# Fucking Apple Computer upgrade cycles **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 23, 2004, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-apple-computer-upgrade-cycles/256469 "2004-07-23T03:35:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-apple-computer-upgrade-cycles/256469/21 "2004-07-23T19:07:17Z")
> [@Dead Badger](#): > > **rjung** , congratulations by the way; you beat my bet by 4 posts. Where’s my cut? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-apple-computer-upgrade-cycles/256469/22 "2004-07-23T19:43:43Z")
> [@robby](#): > > For what it’s worth, my “obsolete” 4-year-old G4/400 still works fine, now running under OS X 10.2.8. Oh, I don’t doubt it. My G4/450 is still puttering right along with Safari, Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Office, though not all open at once. But after using the 1.25 GHz flat-panel iMac in my office at the paper, this computer feels just a _wee_ bit sluggish… ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-apple-computer-upgrade-cycles/256469/23 "2004-07-23T21:02:37Z")
My G4/500 has a little over a gig of RAM and is running OS 10.2.8. It feels sluggish at times, yes, but it’s not a huge issue. I have tons of things open at the same time and get my work done. I _know_ that if I compared it to a spiffy new Mac I’d be more aware of how slow it is, but as it is, it’s not so bad. Funny, even when I run my new(er) PC with a 1.4 GHz Athlon CPU, (also a gig of RAM), it doesn’t _feel_ that much faster than my old G4. (I do like my PC just fine, though.) When given a choice, I _always_ run Photoshop on the G4. I’m thinking about saving up for one of those CPU upgrades from Sonnet or [Otherworld Computing](http://www.macsales.com/). The prices keep going down. I could get a 1.x GHz CPU upgrade for a few hundred bucks. I’m thinkin’ about it, thinkin’ about it . . . ---
**Author:** ![Survivor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@Survivor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Survivor)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-apple-computer-upgrade-cycles/256469/24 "2004-07-24T05:27:03Z")
Still using a **first** generation 10 gig iPod here… It’s got tons of tunes in it, and works just fine… Sure there are better iPods out there, but I’m managing to survive… Seems to me you can either get bitter over a newer iPod or you can enjoy the one you have… I’d vote for enjoying it… ---
**Author:** ![edwino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@edwino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwino)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-apple-computer-upgrade-cycles/256469/25 "2004-07-24T06:06:48Z")
I use a G4/400 with OS X 10.2 for GarageBand and making digital music. It still works pretty well. Not as good as my G5/dual 1.8 at work, but hey, it is also nearly 4 years old. The only downside is that it has that old LBA on the ATAPI bus so it only recognizes hard drives to 128 GB. With the third generation iPod, you’ll still be the envy of your block. Look on the bright side, you’ll probably have to wait 3 months to even get your hands on the 4th gen iPod, judging from how back-ordered the iPod Mini was. I have that same 15 GB iPod, bought when it was $399 and the 10 GB was $299. A month later, the 15 GB iPod was $299 (albeit without case, dock, and remote) and the 20 GB was $399. In the words of the 20th century philosopher Kurtis Blow, these are the breaks. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-apple-computer-upgrade-cycles/256469/26 "2004-07-24T07:06:13Z")
> [@](#): > > Look on the bright side, you’ll probably have to wait 3 months to even get your hands on the 4th gen iPod, judging from how back-ordered the iPod Mini was. Actually, the new fourth-generation iPods are getting into people’s mitts already. [iPodLounge.com](http://iPodLounge.com) just did a detailed hands-on review of one. 'course, my rule for availability is whether or not I can walk into a store and buy the darn thing, but _somebody’s_ getting the new toys… ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-apple-computer-upgrade-cycles/256469/27 "2004-07-24T12:30:50Z")
I think they’re supposed to be in the stores this week. They had them for sale at the Apple Store here when I stopped by a couple of days ago, although they didn’t have any out for people to play with yet. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-apple-computer-upgrade-cycles/256469.md?page=1)