No question. Also, recall that the towers (with one exception) are dual processor, which probably make more difference than their 'bitness'. On Jun 7, 2005, at 10:01 AM, Richard Gilmore wrote: > So maybe buying a G5 PPC will still be a better option in the > medium term? > > I thought the performance increase from 32 to 64 bit would negate > any clock > speed advantage Intel has? > > On 7/6/05 12:35 PM, "James Jones" <jsjones at mac.com> wrote: > >> This isn't surprising, for the moment, since the first Intel models >> will be replacing G4s, not G5s (and 64-bit Intel chips will be >> neither cheap, nor plentiful for at least another 12 to 18 months). >> The Apple roadmap keeps 64-bit class machines on PPC until 2007.