Comments on: My Mac is Fast Enough http://www.mcelhearn.com/2008/10/09/my-mac-is-fast-enough/ Writings about more than just Macs, by Kirk McElhearn Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:24:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: harrywolf http://www.mcelhearn.com/2008/10/09/my-mac-is-fast-enough/#comment-812 harrywolf Mon, 10 Nov 2008 06:25:38 +0000 http://www.mcelhearn.com/wordpress/?p=353#comment-812 My Mac is fast enough. My Macbook Pro 2.16 core 2 duo has been more than fast enough for a while, and now my Macbook Air is fast enough too, and I am downsizing with it. With a couple of back-up drives and the USB Superdrive, it can replace the Macbook Pro for me and reduce my 'footprint' on the desk and allow me to go minimal, a place I love. Small and fast seems right for tools. Stops them getting above themselves.... BTW, great site - heard you talking on Tech Night Owl live and liked what I heard. My Mac is fast enough. My Macbook Pro 2.16 core 2 duo has been more than
fast enough for a while, and now my Macbook Air is fast enough too, and I am
downsizing with it.
With a couple of back-up drives and the USB Superdrive, it can replace the
Macbook Pro for me and reduce my ‘footprint’ on the desk and allow me to go
minimal, a place I love. Small and fast seems right for tools. Stops them getting
above themselves….

BTW, great site – heard you talking on Tech Night Owl live and liked what I
heard.

]]> By: Kirk http://www.mcelhearn.com/2008/10/09/my-mac-is-fast-enough/#comment-807 Kirk Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:23:44 +0000 http://www.mcelhearn.com/wordpress/?p=353#comment-807 Hmm, I can't agree entirely. Before the Mac Pro, I had a 20" iMac G5; the difference is astounding. My wife had an iMac G5; I bought her a 17" early Intel iMac; the difference there is astounding as well. You have a quad G5; that's a totally different beast from a single-processor model. Hmm, I can’t agree entirely. Before the Mac Pro, I had a 20" iMac G5; the
difference is astounding. My wife had an iMac G5; I bought her a 17" early Intel
iMac; the difference there is astounding as well.

You have a quad G5; that’s a totally different beast from a single-processor
model.

]]> By: SteveW http://www.mcelhearn.com/2008/10/09/my-mac-is-fast-enough/#comment-806 SteveW Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:21:26 +0000 http://www.mcelhearn.com/wordpress/?p=353#comment-806 As a G5 Quad owner, I also feel satisfied with the Mac I have. Trouble is for me and other G5 owners Apple seems to be pulling the rug up from under us as a way to get us to buy new Macs. Snow Leopard is supposed to be for Macintels only, and software makers are rapidly following suit. I was going to buy After Effects 4 but had to settle for 3 because 4 is for ICBMs only (Intel Chip Based Macs). Luckily Adobe can't ignore too much of its base and has decided to allow Photoshop 4 to continue to work on PPCs. There is very little reason that apps can't continue to be ported for both as that demonstrates. There's very little reason that any benefits gained in Snow Leopard would not be worth making available to PPC owners. I would say on the Mac side the G5's of any type were "enough machine" for most. The new Macs have yet to make enormous leaps in performance over the old. The only problem is with Apple who once prided themselves on the quality of their products, but now regret that pride because a product that continues to work and work well cuts into their bottom line. As a G5 Quad owner, I also feel satisfied with the Mac I have. Trouble is for
me and other G5 owners Apple seems to be pulling the rug up from under us
as a way to get us to buy new Macs.

Snow Leopard is supposed to be for Macintels only, and software makers are
rapidly following suit. I was going to buy After Effects 4 but had to settle for 3
because 4 is for ICBMs only (Intel Chip Based Macs). Luckily Adobe can’t
ignore too much of its base and has decided to allow Photoshop 4 to continue
to work on PPCs. There is very little reason that apps can’t continue to be
ported for both as that demonstrates. There’s very little reason that any
benefits gained in Snow Leopard would not be worth making available to PPC
owners.

I would say on the Mac side the G5′s of any type were "enough machine" for
most. The new Macs have yet to make enormous leaps in performance over
the old. The only problem is with Apple who once prided themselves on the
quality of their products, but now regret that pride because a product that
continues to work and work well cuts into their bottom line.

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