I have been a mac user for about a year. In that time I've had many experiences with the Powermac line. The original mirror doors, the dual 1.25, and even a G3 I took under my wings to mod out. I even owned a Powerbook G3 I got off the forums (which had a bad hard drive that the former owner knew it was about to die) But the problem always remained that I never was able to own a new mac. Being a college student causes such budget strain that you choose between food and gas. So I was always content more or less for an older G3 powermac that simply worked and was beautiful painted like a storm trooper back pack.
As fate would have it, a friend borrowed and never returned my power back up. A few months later, I woke up to my monitor having sun spots on it. How sunspots, I don't know. The 21" CRT had finally gone out to pasture, and the Powermac was well outdated, I had been left stranded for my writings, and small web business.
Of course, I like most students, don't have a lot of money to spend. AKA Don't have rich parents, but can usually pull some help out. In appealing to the lords that be, I had noticed the iMac g5 line. Oh, what I have I become? Resorting to a non-powermac! Of course this is the previous generation 1.8Ghz, at 17". I had never had anything decent and my highest CPU experience personally was a 1.3 Duron processor with 256mb of ram. Crap.
So for the first time, I am taking radical steps.
- Getting a new computer
- Getting a LCD monitor
- Working with a 'Non-Power' Mac
So I have ordered a system, a new spiffy system, with radical values, great design, and a peice of hope that it won't fail. For $1000 (plus tax, damn them) I got it refurbish (which I had good experience ordering for a recording studio an eMac). And I'll post my experience when I get it around here. This is a fall from power, and a tradgic one that a student budget affords. Good-bye Power, I'll remember you well.
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