Excuse me but don't tell me I don't have a right to be upset. My 5 year old Powermac G5 Is still a high end system that STILL outperforms many of the supported intel models by a wide margin. It is only one year older than a supported intel mac mini that cost a 10th of what my machine cost 5 years ago. Shame on Apple. I was going to consider upgrading to a mac pro this year, but based on what they've done to my resale value, I am rethinking this. You can bet that when MS decides to copy the app store, older Machines will be supported. and if they are not, at least the hardware can be upgraded. I will continue to use my Powermac, but my faith in Apple is not what it used to be. How can you support a five year old $599 mac mini, and drop support for a $4000 Power mac G5 that is only a few months older? WTF??? App Store is neat, but what I am really upset about is the OS leaving me behind. I have a mac mini g4 that is a couple of years older than my powermac, it is still doing it's job entertaining the kids with some older games that are new to them, I don't care that it is no longer supported, it didn't cost me 4 grand!!!!
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Excuse me but don't tell me I don't have a right to be upset. My 5 year old Powermac G5 Is still a high end system that STILL outperforms many of the supported intel models by a wide margin. It is only one year older than a supported intel mac mini that cost a 10th of what my machine cost 5 years ago. Shame on Apple. I was going to consider upgrading to a mac pro this year, but based on what they've done to my resale value, I am rethinking this. You can bet that when MS decides to copy the app store, older Machines will be supported. and if they are not, at least the hardware can be upgraded. I will continue to use my Powermac, but my faith in Apple is not what it used to be. How can you support a five year old $599 mac mini, and drop support for a $4000 Power mac G5 that is only a few months older? WTF??? App Store is neat, but what I am really upset about is the OS leaving me behind. I have a mac mini g4 that is a couple of years older than my powermac, it is still doing it's job entertaining the kids with some older games that are new to them, I don't care that it is no longer supported, it didn't cost me 4 grand!!!!