Comments on: Apple switching to Intel: Should I buy an iMac now?

By: Mike Kemper

Mike Kemper — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 17:46:30 +0000

Apple finally realized that the PC architecture is superior and that even with all of its marketing hype, it just couldn’t keep up with Intel technology. Maybe now we can run a Mac O/S on an open inexpensive homebuild PC, instead of the “Leap Frog” looking i-cases designed to attract the “true believer.”

By: Don Kelley

Don Kelley — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 00:54:34 +0000

Well, 6 months later (aftersight is better than foresight (sp?)), I hope your G5 is working out well. I’m going to buy one of the now available iMac dual core intel machines. Maybe it’s dumb to buy one so soon (could be design flaws etc), but I want an iMac (actually for my wife and I to share), and you can’t beat dual core…

This is fun! so many exciting things happening at Apple!

By: bishopdante

bishopdante — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 18:38:33 +0000

If I am correct in my thinking, all software from now on will be either created in Xcode, and will support both PowerPC and Intel, or it will be just PowerPC, and will run on Intel through Rosetta.

The way I see it, It’s still an advantage in terms of mac software and reliability to run PowerPC. This is why the pro line will continue to run PPC.

However the Intel machines will be cheaper, and plenty quick. You will find that some Applications will be very dodgy in Rosetta (think programs like Maya).

The opportunity to buy a G5 iMac for cheap? Snap them up.

By: Nopanic

Nopanic — Fri, 10 Jun 2005 09:51:51 +0000

i was thinking of buying a g5 imac too. many people say it’s still the right thing to do but will new software be coming to my imac when the intel-macs are released?

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By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 07 Jun 2005 15:58:20 +0000

I don’t understand why this would affect your decision. The machine you are considering hasn’t changed. It will still work the same as you anticipated for as long as you need to use it. Apple will still be around in two years. Why would investors sell Apple stock by the truckload? I thought the general consensus was that Apple would do well by moving to an Intel platform. Realize, too, though, that they have a complete hedge. OS X and the dual-binary applications will be able to run on both Power and x86 chips for a very long time. And, finally, realize that Apple is much more diversified than it ever has been with it’s investment in media with the iPod and iTunes Music Store.

By: Davide

Davide — Tue, 07 Jun 2005 07:56:21 +0000

In spite of this announcement the new iMac still remains a very good choice, however you could also evaluate Sun Blade workstation based on UltraSparc IIIi and Sun Java workstation equipped with AMD Opteron.