[X4U] New Intel or G5?

[Kunga]

Those Power Users must have been ignoring how he is going to use it.  
There are no known "problems" with the Core Duo Intel Macs. You are  
right and his Power User friends are just blowing smoke up his bum.
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On Mar 5, 2006, at 4:31 PM, Steve Self wrote:

> I have a friend who is a basic user (no video, no photoshop, no  
> inDesign, no Aperture...) and wants to get a new computer. I told  
> him to get either the MacBookPro or the new Intel iMac. He was just  
> about to pull the trigger, and was cautioned not to by a couple of  
> power users who told him there were problems with the units.
>
> Now from what he is going to do (writing, email, internet, some  
> pics, some music) i cannot see a downside to going Intel.
>
> Did I just drink too deeply from the Cupertino koolaid?  Am I  
> missing something?
>
> Or are the power users too concerned with minor issues that do not  
> effect him?
>
> Steve