>From: Albert <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>Another problem is operating systems. Do you trust M*crosoft to not
>screw you over? They can decide to chuck support for 16 bit apps in
>their OS, and render anything and everything you have obsolete.. (if
>you still have 16bit apps) With new 64bit chips out from AMD and Intel,
>32bit will become slowly, a thing of the past. 64bit with splits is
>great.. and if and when programs decide to go 64bit, they might not
>support all the older formats, regardless how popular..
Man, you got the wrong computer!
The Mac G5 is a 64 bit computer that transparently supports 32 bit apps. It is
available TODAY -- not simply "chips are out," waiting for someone to design
boxes around them. And from the independent tests I've seen, they pretty much
smoke a dual 3 GHz Pentium.
What are 16 bit apps? Apple users have never had to deal with such things --
all Mac programs were always 32 bit.
Yea, I know. The next thing I'm gonna hear is how much more expensive Macs are.
What is your peace of mind worth? Unlike Microsoft, who has their market by the
short-hairs, Apple takes pretty good care of its users. I've never worried
about getting "screwed over" by Apple, as you seem to do about Microsoft. Apple
has always had well-engineered migration paths when they made big changes.
Also, the last time I got a virus on a Mac was 1989! Although I have to put up
with RECEIVING them from my Windows friends who thoughtfully put me in their
Outlook address book, I don't have to worry about CATCHING the damn things. I
came back from Utah to find over 600 copies of the latest virus in my Trash.
(MacOS X Mail knows how to put anything with a Windows executable attachment in
the Trash. :-)
So, not to start a computer war or anything here, but why keep bitching about
Windows when you can actually DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!
<http://www.apple.com/switch>
(Unless, of course, you simply like to bitch, in which case, Windows is a fine
choice! :-)
If you don't want to replace your hardware (which will be worthless in 18
months anyway, unlike Macs, which IDC says have a useful lifetime of nearly
twice as long), why don't you try Linux?
I can never understand why people who buck the Nikon/Canon hegemony for an
over-priced, exquisitely designed, 30-year-old camera system don't embrace the
Mac.
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