Several new companies have risen recently to prominence, and last week I visited one that seems to have been around for a while, but actually began trading on 1 April 1997. A highly propitious date, in fact, for Mad Macs of Bury St Edmunds. After just one year they have outgrown their first two sets of premises, and are expecting shortly to move into a place three times the size. Machines arrive in all conditions, to be stripped down, cleaned, checked and graded in an expert and methodical manner.
Appropriate technology are the watchwords.
Unless you are working at the leading edge, with 3D rendering and the like, a G3 can be way over the top. Last month I saw an old Mac SE acting as a printer server in the IT room of a top University, next to an LC they used for e-mails. This set-up had been running with no problems since 1990. The layers of grime on the keyboards looked deep enough to support a rich and varied plant life. Machines built like this still have something to offer - if chosen to match the task in hand.