That’s what this summer has felt like.
So anyways, lately I’ve felt more inclined to write, but I hesitate to write without photos to post. Solution: I have a SD card reader in the mail, hopefully it will be here early next week. This means that when I’m bored out of my mind at work, I’ll actually be able to get into the pictures on my memory card, upload, edit, and post them.
One thing I’ve been waiting for all summer is a new machine here at work. The old 466mhz powermac G4 is just putting these days, it’s definitely overdue for an upgrade. The wait may be worth it though as it sounds like there’s a possibility that along with a new G5 Powermac that I may also get a 20″ Apple Cinema Display. Most of you probably could care less about either of these things but as a tech geek these 2 items rate seriously high on the drool factor:
Couple that hardware with Mac OS X (beats the crap out of this outdated Mac OS 9.1 which has almost zero software support these days) and the Adobe Creative Suite and I will have some serious design power at my fingertips.
Now, about a month ago I convinced my boss I just needed an upgrade hardware/software-wise. An OS X upgrade was in the works for everyone on Macs here, and those with crappy machines needed to be upgraded as well, but I.T. was dragging their feet because of the expense involved. (Let’s face it, Macs aren’t cheap.) So the boss was going to get the ball rolling on my machine, but then some more factors came into play hardware-wise in the department, and suddenly it was on someone else’s plate.
For the last couple weeks it’s been on the Art Director’s plate to work things out with the budget– lots of phone tag with the corresponding director in I.T. But hallelujah, they stopped playing phone tag, scheduled a meeting and MET today to discuss this and get things taken care of. Man I hate bureaucracy, it’s such a hassle to get such simple things done.
In any case… I’m HOPING that they came to an agreement and that my stuff will get ordered next week, and that I’m up and running by the end of August. It’s hard not to get my hopes up– if I do I’ll certainly be disappionted. But like I said– since before I wasn’t expecting a Apple Cinema Display ($1300 retail for the 20″ model), and if I DO get one, it’ll be a little bonus for having had to suffer with this POS for so long.
Crossing my fingers…
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7 responses to “Summer of Waiting; Empty Promises”
I couldn’t care less about the G5, but I will envy that monitor more than you know. My monitor here is on loan and it’s a 15 inch dinosaur that goes fuzzy sometimes. I hope at least one of us gets what we want without paying for it.
Oh Joel. If only you knew the goodness of G5…hehe. You can even play star craft on it 😉
Actually I only get excited because I have to use a Mac as a designer. But you know me. There’s always got to be something to look forward to…
that’s exciting. i love anticipating fun things and toys. most of the time i don’t get it, but it’s fun to hope and pretend. hehe. i’ll be doing a post soon about my new computer at work. it’s the pc equivalent+ but without the mother-of-all-monitors. anyway, best wishes on your new setup. if we see you this winter, how about a short course on photoshop?
I’m in the IT department at Mike’s work, and even though I am definitely a PC lover, this G5 Powermac is seriously SWEET! And the monitor…oooooohh BABY!!! I’m pullin’ for ya Mike!
I bought a G5 a couple of months ago and while I wanted oh-so-badly a nice fancy Apple cinema display, I ended up buying 2 LaCie monitors so I can run dual monitors (for less money!!). In the end, the LaCie’s ended up being SO MUCH BETTER for accurate color correction. The Apple monitors are horrible for color representation.
Just a dream-piercing thought.
Yeah, actually I was at CompUSA today looking at the 23″ cinema display and hmm… it wasn’t as magnificent as I build it up in my mind to be. I could never spend $2000 on one of those when I could get 2 19″ or even 21″ CRT’s for much less– I hear ya.
The odd thing is– the reason they’re ordering 20″ cinema displays is that they’re supposed to have good color calibration for design, i.e. they’re certified for use with some soft-proofing technology we’re going to start using. Hmm…. one of the designers has one at home for freelance work and says the color is excellent. Weird…
Oh, then I’m JEALOUS, because that whole “accurate color” bit is what I tell myself to keep from slashing my wrists over not having a lovely Apple cinema display.
I may be exaggerating.