Apple Users

But we bought a PowerPC Mac just before the Intel Macs came out and as of Snow Leopard we were not able to upgrade. Snow Leopard came out, what? a couple years ago? So that gave us maybe five years. One of the great things about Macs is that they (usually) last longer than PCs - BUT often they come out with a new OS so frequently and the (SLIGHTLY) older machines can't handle them - or in our case flat out weren't compatible. At least that has been our experience. It just seems crazy to me that something that is a few years old is considered "vintage".

I still love Macs and will never buy a PC, but that is a gripe of mine. Unfortunately, we were also fairly disappointed that our PPC Mac completely died out of the blue (logic board) just before Christmas - so it was just under 7 years old. We were hoping to get another 2-3 years out of it, even though we were starting to see compatibility issues cropping up. We have an old grape iMac that still works.

So now our compatibility issues are resolved, but at a high price. Not to mention, Lion just came out last summer(?) and they are already coming out with another new OS this summer!! So our brand new machine is already going to be behind. And we can't afford to constantly buy the newest/latest/greatest gadgets and tech stuff all the time.

Sorry, but Apple is guilty of making people play the "keep up" game or get left in the dust.