[Nobody]

The name of this thread should be changed to Thread for those who feel cheated by Apple and are brand new to the world of computers because the rest of us understand how technology moves forward.

The good part about technology moving forward is, Apple is ALMOST to the point where the hardware speed has well outpaced the needs of the software, PCs have been there for over a year and a half already. Once Apple computers reach the 1.8Mhz or more processor speed, all of this discussion about speed will be moot, at least until the software code is bloated so the speed race is necessary again.

Mike

[monkey_man]

If you bought the thing a week ago, I'd just return it back and then use the refund towards something else. Don't you get a 30 day money back guarantee? I wouldn't be bashful about returning the damn thing.

[maflynn]

Unfortunitly he bought it 4 months ago.

Mike

[keyboarder]

So Apple has produced yet another upgrade, resulting in better computers at cheaper prices...d'oh! Since I too, bought my iBook less than 6 months ago, I should be feeling "new iBook envy" but I'm not because that's just how the computer world (including Apple's competitors) works. But to sympathize a little bit with magid, I do wonder at Apple's timing sometimes. I bought my iBook back in June and a month later, Apple announced if you had purchased a computer after July 17th or 18th or thereabouts, you could purchase Jaguar for a nominal fee when it came out in August (correct me if I'm wrong on this but I'm pretty sure that's how the deal went). Sucks to be me, you would think but it only bugged me for about 5 seconds because A) I was more concerned with buying my actual iBook than Jaguar and B) I knew that Jaguar would be released in August so if I had really cared about it, I would have waited longer and therefore, I had no reason to whine about my computer not being eligible for the upgrade program. So try to enjoy your computer anyway and remember that stuff like happens all the time because it's an inherent part of technology. And now I will get off my soapbox.

[Nobody]

Hi,

I figured I'd chime in and help beat this dead horse....

I've only had a computer of my own since early 2001, but EVERY single "hi-tech" item that my wife and I have purchased since then has very quickly dropped in price or been replaced with an updated model:
rev A. 500 MHz TiPB
867 MHz Quicksilver
15" Apple LCD
rev A. 500 combo-drive dual USB iBook
RAM
zip drive
printer
additional hard drives
firewire enclosure
digital camera
compact flash card
compact flash reader
analog to DV converter
Netgear wireless router
firewire cables
ethernet cables

What am I going to do? If I was to get upset every time someting I purchased becomes obsolete, I'd become totally incapacitated.

I've been happy with every purchase I've made, keeping in mind the amount of use that I've been able to squeak out of them in the time that they went from being "top dog" to replaced. And I certainly can't put a price tag on all the stuff that we were able to get done with our stuff that we wouldn't have been able to do had we waited a few months for the next upgrade or price drop.

I'm not bothered by the fact that our computers are currently all "outdated" since I knew what I needed when I made the purchases and I'm confident that we'll easily get at least 3-6 years of solid use out of them before we'll feel the need to upgrade (more if they manage to be passed on to the kids).

As many people have so skilfully articulated before me, the approach is pretty simple:
1. figure out what your current needs are (and to some degree, your future needs),
2. figure out your budget,
3. do some research on the web (in particular, I like going to dealmac.com to look for bargains),
4. try to take into account how long it's been since the last product update,
5. hold out as long as you can since everything gets cheaper with time,
6. and finally, bite the bullet, make your purchase and immediately begin enjoying your Mac.

PBear
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[Nobody]

I bought my TiBook in August 2001, getting the then top of the line one for the top of the line price of $3200!! Of course, just 2 weeks later apple dropped the price of the line! You know what - I got over it. Over a year later, my TiBook still does everything I need it to do and I am not even considering an upgrade. Buy what you need and use it well. Then, when you have some extra duckets laying around, buy the next big upgrade and be all big'n bad for 3 months until something else comes out and blows yours away! images/icons/blush.gif