Sooner or Later?

[Dakota_98]

I was chatting with a buddy about buying a new Mac. He said wait till the Intel machines hit the market...I'll have the best of both worlds.

What do you think?

Now?

Then?

[ssadams]

i dont know :(
Apple using intel, Sun using AMD, Intel buying Alpha from HP..... all the cpu are merging or dying off, we need alternatives !!!!!

[Cat person]

Now!

Never wait with technology, it'll all change tomorrow and you'll miss out altogether. :)

[Tim]

It may depend on the mac you plan on buying. My guess is the portables, and models like the mini may see intels sooner (like in a year) than say the powermacs.

The thing is, despite the sky is falling stuff, the powerPCs will still be supported for quite a while. My G5 which I bought a year ago, I plan on getting at least 2 years more out of it, and what I do needs to be fairly on top of tech.

My guess is the intels will take about a year to really settle in, so that's my 2 cents.

If you're just wanting a machine for general work, some either grab a mini, or pick up a used sawtooth in around the 4-500 MHz range, very very upgradable, and relatively cheap. I have one on another desk here, and it runs Tiger no sweat.

[bigzig]

Now!

Never wait with technology, it'll all change tomorrow and you'll miss out altogether. :)


i agree. I usally never wait. just go buy and keep it for a couple years then buy again

you never win with computers

[Tim]

or just watch when I buy. If I do, wait about 2 or 3 weeks, and the next biggest thing is sure to come out.
;)

[nbr10]

Also another reason for buying now is that Apples Rev A models are famous for having oddball problems. We are talking a major change here. I would NOT buy any of the first intel Macs if I could avoid it.

Like Tim I will be sticking with my G5 for at least 2 more years.

**Tim how much RAM have you installed now?? Did I read that you are up to 8 Gig now?

[Tim]

no, I'm at 2 gigs, I'm going to go to 4 gigs soon. What a difference going from 1 to 2 gigs though. Holy.

But I will take my time going up to 8 (I will get there :D) as it will make this machine faster and faster. Perhaps at some point I'll drop a 512 meg video card in it (when they come out)

Should keep this thing fryin for at least another 2 years while the PCs will have long gone to the $50 pile.
;)