In case anyone hadn't heard yet, MacOS X 10.4 ("Tiger") is to be released on April 29, for the usual $129 upgrade price. Anyone who buys a new Mac on or after today can get the upgrade for $10 through the Up-to-Date program.
And it's about damn time, too. I've been reading all of the Mac insider type reports for a freaking month waiting for this. I even customized a google news section for it. It looks phat.
Now, I have to wait for the iMac G5 to be upgraded to 512 mb ram and we're putting the pedal to the proverbial metal. The features . . . there's no way I'm going to make that good a use of the os. And the included software . . . I spent some time working with Garage Band and it looks like so much fun from a music dabbler's perspective.
Incidentally, if you're a student, you can get it for $69, or for an extra $30, sign up for the ADC Student membership plan to get all of the developer docs and updates to the developer tools and OS.
Hmmm... so do we strike now while the iron's hot, or do we wait three months and see if they drop the price on the damn iMac and/or upgrade it to include 512 MB standard?
Or do we just buy a computer already because we are so sick and tired of using the stupid, ancient, non-Windows XP running laptop?
Hard to say, because there's no way to know if/when they'll start releasing the iMac with 512MB standard.
Apple will sell you the extra 256MB for $75. Other retailers typically sell that memory for about $50 (example). It is not usually a problem to get memory from someone other than Apple, as long as the memory manufacturer is reputable. Even the memory Apple sells is manufactured by someone else, but I don't know who the real manufacturer is.
Memory chips from any source can be flaky, so almost all of them come with warranties guaranteeing replacement if a stick of memory doesn't work.
When I buy an Apple, I plan to get the memory from another source. Obviously I'd be happiest if I could buy it at a lower price or with the RAM installed to begin with... but part of Apple's marketing strategy is to make sure that we don't know if or when that's going to happen.
I think the ram (and notebooks, by the way) come from Taiwan. Of course, I could be totally shooting this out of my ass.
Rumor has it that the iMac and PowerMac upgrades will be released this weekend at NAB. Again, only reporting what I read on the internet (heard in the Marrs voice, "arrr, the Internet", which, when I do it, sounds like Keith Rose).
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Now, I have to wait for the iMac G5 to be upgraded to 512 mb ram and we're putting the pedal to the proverbial metal. The features . . . there's no way I'm going to make that good a use of the os. And the included software . . . I spent some time working with Garage Band and it looks like so much fun from a music dabbler's perspective.
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Or do we just buy a computer already because we are so sick and tired of using the stupid, ancient, non-Windows XP running laptop?
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Apple will sell you the extra 256MB for $75. Other retailers typically sell that memory for about $50 (example). It is not usually a problem to get memory from someone other than Apple, as long as the memory manufacturer is reputable. Even the memory Apple sells is manufactured by someone else, but I don't know who the real manufacturer is.
Memory chips from any source can be flaky, so almost all of them come with warranties guaranteeing replacement if a stick of memory doesn't work.
When I buy an Apple, I plan to get the memory from another source. Obviously I'd be happiest if I could buy it at a lower price or with the RAM installed to begin with... but part of Apple's marketing strategy is to make sure that we don't know if or when that's going to happen.
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Rumor has it that the iMac and PowerMac upgrades will be released this weekend at NAB. Again, only reporting what I read on the internet (heard in the Marrs voice, "arrr, the Internet", which, when I do it, sounds like Keith Rose).
Cheers,
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I used to know the name of the manufacturer of the notebooks, but I'm blanking on it now.
I remember there was an earthquake in Taiwan a few years ago and memory prices spiked something like 50% for several months.
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Cheers, and good luck on the interview. I hear that iMac is being upgraded this month. Yay!
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