Anyone else notice how cheap technology things have become?

[lonestar2000]

As with all things, you have to match the hardware to the software. Yes, Vista is a resource hog, but so was every single prior revision of Windows when it shipped. Win95 requires 16MB RAM? WTF? Where will I ever get that much?!?

The Mac is no different, the latest and greatest features require up to date hardware to work efficiently.

I paid $1100 (plus tax) for a dual core laptop with 4GB RAM, 320GB HDD (and room for another that can be set up in a RAID configuration), a 17 inch LCD with a built-in webcam, and an Nvidia 8800 graphics card with 512MB RAM. Yeah, it is a laptop and it runs Vista 64 like a dream. Exactly what kind of Mac will I get for that price? A bottom of the line MacBook with barely a GIG of RAM, whoopie!

If you can’t afford $1100 bucks then stick with your old hardware and software, or run Linux and put up with driver incompatibilities, fiddling with repository conflicts, and shoddy support. Enjoy your user support experience there!

[Ren]

[quote=asianautica][quote=Ren]The only other rule I have is, “ONLY Maxtor hard drives.” If a store-bought PC doesn’t have a Maxtor hard drive, I don’t buy it, which usually means building my own.
[/quote]
Wow, really? Maxtor is known to have the poorest quality of all the HDD brands. I guess you had good experience w/ them. 2 of my Maxtor died on me. My Seagate and WD drives are soldiering on though. Maxtor is also just a rebranded Seagate now. Seagate bought them a few years back.[/quote]

I put Maxtors in my own systems along with friends and family. After several years they fill up and I have to upgrade, but I’ve never had a failure. Still I’m not so confident that I don’t have an image on a second drive.

In my tech support days (11-15 years ago, high volume database server support) by far the most feared and most failed drives were WD. Maybe that’s changed, but I haven’t had the nerve to try them again.

A little dated, but interesting – I’d like to find a newer version of this list:
http://www.driveservice.com/bestwrst.htm

[Ren]

[quote=asianautica][quote=Ren]The only other rule I have is, “ONLY Maxtor hard drives.” If a store-bought PC doesn’t have a Maxtor hard drive, I don’t buy it, which usually means building my own.
[/quote]
Wow, really? Maxtor is known to have the poorest quality of all the HDD brands. I guess you had good experience w/ them. 2 of my Maxtor died on me. My Seagate and WD drives are soldiering on though. Maxtor is also just a rebranded Seagate now. Seagate bought them a few years back.[/quote]

I put Maxtors in my own systems along with friends and family. After several years they fill up and I have to upgrade, but I’ve never had a failure. Still I’m not so confident that I don’t have an image on a second drive.

In my tech support days (11-15 years ago, high volume database server support) by far the most feared and most failed drives were WD. Maybe that’s changed, but I haven’t had the nerve to try them again.

A little dated, but interesting – I’d like to find a newer version of this list:
http://www.driveservice.com/bestwrst.htm

[Ren]

[quote=asianautica][quote=Ren]The only other rule I have is, “ONLY Maxtor hard drives.” If a store-bought PC doesn’t have a Maxtor hard drive, I don’t buy it, which usually means building my own.
[/quote]
Wow, really? Maxtor is known to have the poorest quality of all the HDD brands. I guess you had good experience w/ them. 2 of my Maxtor died on me. My Seagate and WD drives are soldiering on though. Maxtor is also just a rebranded Seagate now. Seagate bought them a few years back.[/quote]

I put Maxtors in my own systems along with friends and family. After several years they fill up and I have to upgrade, but I’ve never had a failure. Still I’m not so confident that I don’t have an image on a second drive.

In my tech support days (11-15 years ago, high volume database server support) by far the most feared and most failed drives were WD. Maybe that’s changed, but I haven’t had the nerve to try them again.

