[G4] Has hell frozen over?

[Roger Harris]

As Kunga and others point out:

There isn't a reason to wait on hardware or software purchases. This  
software isn't going to change in the way it did going from OS9 to  
OSX. You will not even pay a penalty using Power based chips for  
quite a while after we go to Intel. Can you say "Universal Binaries)"  
I knew you could.

I will buy a new tower this summer or next winter knowing this will  
be good for several years. I have already posted my thoughts on the  
Mactel Chip DMA (preceding post) and this may cause me to buy another  
Power mac before the towers go to Intel. But I will also be glad for  
the performance we will get from later versions of the Mactel Chips.  
can you say "Rosetta" I knew you could.

This will actually be fun.

roger

On Jun 6, 2005, at 9:13 PM, Matthew Wensley wrote:

> Thoughts on software support as we move to a new processor?
>
> Personally, I can't see buying new "iron" between now and '07.  
> Making a purchase now, then having to buy all new software in a  
> couple of years does not make a lot of sense to me
>
> Just how long will developers produce software for the current iron?