Cringelys Take on Macintel!

He also mentions that Apple and Intel are going to merge
According to this article, Apple only switched to Intel because Intel hates Microsoft There are already lots of brilliant comments on this on Slashdot!

I only agree with him in one point: Why did Apple announce the transition so early? No matter how well they continue to support the PPC line: This WILL kill off the PPC sales.

 

As I think about things, I'm starting to think that steep discounts are around the corner (post christmas) and it may be a great time for a dual 2.X. It may be the fastest mac for a few years.

 

Thread already running on this topic:

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=1519034#post1519034

 

Agreed. Unless of course an idiot salesman at an Apple Store brings it up to the customer. That will confuse a few, but most people won't know or care that this transition is even happening.

 

I know about it, and I'm still placing an order for an iMac G5 today. Who knows, in 10 years it may be a collectors item, and you'll see it on antiques roadshow going for 10 grand

 

Nice try, but, nah...

As a kid, I wanted to buy the top of the line IBM PC ($10,000 back in the '80s). Ten years later, I saw the eact same computer in a garage sale for $5.

Again, nice try...

 

That's what makes eBay so dangerous: all the goodies you couldn't afford in your youth, now pennies on the dollar. That's how I got my PowerBook 3400c a number of years ago, and my Silicon Graphics Indy, and various pieces of music gear.

It will be interesting to see what the Intel transition announcement does to current Mac sales. I have been arguing with myself about buying a notebook, probably either a 12" iBook or PowerBook. I'm not sure I'm any less likely to buy one now than I was before, because I would be getting a whole year worth of use before the Intel-based Macs even come out -- and at that point there will be the usual Rev. A concerns. Of course, when the Intel-based Macs come out, one hopes they will be faster etc., but it's not like a G4-based portable will instantly be obsolete. My guess is it will take another year or two before much software comes out that won't run on PowerPCs, and longer still before that happens to any software I actually want.

I guess it's good in a way if some hold off upgrading. It means lots of pent-up demand for Intel-based Apples when they ship, so happy Apple, and maybe it means discounted prices for those of us who might want to bottom-feed the existing PowerPCs before then. ;-)


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