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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 1469596" data-attributes="member: 24160">^^^^&nbsp; thatAs fast as Apple puts out new operating systems, recommending a 5 yr old Mac to someone that wants to use it as their primary system from now and for his kids from &quot;primary&quot; through &quot;secondary&quot; schooling would be like recommending a 1999 computer running Win 98SE or ME to someone today.Those kids would be able to do nothing but basic word documents on that machine today.&nbsp; ANY software they might need for their classwork would be hopeless.&nbsp; And hope the printer they bought with it doesn't die in the meantime, because they will surely be out of luck trying to turn in one of those papers they wrote.A 5 yr old Mac today, expecting it to last another 5-7 years and be able to take care of current requirements - no way.Computers have come a long way since the 80s.&nbsp; During the 90s you needed a new one once every 12-18 months to be able to use the newest software.&nbsp; We're up to the 5-6 maybe 7 year range right now.&nbsp; Another couple of years we may be at that 10-12 year useful life expectancy, we're just not there yet.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 1469596, member: 24160"] ^^^^ that As fast as Apple puts out new operating systems, recommending a 5 yr old Mac to someone that wants to use it as their primary system from now and for his kids from "primary" through "secondary" schooling would be like recommending a 1999 computer running Win 98SE or ME to someone today. Those kids would be able to do nothing but basic word documents on that machine today. [B]ANY[/B] software they might need for their classwork would be hopeless. And hope the printer they bought with it doesn't die in the meantime, because they will surely be out of luck trying to turn in one of those papers they wrote. A 5 yr old Mac today, expecting it to last another 5-7 years and be able to take care of current requirements - no way. Computers have come a long way since the 80s. During the 90s you needed a new one once every 12-18 months to be able to use the newest software. We're up to the 5-6 maybe 7 year range right now. Another couple of years we may be at that 10-12 year useful life expectancy, we're just not there yet. [/QUOTE]

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