Comments on: Nine Years at the Mast http://www.macwebguru.com/2006/08/22/nine-years-at-the-mast/ Mac Web Guru Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:15:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: macguiguru http://www.macwebguru.com/2006/08/22/nine-years-at-the-mast/comment-page-1/#comment-448 macguiguru Wed, 23 Aug 2006 18:52:31 +0000 http://www.macwebguru.com/2006/08/22/nine-years-at-the-mast/#comment-448 The client in question was using an Apple G3 266Mhz Beige Desktop as a server... and it was (and still is) doing fine. It's just that it's so far past it's 'end of life' that hitting the power button is akin to rolling sixes over and over and over. Gonna come up snake eyes sooner or later...! The client in question was using an Apple G3 266Mhz Beige Desktop as a server… and it was (and still is) doing fine. It’s just that it’s so far past it’s ‘end of life’ that hitting the power button is akin to rolling sixes over and over and over. Gonna come up snake eyes sooner or later…!

]]> By: DJ Cline http://www.macwebguru.com/2006/08/22/nine-years-at-the-mast/comment-page-1/#comment-447 DJ Cline Wed, 23 Aug 2006 16:21:03 +0000 http://www.macwebguru.com/2006/08/22/nine-years-at-the-mast/#comment-447 Dell recently recalled four million computers when it was discovered they were all sold by Dell. I am still using a Mac Powerbook that is fifteen years old. I know people who passed Macs on to their children and now grandchildren. Its like having a Volvo in your lap. (you are now free to a field day with that last sentence.) Apple isn't the only company that made durable products. The Powerbook was hooked up to a HP Laser Printer bought at the same time. My only regret is that I don't have a SCSI/USB adapter. I had a Sony KV1400 series Trinitron for twenty years that I eventually gave away because it did not have a remote and could only be programmed for 14 channels (manually with push buttons). Dell recently recalled four million computers when it was discovered they were all sold by Dell.

I am still using a Mac Powerbook that is fifteen years old. I know people who passed Macs on to their children and now grandchildren. Its like having a Volvo in your lap. (you are now free to a field day with that last sentence.)

Apple isn’t the only company that made durable products. The Powerbook was hooked up to a HP Laser Printer bought at the same time. My only regret is that I don’t have a SCSI/USB adapter.

I had a Sony KV1400 series Trinitron for twenty years that I eventually gave away because it did not have a remote and could only be programmed for 14 channels (manually with push buttons).

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