At some point that would make sense. Right now the G4 still has some
life left in it.
On the other hand, it does look like the transition idea is starting;
To use the new 30" LCD monitor with the Apple version of the NVIDIA
card, you will need a G5 (the new card won't fit into the G4
computers). If you check the blurb about the new version of XCode 2.0,
it lists the ability to compile in 32 bit, or 64 bit or fat (both
versions).
But I suspect it will be a while (several years) before you have to
have a G5 or better to use the newest version of Apple's OS.
Jerry
But I do wonder how long it will take folks like Adobe to re-compile
their stuff to be 64 bit aware, imagine using more than the current 2GB
limit in PhotoShop (smile).
So far Tiger looks nice.
On Jun 28, 2004, at 7:38 PM, Henri Yandell wrote:
>
> http://www.apple.com/macosx/tiger/ lists information about the next
> version of OS X, available in the first half of 2005.
>
> One interesting bit is the blurb about 64-bit support. I wonder if at
> some
> point this will mean that a release of 10.X will not work on G3s and
> G4s.
>
> Hen
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