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

[Eddie Hargreaves]

On 6/6/05 6:42 PM, T.L. Miller <tlmiller at mac.com> wrote:

> On 6/7/05, at 2:31 AM, Paul Moortgat, <paul.moortgat at pandora.be> said:
> 
>> I would recommend a Mac now.  The life-span is around 5 year I guess,
>> and in 5 year we're well in Mactel time ready to change then.  The
>> programs from now will still work in 5 year.
>> Apple has a good name for quality so it will no mistake to buy one now. 
>> If you don't do it now, you've to wait another 5 year.  In a few year
>> the software will not all be transfered to Mactel.
> 
> Yeah, if the buyer likes to hang on to old equipment that can use old
> software that's no longer supported. Would you have told someone to buy
> a 68k Mac to keep for 5 years before the PPC Macs were introduced?

Currently purchased PPC Macs will be able to run the applications built for
the Intel Macs through the use of Fat Binaries. It will probably be three
years before you see "Intel-only" Mac applications. Also, who expects to run
the latest software on a 5-year-old Mac?

Eddie Hargreaves