[X4U] Apple's move to Intel chips... It's all about DRM

[Eddie Hargreaves]

On 6/7/05 12:28 PM, Andy Hannen <andy.hannen at virgin.net> wrote:

>> On 07/giu/05, at 20:16, Eddie Hargreaves wrote:
>> 
>>> Also, who expects to run the latest software on a 5-year-old Mac?
>> 
>> Me LOL.
>> 
> I DO run the latest software on a 5 (well 4 and a bit) year old Mac.

Well, I have a 3-year-old Mac that is incompatible with Adobe's Creative
Suite 2, which I would consider the latest software.

I guess the difference is between Apple Pro and Consumer lines. If you
purchase a Pro Mac (PowerMac, PowerBook) you can expect it to run the latest
software for 4+ years(?) but if you're using a Consumer Mac (iMac, eMac, Mac
mini, iBook) you will be stuck after about 3 years. You'll usually be able
to use Apple's OS for 5 years, but many of the features won't be supported
(iChat videoconferencing), won't work at all (CoreImage) or will be too slow
to be real usable.

Eddie Hargreaves