Does Intel Rumor Impact planned iMac G5 Purchase

[cube]

Sun has publically stated that SPARC is still around for high end servers and for leagacy support, but Opteron is the future for Sun workstations.

Show the reference. I use Sun equipment every day and it's the first time I hear of such a thing. Compatibility from the desktop to high-end server is essential for Sun.

 

[brandon6684]

Show the reference. I use Sun equipment every day and it's the first time I hear of such a thing. Compatibility from the desktop to high-end server is essential for Sun.

You really haven't heard about Sun transitioning to Opteron(they call it X64)?

They still have SPARC stations(just like Apple will probably have PowerPC PowerMacs for years to come), but aside from high end specialized stuff, X64 is where they're going. Of their current offerings, the X64 workstations are the only ones that offer Solaris 10. Tthe SPARC road map is being scaled back. Rather than revolutionary changes, it's filled with evolutionary updates to keep current customers happy, but Sun is treating it more like HP and Compaq started treating the Alpha and the PA-RISC a few years a go.

 

[cube]

You really haven't heard about Sun transitioning to Opteron(they call it X64)?

They still have SPARC stations(just like Apple will probably have PowerPC PowerMacs for years to come), but aside from high end specialized stuff, X64 is where they're going. Of their current offerings, the X64 workstations are the only ones that offer Solaris 10. Tthe SPARC road map is being scaled back. Rather than revolutionary changes, it's filled with evolutionary updates to keep current customers happy, but Sun is treating it more like HP and Compaq started treating the Alpha and the PA-RISC a few years a go.

Sun is not a dumb company like HP. They are transitioning nothing, just diversifying their offering.

 

[Beck446]

I would wait until after the announcement. If the rumor is true, I would guess that overall purchases of Macs will drop precipitously. I'm not sure what would then happen. I assume that Apple would discount everything and work to get x86 processors into the machines by the end of this year or early next year. If that is the case, not many people would be buying expensive PPC systems. In other words, I think that this announcement alone will knock off like 20% of the "value" (resale value) of all of the Macs we're typing on right now.

This might be why Wallstreet loves this news and MacRumors members don't.

 

[Maxiseller]

I would wait too;

In fact Ive decided to purchase a Windows PC and sell my eMac but to keep my iBook as my sole Mac machine because of all these problems (if true). I just cant be having a system that is virtually obsolete, and that is what I believe you'll be buying if you purchase after this "transition" is announced.

You can still update a 200Mhz iMac no? That won't be the case in 3-4 years if you buy yours now. It'l be entirely obsolete I'm affraid.

Then, when Jobs jumps on stage and tells us that "the transition to Intel is finally over - we've managed ten transitions while Microsoft has managed only one" then is the time to buy one!!

Ill be holding tight to my iBook until that day arrives.

 

[Macky-Mac]

if you need it now, buy it now

it's not like whatever you purchase now is suddenly going to stop working the day that a new "whatever" is introduced by Apple