrageously priced machine that will go down by 50% by the
> time you've got it mastered.
> J

Like cars, it's most advantageous to have patience and buy used.  I broke my
own rule and bought the closeout dual 1.25 dual/dual boot unit new from
small dog.  Meantime, I finally migrated my Pismo to X.2.8 and have since
learned that I need never go back to 9.  $2k I could have poured into a new
G5--down the tube, as the dual boot g4 now provides no advantage for me.  I
thought I would still need 9 boots. But no.  All my 9 apps that I still use
work in classic.  Arf.

As for the mastering thing...keep the units that provide use...:)  I still
use a 5500 with tv/fm tuner and upgraded internal burner, 80 gig drive and
so on in my bedroom as an all around way to watch tv, video and DVD's, tune
radio and stream radio...now I just need to paint the case...