On 07/06/2005, at 11:11 AM, Stewart Woods wrote:
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?
Depends what you want to buy Steve. Remember, only the low spec
machines will have an Intel first (ie Mac Mini end of the market).
High end machines are sometime in 2007, which could be anywhere up to
2 1/2 years away. If you are willing to wait that long for a new,
*untested* machine, you have a lot of patience :-)
Like a few people (and Tidbits) have said, if you need a machine now,
buy it. No use waiting for the next big thing, as there is always
something else around the corner.
Your software will still work, and considering almost all third party
hardware is platform independent these days, they will work too.
On a side note, boy did Apple put up a good smoke screen to divert
attention from the lack of Aussie iTunes Music Store!
:-)
Seeya
Rod!
