My one active addiction is to computer hardware. Every 6-8 months, I get the Uncontrollable Urge to Upgrade. Normally, that means that I eBay my PowerBook and get a new one. This time, though, circumstances are different.Apple's new MacBooks run on Intel Processors instead of PowerPC. This means that if the software you use was written for PowerPC, it will run under emulation on the new Macs. Emulation means slow.
Of the software I use most frequently: Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite, Macromedia Studio, and Filemaker... NONE of it runs natively on the new Macs. So if I want to go faster, I need to get a PC. Combine this with the fact that Maggie is due for an upgrade (she's using Photoshop a lot, now that she's shooting digital), and that my niece could use a computer of any kind, and it's hand-me-down time!
On the right is the new machine: a dual-core Dell for me. On the left is the PB G4 1.67 that's going to Maggie. My niece will get Maggie's 800Mhz Titanium G4.
I'm going to try and stick with this configuration until Creative Suite 3 comes out next year... and then I'll switch back to the Mac. We'll see how that goes.
Love to all. Even you, the puppy with the built-in "It's 3:30am!" alarm clock.
2 comments:
teh dells looks fuggly :D
You sound just like my husband, though he doesn't upgrade quite that often. He has a two-year old Powerbook and I have a five-year old iBook that's patched together, still clinging to life. I've been hard it.
He's planning to get one of the new MacBook (still not used to the name!) Pros soon and I'll be getting his hand-me-down PowerBook. I can't wait!
I love hand-me-downs!
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