Apple dropping prices...

Jaffa.

littleowl wrote: »

Have you seen the Microsoft ads?

Can you blame them? Apple started it

M4RKM

You state that you have an 8 year old PC that works perfectly for word processing and surfing the internet..

awesome... you got it free as well.. even better..

i have a Apple Laptop that is 8 years old, that works perfectly for word processing and surfing the internet, it cost me £197.. so really really really expensive..

and yes.. it was brand new!! (ex display, end of line!)

however, i really can't use a computer just for word processing and surfing the internet. My computer is a workhorse and always will be..

currently, my laptop is hooked up to my tv, and streaming HD video so i can watch the baseball.

it's doubful that any computer at 8 years old can run photoshop/illustrator, which i need for my business and my main job.

anyway.. this conversation seems to be going the way all conversations go about apple, windows, linux..

i'll leave you to it

asininity

markymoo wrote: »

You state that you have an 8 year old PC that works perfectly for word processing and surfing the internet..

awesome... you got it free as well.. even better..

i have a Apple Laptop that is 8 years old, that works perfectly for word processing and surfing the internet, it cost me £197.. so really really really expensive..

and yes.. it was brand new!! (ex display, end of line!)

Exception to the rule me thinks.

however, i really can't use a computer just for word processing and surfing the internet. My computer is a workhorse and always will be..

currently, my laptop is hooked up to my tv, and streaming HD video so i can watch the baseball.

Are you saying your 8yr old apple laptop is streaming HD video?

it's doubful that any computer at 8 years old can run photoshop/illustrator, which i need for my business and my main job.

True and thats why I have my newer rig that can play the latest games no probs, and if I wanted to edit photos, movies etc that'd be fine too.

anyway.. this conversation seems to be going the way all conversations go about apple, windows, linux..

i'll leave you to it

True true.

Percy1983

I must add when comparing old computers performance you should have similar prices at time of purchase and similar ages, A topend expensive Mac aged 8 years vs a mid range PC aged 8 years is never going to be fair.

I can't see how a PC or Mac can last longer than each other. My nephew has a PC I bought 10 years ago and its still doing everything it did when I bought it very well. On the same front I would guess a ten year old Mac would also struggle for what I want it to do right now.

On the same point of you have to upgrade a PC but not a Mac I don't see how this applies? Personally I upgrade my PC every once in a while being a gamer, one upgrade was going from 2GB Ram to 4GB Ram, now are you saying that a Mac for the same hardware specs wouldn't also need that same upgrade to do the same tasks?

I have never had any problems with any PC's I have owned, I have never tripped over any power cables and my PC has firewire. It looks great in my opinion and when that opinion changes I will just change it.

Marty_J

markymoo wrote: »

You state that you have an 8 year old PC that works perfectly for word processing and surfing the internet..

awesome... you got it free as well.. even better..

i have a Apple Laptop that is 8 years old, that works perfectly for word processing and surfing the internet, it cost me £197.. so really really really expensive..

and yes.. it was brand new!! (ex display, end of line!)

You can get a G3 iMac from eBay for less than £100 (there's a pink one on there atm with a Buy It Now price of £49.99). It'll run OS X 10.4 (not the latest, but still very serviceable) and do all the tootling about on the internet you could ever want. Not bad for an almost 10 year old computer.

If I weren't moving countries in 3 weeks, I'd consider buying one myself and sticking it in the kitchen.

Marty_J

Percy1983 wrote: »

II can't see how a PC or Mac can last longer than each other. My nephew has a PC I bought 10 years ago and its still doing everything it did when I bought it very well. On the same front I would guess a ten year old Mac would also struggle for what I want it to do right now.

It's to do with the build quality. Apple's is generally very good, whereas other PC manufacturers are often highly variable, even within the same brand.

I would assume an £800 Acer would be better put together than a £300 Acer.

Sput2001

it's doubful that any computer at 8 years old can run photoshop/illustrator, which i need for my business and my main job.

My second system is a little over 7 years old (with later RAM upgrades) and runs CS3 Design Standard on Windows XP happily enough.

isofa

I run CS2 premium and some CS3 components on my 7 year old Power Mac G4 MDD, they run nicely. I use photoshop every day of the week, and Illustrator and InDesign frequently. It's had RAM and HD upgrades.

I run older versions of Photoshop on a similar aged P4 PC, but it's not fast enough to run CS3 IMO.

M4RKM

asininity wrote: »

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Are you saying your 8yr old apple laptop is streaming HD video?

nooo... the 8yr old laptop sits in a draw and doesn't get used.. but it could if i needed it... always good to have a spare...

as for my current laptop, it's 3 years old, and streams HD video from the t'internet just fine.. but anything with a core duo, and a decent graphics card would be able to handle that... oh, and internet that is fast...

M

M4RKM

Percy1983 wrote: »

I must add when comparing old computers performance you should have similar prices at time of purchase and similar ages, A topend expensive Mac aged 8 years vs a mid range PC aged 8 years is never going to be fair.

Aaaah.. but i bought a top end mac at a low end price... bargain hunting is always good...