<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">I would recommend a Mac now. The life-span is around 5 year I guess, and in 5 year we're well in Mactel time ready to change then. The programs from now will still work in 5 year.<DIV>Apple has a good name for quality so it will no mistake to buy one now. If you don't do it now, you've to wait another 5 year. In a few year the software will not all be transfered to Mactel.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Paul Moortgat</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On 07 Jun 2005, at 01:30, T.L. Miller wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">On 6/6/05, at 6:19 PM, Bill Lamb, <<A href="mailto:blamb@cox-internet.com">blamb@cox-internet.com</A>> said:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> Would you recommend a PPC Mac to a friend who needs to</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">buy a computer w/in the next 12 months?????</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000DD"></FONT></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>