New iMac to be purchased

• I now own an iMac 333 mhz. bought 5/25/1999
• running OS 9.1
• needless to say I need to update
• I really do not want to buy an Intel/iMac
• Would I be really stupid to buy one of the last IBM
built iMacs.
• What would the greatest down-side for doing this??
• I worked as an IBM Service Tech. for 36 years before I
retired and bought an Apple iMac.( retired in 1995 )
• Surely Apple would continue to support it for a few years
don't you think ??
. Cost is not a concern, but I don't want throw my money
away "too" foolishly.
• I am not looking forward to learning OS/10 , that's
probably why I still own my 333 mhz.
Chic

I too didn't want to switch from OS9 to OSX. I held off for a long time but when I finally made the switch I was so glad i did! There is so much more you can do with OSX. It comes with alot of very cool apps like iTunes, iPhoto, ect. The dock is very helpful. It's much more stable that OS9. Hardly ever crashes. You can even do a few things to make OSX look kinda similar to OS9. OSX has been a great operating system since version 10.3. I still use 10.3.9 on my 500MHz G3 ibook. Prior to my iMac Core Duo i owned a 1st gen iMac G5. That was a good machine but this intel iMac really rocks! Best mac i've ever owned.

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