on 1/14/03 8:08 PM, Craig Busch at clbusch at earthlink.net wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > I am a big time Apple fan. Fan of their products- not politics. I purchased > an Apple > computer that included lifetime support. Apple decided to just cut it off. A > class-action lawsuit was brought against Apple and now my lifetime support on > that > computer is back. It took awhile, and I wonder in the meantime how many > people bought > new machines, thus eliminating Apple's need to provide the support? I am not > going to > tell you anything you don't know, but just repeating the way I see it. Apple > is in the > business of selling computers. Whatever they can do to get you to buy a new > computer is > what they will do. Firewire, iMovie, iTunes, iPod, iDVD then iDVD2. Granted, > the newer > computer are able to do more- and I like improvements, so there is a certain > amount of > antiquity being built into the machines, but I believe that iDVD could be > written for G3s > on OS9. Apple makes their OSX only products. It might not have rendering in > the > background, but it would work. Adobe's new products are both OS9 and OSX. It > can be > done. Apple is selling software now, too. Some people think that is their > new > direction. I think they are just beginning to see the added money to be made > from it. I > think their focus is still- sell computers. As long as they make what I > believe to be > the best, most stable, user friendly machines available- I will be a happy > owner. > Just nickel's worth > > > ---------- > <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/MacDV.html>. > Send a message to <MacDV-DIGEST at themacintoshguy.com> to switch to the digest > version. > > XRouter | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! > Dr. Bott | Now $139.99 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/xrouter.html> > > Cyberian | Support this list when you buy at Outpost.com! > Outpost | http://www.themacintoshguy.com/outpost.shtml > > MacResQ Specials: LaCie SCSI CDR From $99! PowerBook 3400/200 Only $879! > Norton AntiVirus 6 Only $19! We Stock PARTS! <http://www.macresq.com> Don't forget Apple has to survive for us Apple fans to keep our Apple computers! Dave V