[Ti] Buying the "faster" Mac model

[John Pariseau]

On Jan 18, 2006, at 11:48 AM, Bill Reburn wrote:

> How about upgrading your home machine to what you want and nabbing  
> a 30GB iPod (or smaller) to transfer work on a daily basis? I don't  
> know what kind of work you do, so perhaps that won't work (file  
> sizes)... if you do work while traveling, only the MacBook will  
> help. I just don't see the Mini or iMac being convenient to move  
> around.
>
> Another Bill.


My home machine is a Ti 550mhz. My work is a dual 867 G4 MDD. Very  
heavy. Often I need to lug it home because I don't want to stay at  
work till midnight, or over the weekend. I could get the CPU  
upgrade... but my Ti is falling apart.

If I get an iMac I will just use my Ti for email, word, etc... when  
I'm on campus at school.

I have an iPod to transfer files, plus can ssh to get files if I  
leave them at work.

But the greater question:

Is the pricier machine "bettter" -> or will I get the same life-span  
out of the "slower" one. This is comparing mini to mini, iMac to  
iMac, MacBook to MacBook.

THanks,

John