Quad systems are here…

[Gary Taylor]

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Gary

[Beelaster]

The G5 duals were a landmark machine in that they were a tool many of us used to exit the swamp of suite rentals into the small business model. I’ve been in many conversations with many people about sacrifices they were willing to make to acquire one, and success they have had since. These users are not elite early-adapters, they rearranged personal assets to get into the game. Once in the game, they began paying attention to the market, etc.

These new Quads feel like two things- a hot-housed market offering intended to address some growth model presented at a meeting somewhere, and an option for the top-shelf users to play with until they buy the Intel machines next year. Either way, they are not essential to own for these exact reasons: 1. If they drive the Dual prices down, great, the Duals are solid, get one of those. This is not like the G4 to G5 product change.
2. If you have a dual and you are a happy, earning person, you will most likely wait until the Intel machines are debugged before rearranging your assets again.

Remember how long people kept their dual G4s before considering a G5? I still see G4s in busy suites all the time.

I believe that this product introduction attempts to capitalize on the oncoming hardware transition and although like any new Apple offering it tempts devotees in that tactile Apple way, it’s nothing to go into debt over.

Bee

G5 dual 2.0/5.5gig/sonnet allegro FW800 PCI/3X250 LaCie FW800 extreme/AJA Io/Horita BSG-50/DSR-45/DSR-11/M-Audio Delta 1010LT/JVC Hi-Res Ref Monitor/stock Radeon video card/Prod Suite/Logic 7.1