[Ti] Happy 667MHz PowerBook G4 user!

Henry Kalir kalirhe at UMDNJ.EDU
Thu Jan 9 12:37:10 PST 2003


On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Ryan Moniz wrote:

> i think the subject line is pretty straight forward. I think the 17" & 
> 12" is a great idea. And to those whom are whining about 1GHz here's 
> one funny, and memorable story I have.
> 	A customer comes up to me and says "I just bought my new PowerBook G4 
> awhile ago and now Apple releases an improved PowerBook G4 Titanium 
> today that is at least twice as fast as the one I bought and nearly 
> half the price that I paid." (obviously there's a little bit of 
> exaggeration on his part.)
> 	I replied,	"Well, I would ask where's your commitment? I suppose 
> you're going to tell me that if you hadn't gotten married. You could 
> now find a new wife who's TWICE as good-looking at HALF the age?"
> (Now, I knew this customer and his wife for a long time so it was a 
> tongue in cheek sort of joke. He smiled and laughed at the metaphor and 
> to this day I don't think the topic has ever crept up again.)
> 
> Something to think about.
> ;-)

Very well said, Ryan.

I forsee at lease 3-4 years' use out of my Ti G4 800 MHz Powerbook, with
perhaps a HD upgrade in the future from the current 40 GB HD to a 160 GB
HD, when those come out at a sufficiently low price, and maybe an increase
in the RAM to the Max (1 GB?).

Other than that - the Ti 800 is here to allow me to do work, and unless
something TOTALLY radical shows up on the scene - like a Ti G6 with 16 GB
RAM, a holographic screen, voice activated keyboardless input...I'll stick
with it  :-)))

And to all those who are obsessed with buying a new Ti etc the minute it
shows up - you probably are not using it for work, so just enjoy. The next
one should be coming out in about 2 months or so...lol

Best,

Henry



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