Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/01/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is being written on a 1998 G3 Powerbook and the TV/Dish/DVD/Bose music system in our bedroom is a flat screen (LCD) 20th anniversary Mac that works great and will be there for years to come. I just donated 14 old Powerbooks to students and teachers many more than 12 years old. I am not sure about 2044 but there are more than a few 1986 Mac Pluses and 1987 Mac SEs and Mac IIs still logging on to our web sites...(whilst there appear to be only a very few 486 PCs stilla ctive) Mark > Re: McIntosh--I was referring to the Binghamton, NY variant--a company that > has continuously produced superb audio equipment for more than half a > century. > > The shop I visited this morning had quite a variety of McIntosh equipment, > including an M3-era MX110 pre-amplifier/tuner combination, and MC-240 stereo > power amplifier. All vacuum tube gear from that period, of course. The > more recent McIntosh pieces are either solid state or vacuum tube. Also as > with Leica, current production is top quality at a premium price. > > The name does imply some thrift: with McIntosh gear, you buy it once and > enjoy it for decades, with only occasional routine maintenance. Similarly, > I had lunch the other day with a friend who bought her Leica M3 in 1959, and > still uses it daily. > > Which begs the question: how many of the Macintosh computers of 2004 will be > considered desirable, if indeed functional, in 2044? > > Jim Shulman > Bryn Mawr, PA > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Jay Burleson > Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 10:24 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: RE: [Leica] The Future of the Film-Based Equipment Shop > > Eric, > McIntosh (spelled correctly, here ;-)) is arguably the finest in audio > equipment & one of the two things the Scots do right. > > http://www.mcintoshlabs.com/ > > > Jay Burleson > "Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the > black flag, and begin slitting throats." > H. L. Mencken > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Welch > Macintosh (spelled correctly, here) computers are hardly obsolete. > There are 1,100 of them just like mine which make up the third fastest > supercomputer in the world - for about 1/60th the cost of the two > faster ones, and much less money than many of the significantly slower > ones as well. > > Or were you talking about the fruit? I like those too! > > Eric Welch > Carlsbad, CA > http://www.jphotog.com > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html