Comments on: What Technology Did You Buy This Year?

By: Aidan

Aidan — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:41:56 +0000

-Mybook 500 GB external Harddrive
-80GB iPod video
-8GB iPod Nano
-New iMac 20″, 2.4 ghz, 2gb RAM

By: Glenn Wolsey : Blog Archive : What Technology Did You Buy In 2007?

Glenn Wolsey : Blog Archive : What Technology Did You Buy In 2007? — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:16:44 +0000

[...] year I wrote a similar post, here’s the 2007 edition of what technology I’ve purchased this year. All-in-all, I [...]

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 11:28:07 +0000

@Jeff:

Where was your hosting plan from. I’m just looking for recommendations. Thanks.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 23:32:58 +0000

- G5 iMac (January)
- Canon PowerShot SD600 Digital Elph
- Domain name and hosting plan

By: Sam Herbert

Sam Herbert — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 00:33:35 +0000

I spent quite a bit of money this year.

-Macbook Pro and an extra stick of ram.
-300GB Firewire, external HDD.
-Bush Corner desk.
-Xbox 360
-Wacom Tablet
-32″ Samsung HDTV
-Nintendo Wii (no longer own it)

I believe that was all for this year, but I am sure next year will be big too. We’ll just have to see what Apple releases in January ;)

By: Glenn Wolsey

Glenn Wolsey — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 18:44:31 +0000

Exactly ;-) When they work out around the same price, the Mac Pro is always the machine to go with. Even if I have to use Dell displays it might be better.

By: Smaran

Smaran — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 18:43:19 +0000

Ah, okay. I understand. I guess your only two choices are the 24″ iMac and the Mac Pro then. And I believe we already discussed this in a previous post. I recommended you go with the Mac Pro. :-P

By: Brad

Brad — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 18:35:32 +0000

Thanks Glenn.

By: Glenn Wolsey

Glenn Wolsey — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 18:34:04 +0000

Yes I can, but it would ruin the whole clean setup look I’ve had for such a long time, which I dont want to do. If I upgraded this Mac I would need a 24″ display, 500GB external HDD, and an extra GB of RAM. The price to do all of that wouldn’t be economical.

By: Smaran

Smaran — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 18:32:10 +0000

Glenn, can’t you attach an external monitor to the iMac?

By: Glenn Wolsey

Glenn Wolsey — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 18:30:31 +0000

Smaran & Brian.

Maybe you are right. I couldn’t upgrade this machine and be happy with it for a few years, because for one, the screen is far too small.

The main reason I wanted the Mac Pro (yes, I believe it’s an overkill) is for it’s upgradeability. It would last me a long time.

@ Brad.

You just replace it under WordPress > Presentation > Theme > Header.

By: Brad

Brad — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 16:48:23 +0000

This year I purchased an 80gb White iPod (Which got stolen), I got a 2g Shuffle, and a .mac subscription. Next year is looking to bring a Canon Rebel XTi or a 40d(assuming it’s made when I’m ready to purchase).

Hey Glenn, I was wondering how do you set your feed to your feedburner feed instead of the default feed?

By: Smaran

Smaran — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 15:55:44 +0000

After reading Brian’s comment, I’m starting to agree with him. I have a MacBook Pro Core Duo with 1 GB of RAM and both Aperture and iPhoto with 4000+ photos “scroll like butter” on my machine. I also have[*] some 30+ GBs of music on my Mac.

Maybe you should reconsider the Mac Pro purchase, Glenn. I personally think that if you max out the RAM etc. on your iMac, you shouldn’t need a new computer for a couple of years.

* Had, actually. I moved my music to my Ubuntu fileserver a few days ago.

By: Brian Amerige

Brian Amerige — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 15:26:56 +0000

Glenn, I’ll be honest with you:

I’m pretty familiar with Aperture’s core (granted it’s pretty impressive. Core Image and the like), but nevertheless, you don’t need the type of machine you’re suggesting purchasing for Aperture, and definitely not for blogging. Not even close. Aperture was designed to scale down well, and even if it wasn’t, the Core Duo isn’t a slow platform. That granted, despite what you used to have as a blog post, “What Mac for me: Blogger,” Core Duo will also sail straight through ecto and the like…

I understand you may want it to perform (in Steve words) “like butter,” but you should seriously consider the investment, because unless the things you can do with he Mac Pro that you can’t do with the MacBook + iMac are streaming income, I don’t see that as a smart move for you.

By: yannic

yannic — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:21:57 +0000

Oh well I spent a lot of money this year.
A Mac Mini Core Duo.
A MacBook Core 2 Duo.
An amp for my guitar.

For 2007 I plan to upgrade Ram.for both the MacBook and the Mac Mini. Maybe I’ll purchase a bigger Screen and a new iPod,too.

By: Kristiano

Kristiano — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:19:15 +0000

Let’s see now.

17″ iMac Core Duo with upgrade to 1.5GB RAM
LaCie Porsche 250GB Firewire HDD
iPod Video 5G 60GB
iPod Nano 2G 2GB
Universal Dock
Nokia N80
Shure E2Cs

Total of about US$3.5k approximately.

I just plan to get a 15″ MacBook Pro next year when Leopard is released.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:42:52 +0000

I purchased: MacBook 2Ghz White (And upgraded RAM to 2GB), MacPro (Standard Config, then upgraded hard disks to 730GB), iPod 2G Nano Blue and finally a 30″ ACD.

07 will see more RAM in my MacPro (1GB is nowhere near what I need for my work), some newer hard disks (2 x 36GB Raptors, 2 x 500GB), and hopefully a nice graphics tablet. As with everyone else, Leopard is also on my list.

06 really has been a great year for Apple tech in my opinion.

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:15:56 +0000

I purchased a Macbook 2ghz White, iPod nano 2gb, iPod 5th gen 30gb, 250gb External, new Motorola L6.

Next year I’m looking into buying a DSLR, Mac OS X Leopard and maybe an external display

By: Glenn Wolsey

Glenn Wolsey — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 06:53:16 +0000

Ed, pretty much just the style and sticking with an “all Apple” system.

I do actually like the new Dell displays, but I couldn’t see myself with a display thats not from Apple…sick, I know..

By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 06:45:01 +0000

Would you mind me asking exactly what it is that draws you to the Apple Cinema Displays? I’ve had excellent experiences with Dell monitors both with PCs and my new Mac and they are markedly cheaper ($449/300/1100NZ for the respective Ultrasharp models) with comparable, if not better tech specs. While the Dell monitors lack that slick Apple feel, I’ve found the black edges are often less distracting that Apple’s silver edges in certain lighting.