The desktops are only switching because its feasible to split the Mac market by running it on two hardware platforms, and Apple really needed a new portable processor. IBM likely o…

My impression from surfing around the net is that people are generally positive about the switch, even for the desktops (although the G5s are fine). ie. Some people have said for t…

Quote: Originally Posted by crooner You have a great Mac (that Apple is still selling, BTW) that will kick *ss for years to come. I don't see it listed no more... Dual 2Gh…

http://www.apple.com/powermac/pcix.html

Quote: Originally Posted by jcadam Oh, and these machines are perfectly fine. Why is SJ going to intel again? becasue intel has the best mobile chip around, the pentium m…

I'm seriously looking to splurge and pick up that Quad G5... I can see my productivity skyrocketing with that much power... mwahahaha! The whole transition to Intel is a mixed bag…

Quote: Originally Posted by jcadam Oh, and these machines are perfectly fine. Why is SJ going to intel again? becasue intel has the best mobile chip around, the pentium m…

There is an extremely good reason to buy new G5s now: it will get you a machine which will stay useful through the first generation of the Intel Powermac transition. After all of t…

Quote: Originally Posted by exactopposite becasue intel has the best mobile chip around, the pentium m. intel will have no problem making enough chips to keep up with whatever a…

Quote: Originally Posted by jcadam The switch is just plain asinine. We are switching from a modern ISA to one that is ANCIENT. I roll my eyes when I think of all the R&D …

Quote: Originally Posted by jcadam The switch is just plain asinine. We are switching from a modern ISA to one that is ANCIENT. I roll my eyes when I think of all the R&D …

Hey guys, I don't know if I should say anything, but since I'm the thread owner... Can we take the argument over the pros & cons of using Intel chips to another thread? It is …

really I could almost afford to do this. I'm even weighing the payment plan , but I want the edu discount (assuming an adjunct faculty will fly with them) and I don't think I can …

I'm quite torn between buying a PowerMac with a G5 or wait for the Intel PowerMacs, reasong being is becuase I don't want to blow $3400 and have to worry that Apple will not optimi…

Quote: Originally Posted by bentoon really I could almost afford to do this. I'm even weighing the payment plan , but I want the edu discount (assuming an adjunct faculty will …

bleee - it seems like you have listed the first real possible drawback --> os x & apps not being optimized for PPC quad g5's in 2-4 years. i guess you have to hope for the b…

I'm sure Rosetta would translate Intel->PPC fast enough on a quad machine to not matter.

If it's under warranty they will fix it.

Unfortunately, there's no easy way to do that. You can easily change the port. Unfortunately, everyone sending mail to you won't know where you've moved to. And outbound will sti…

Thanks for the response. Back when I was on ISDN I ran an email server off my Debian box. Guess that's because it was ISDN- who'd run a spamming business off of that? This articl…

Well that's kind of what I was talking about. You can move off of port 25, but you have to have a relay or some other gateway upstream that does the port 25 to port relay for you.…

I'm using just the static (more or less) IP from my ADSL line. I'm using No-IP to reverse DNS(?) whatever.whatever.net to my IP at home. With ISDN it worked great; just a few chang…

Anyone with a server on the Internet can relay email for you. Maybe you can set up a trade with someone. Could be worth a post on the postfix or sendmail mailing list- you'll probl…

Gavin thanks for the links, I'll check 'em out

Quote: Originally Posted by Xserve@home I'm using just the static (more or less) IP from my ADSL line. I'm using No-IP to reverse DNS(?) whatever.whatever.net to my IP at home. …