[BUGA] Sell me an Apple!

[Greg 'groggy' Lehey]

On Monday, 27 March 2006 at 10:49:06 +0930, David Newall wrote:
> Greg 'groggy' Lehey said:
>> If I buy a G4 Mac, I'll probably replace it with "last year"'s model when
>> the hardware fails.
>
> Good point, but then you should expect it not to play AVI-09 files, which
> will become the format d'jour in 2010, a  year after it's acceptance by
> the MPAA, and two years after the last ever Apple-released OS for that
> platform.

That's 4 years' time, and it's not sure that it will happen like that.
By then I'll be in a position to buy a new machine if I still think
it's the way to go.

> I'm surprised they don't yet have models sporting PCI, but surely
> they are mere months away.

I expect they do.  I was referring to what I could get for $2000 (a
Mac Mini).

Greg
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