A little dated, but interesting – I’d like to find a newer version of this list:
http://www.driveservice.com/bestwrst.htm

[Ren]

[quote=asianautica][quote=Ren]The only other rule I have is, “ONLY Maxtor hard drives.” If a store-bought PC doesn’t have a Maxtor hard drive, I don’t buy it, which usually means building my own.
[/quote]
Wow, really? Maxtor is known to have the poorest quality of all the HDD brands. I guess you had good experience w/ them. 2 of my Maxtor died on me. My Seagate and WD drives are soldiering on though. Maxtor is also just a rebranded Seagate now. Seagate bought them a few years back.[/quote]

I put Maxtors in my own systems along with friends and family. After several years they fill up and I have to upgrade, but I’ve never had a failure. Still I’m not so confident that I don’t have an image on a second drive.

In my tech support days (11-15 years ago, high volume database server support) by far the most feared and most failed drives were WD. Maybe that’s changed, but I haven’t had the nerve to try them again.

A little dated, but interesting – I’d like to find a newer version of this list:
http://www.driveservice.com/bestwrst.htm

[Ren]

[quote=asianautica][quote=Ren]The only other rule I have is, “ONLY Maxtor hard drives.” If a store-bought PC doesn’t have a Maxtor hard drive, I don’t buy it, which usually means building my own.
[/quote]
Wow, really? Maxtor is known to have the poorest quality of all the HDD brands. I guess you had good experience w/ them. 2 of my Maxtor died on me. My Seagate and WD drives are soldiering on though. Maxtor is also just a rebranded Seagate now. Seagate bought them a few years back.[/quote]

I put Maxtors in my own systems along with friends and family. After several years they fill up and I have to upgrade, but I’ve never had a failure. Still I’m not so confident that I don’t have an image on a second drive.

In my tech support days (11-15 years ago, high volume database server support) by far the most feared and most failed drives were WD. Maybe that’s changed, but I haven’t had the nerve to try them again.

A little dated, but interesting – I’d like to find a newer version of this list:
http://www.driveservice.com/bestwrst.htm

[larrylujack]

this may save you a few bucks on an LCD
largest fine in antitrust in history.
And the beat goes 0n….

http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/hardware/0,39042972,62048221,00.htm

capitalismcrooks,
meet the new boss, same as the old boss….

apparently, the Justice department only works when flat panel TVs cost too much…..hah hah ha, at least they have their priorities in order (torture, who cares, Guantanamo, whatever……), but TVs, OMG, must do something!!!!

[larrylujack]

this may save you a few bucks on an LCD
largest fine in antitrust in history.
And the beat goes 0n….

http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/hardware/0,39042972,62048221,00.htm

capitalismcrooks,
meet the new boss, same as the old boss….

apparently, the Justice department only works when flat panel TVs cost too much…..hah hah ha, at least they have their priorities in order (torture, who cares, Guantanamo, whatever……), but TVs, OMG, must do something!!!!

[larrylujack]

this may save you a few bucks on an LCD
largest fine in antitrust in history.
And the beat goes 0n….

http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/hardware/0,39042972,62048221,00.htm

capitalismcrooks,
meet the new boss, same as the old boss….

apparently, the Justice department only works when flat panel TVs cost too much…..hah hah ha, at least they have their priorities in order (torture, who cares, Guantanamo, whatever……), but TVs, OMG, must do something!!!!

[larrylujack]

this may save you a few bucks on an LCD
largest fine in antitrust in history.
And the beat goes 0n….

http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/hardware/0,39042972,62048221,00.htm

capitalismcrooks,
meet the new boss, same as the old boss….

apparently, the Justice department only works when flat panel TVs cost too much…..hah hah ha, at least they have their priorities in order (torture, who cares, Guantanamo, whatever……), but TVs, OMG, must do something!!!!

[larrylujack]

this may save you a few bucks on an LCD
largest fine in antitrust in history.
And the beat goes 0n….

http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/hardware/0,39042972,62048221,00.htm

capitalismcrooks,
meet the new boss, same as the old boss….

apparently, the Justice department only works when flat panel TVs cost too much…..hah hah ha, at least they have their priorities in order (torture, who cares, Guantanamo, whatever……), but TVs, OMG, must do something!!!!

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