[X4U] Apple to move to Intel

Jeffrey Stormshak jsstormshak at comcast.net
Sat Jun 4 09:50:40 PDT 2005


I was curious how and what was done from the last switch - since I've  
only been a Mac owner/user since Oct, 2004.  That's all - I realize  
these hasn't been an announcement yet -

Thanks!
On Jun 4, 2005, at 11:38 AM, Michael Elliott wrote:

> Oh my GOD, there hasn't even been an announcement.  And I for one  
> doubt there will be.
>
> Michael
>
> On Jun 4, 2005, at 11:33 AM, Jeffrey Stormshak wrote:
>
>> Could you imagine having to buy an new Mac with Intel inside and  
>> to have to ditch several thousand dollars of software from your  
>> old PowerMac since they where compiled for the PPC in the first  
>> place?  Is Apple offering automatic/free updates for its consumer  
>> base?  Apple's Motion, DVD Pro and Macromedia alone was over  
>> $2200.00.  Not to mention VPC7, Music Software, numerous OS X  
>> Tools, etc.  Or do they assume, just buy the Intel version instead  
>> and eBay the rest -
>>
>> Just curious - or is it too soon to tell??
>
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