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Long time Mac user and fan here - I've owned (and administered) over 40 separate Macs, beginning with a 512K Fat Mac, so I am onboard, okay? Typically what I will do when it's time to upgrade my staff computers at work is buy a faster, newer machine (or two - my wife and I both have 20" G5 iMacs and 1.3 gig Powerbooks at home) for home use, then migrate the slower stuff to work, and the slowest machines are shifted down line to the least important staff functions at work (medical office). Unfortunately, I need two more iMacs, with the intent of shifting the 2 current 20" home models to work, and purchasing 2 newer ones for home with extra RAM and larger drives. It sounds (and reads) as though I am not wanting the headaches associated with a new release, but I can't wait 6 months until things are sorted out and relatively stable. So, if I buy the last of the G5 iMacs as my most current desktops, can anyone point me to the strategy planned by Apple for keeping G5s relatively current? Rosetta is only for the Intel machines, and will be obsolete in a couple of years, but what about new software upgrades written for the Intel machines by different vendors? Am I screwing myself by purchasing machines that will not be able to run current software in 2 years? The average life cycle in our office is about 5 years, by the way - the oldest machine running is a Dalmation iMac (500 mhz, 1 gig ram). So, I have to get some good use out of these things to justify the expense (as if that makes me special.)
Any current rumors, official press releases or feedback from Apple that you can point me to would be helpful, I need to order these things this week. Also, why no price break on the G5s, if they are being phased out? Doesn't seem fair.
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Thanks, I figured that Classic would not be long for this world. I have a couple of programs that I rarely use that require Classic and would be nice to have available, but not critical. As well, I suspected that the non-existent price break was all about the money ( as any actual price-break would be as well!) - they seem to be managing their inventory well, if they are nearly out of the old machines.
A Powermac isn't a really great choice for me, unless I can get some longevity out of it at home - doesn't migrate well to treatment rooms and workstations with staff who tend to be hard on computers, as well as spill lunch and coffee occasionally. My challenge is that we are having weekly crashes as our new office management software is being upgraded and developed. While putting the older iMac G5s at work wouldn't make that worse, I don't like the idea of troubleshooting issues at work AND at home. The G5s have been extremely stable the whole time we've been using them. I'm thinking out loud here, but I guess I'd rather deal with transitional problems at home than at work. I may call the Apple store and see what kind of official spiel I can get from a sales person.
Thanks for your respective inputs, I always appreciate how helpful strangers can be on these discussion forums!

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    [...]All my settings and software version are identical on both systems.[...]
    If this is true, then the LV Adapter settings should already be correct. Therefore, there has to be another reason for this behavior. But please check the settings as described before.
    mtimti wrote:
    [...]The whole problem started when we decided to change the TS version form 3.5 to 4.2. everything was fine with 3.5 and I thought I only need to deploy everything again and that's it, bau then came the VI version error.[...]
    Never heared something like this. I asume that not only TestStand was updated in the process. Is it possible, that you have been working with something older than LV 8.2 when using TS 3.5? If so, please masscompile all VIs using 8.2 before deploying them.
    hope this helps,
    Norbert 
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