Too deep into...
I've been working a lot lately. Given the improvements to OS 10.5 Server, I've been asked to make use of resources in the OS that my boss wants to implement in house. Damn the day I showed him the new feature list.
Anyway, a lot of the business related services took little if no time to implement. In fact, it took longer to train two of the office staff to make use of our in office server for functions they used to go out on the web to conduct.
I'm hoping that our old G5 office server holds up for a few more months. It appears from reports from friends and written stories I've found on the web that the G5 has something of a glass jaw. It takes very little to corrupt them physically. The key seems to be the power supply, which while continuing to pretend to work, will throw a fit and trash the electronics on the motherboard. One friend had a G5 tower fully rebuilt only to have it all fail when the tech didn't bother to check the power supply. Such a waste.
Pity is, a lot of folks are reporting hardware issues across the board with Apple hardware of late. From the MacBook through the iMac and Mac Pro, all models seem to have one thing or another fail hard.
This does not imply I've given up on Apple. Not by a longshot. As long as I have two or more working computers, I'm content. But I cannot ignore the reality that is closing in around the now discontinued PowerPC models. It would be best for current owners to face the reality that the IBM based G4 and G5 computers are at the end of a very short life span.
I'm shopping for a new 24" iMac myself. I don't need 8 cores and a 650 watt power supply to conduct the business I do now.
Anyway, a lot of the business related services took little if no time to implement. In fact, it took longer to train two of the office staff to make use of our in office server for functions they used to go out on the web to conduct.
I'm hoping that our old G5 office server holds up for a few more months. It appears from reports from friends and written stories I've found on the web that the G5 has something of a glass jaw. It takes very little to corrupt them physically. The key seems to be the power supply, which while continuing to pretend to work, will throw a fit and trash the electronics on the motherboard. One friend had a G5 tower fully rebuilt only to have it all fail when the tech didn't bother to check the power supply. Such a waste.
Pity is, a lot of folks are reporting hardware issues across the board with Apple hardware of late. From the MacBook through the iMac and Mac Pro, all models seem to have one thing or another fail hard.
This does not imply I've given up on Apple. Not by a longshot. As long as I have two or more working computers, I'm content. But I cannot ignore the reality that is closing in around the now discontinued PowerPC models. It would be best for current owners to face the reality that the IBM based G4 and G5 computers are at the end of a very short life span.
I'm shopping for a new 24" iMac myself. I don't need 8 cores and a 650 watt power supply to conduct the business I do now.