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<blockquote data-quote="Jeremy Ackerman-Yost" data-source="post: 1396013" data-attributes="member: 4720">Interesting.&nbsp; I didn't want to get into this, but...My Mac at work is four years old.&nbsp; You're saying that it is too old.&nbsp; I'll give you that.&nbsp; It most definitely is.&nbsp; On the other hand, most of my PC is also 4 years old.&nbsp; It is FAR from too old.&nbsp; I spend about $150 a year (sometimes more, sometimes less) upgrading it.&nbsp; It can run rings around a brand new Mac on any task other than graphics production, and so far I've spent a total of about $1000 on it, from the day I bought the motherboard &amp; case to the present.&nbsp; Furthermore, to get a new Mac every 4 years is unrealistic economically for most people, and even for a lot of labs, like mine, which have to replace other equipment, as well.&nbsp; The lab itself has a couple newer Macs, but as the lowly grad student, I get a older iMac, and I like it or lump it.My &quot;four year old&quot; PC can run WinXP if I want it to, easily.&nbsp; I don't.&nbsp; I run Win2000 and Linux.&nbsp; But the option is there.&nbsp; My iMac could only run OS 10 by the intervention of deities.&nbsp; As such, I do not have access to any current Mac software, and no option of improving what I have.&nbsp; That's just poor.So please, forego the smug, &quot;well, you don't even know enough to know that your machine is a dinosaur&quot; attitude.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jeremy Ackerman-Yost, post: 1396013, member: 4720"] Interesting. I didn't want to get into this, but... My Mac at work is four years old. You're saying that it is too old. I'll give you that. It most definitely is. On the other hand, most of my PC is also 4 years old. It is FAR from too old. I spend about $150 a year (sometimes more, sometimes less) upgrading it. It can run rings around a brand new Mac on any task other than graphics production, and so far I've spent a total of about $1000 on it, from the day I bought the motherboard & case to the present. Furthermore, to get a new Mac every 4 years is unrealistic economically for most people, and even for a lot of labs, like mine, which have to replace other equipment, as well. The lab itself has a couple newer Macs, but as the lowly grad student, I get a older iMac, and I like it or lump it. My "four year old" PC can run WinXP if I want it to, easily. I don't. I run Win2000 and Linux. But the option is there. My iMac could only run OS 10 by the intervention of deities. As such, I do not have access to any current Mac software, and no option of improving what I have. That's just poor. So please, forego the smug, "well, you don't even know enough to know that your machine is a dinosaur" attitude. [/QUOTE]

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