Hi all,

So there I was - finally gotten to the point where I've collected enough pennies to buy a new machine in the next couple of months - even started 'pretend-configuring' on the Apple site - fine-tuning what I can afford. Then there's yesterday's news. Now, watching Steve's keynote he seems to paint a picture where the transition will be completely painless for we consumers - Developers ship double-binaries? of all their apps for both ppc and the new intel boxes and Rosetta takes care of old apps flawlessly. Yet, there seem to be a lot of folk on the Mac web cursing and spitting 'cos they just bought new machines. I get the feeling I'm missing something here

So, to my question:

Why shouldn't I buy a new mac until next year?
Or, for that matter, advise my friends not to?

Can any of the techier folks on this list answer this in consumer-speak?

Thanks in advance,

(Unhappy and confused) Stew