Steve Jobs cited dissatisfaction with the future of IBM’s PowerPC plans as the major reason. This brings to mind shades of the promise by Jobs (based on assurances by Big Blue) that G5’s would reach 3 Ghz last year, a speed they still haven’t attained.
Jobs assured developers that this transition will be the easiest yet, and that a new technology called Rosetta (possbily linked to Transitive’s QuickTransit technology), will allow for dynamic translation of binaries from one architecture to the other, meaning programs built for PPC won’t need to be completely rewritten.
Only time will tell how wise a move this is, but given Job’s track record I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt.
It is hard for a life long Mac User to get used to the idea of an Intel CPU running my Mac, but so long as the quality of the system lives up to the high standards us Apple fans (fanatics?) have, I can live with it. It’s a little weird, but I can live with it.
But as Dane said to me in an IM conversation: “so long as they don’t go slapping that lame ass Intel inside logo on mac hardware”
I’m not quite sure what your question is charles, can you explain?
Do you mean what is going to be different now that there is a different chip?
Andrew, since a large number of people will have PowerPC Macs for years to come and since xCode is designed to be able to compile for both in one package my guess is that you will be fine. I mean people were still writing 68000 series code for awhile after the PowerPC architecture debuted.
What is most dissapointing to me is that the PowerPC architecture has so much more potential than the x86, its just that IBM is focusing its efforts elsewhere so we don’t see the benefit in personal computers. Oh well, maybe someday Apple will just up and buy IBM and change that ;)
“In my mind, the biggest negative about this entire transition… [is] the fallout that’s going to come from confusion and misinformation about this change, especially in the next few days. Stay tuned to Macworld.com for a lot more, and by all means spread the word to your friends: this doesn’t mean that Apple’s becoming a PC cloner. It doesn’t mean that Macs will all run Windows instead of OS X. It doesn’t mean that current Macs will be obsolete next year.“
I’m not quite sure what your question is charles, can you explain?
Do you mean what is going to be different now that there is a different chip?
Andrew, since a large number of people will have PowerPC Macs for years to come and since xCode is designed to be able to compile for both in one package my guess is that you will be fine. I mean people were still writing 68000 series code for awhile after the PowerPC architecture debuted.
What is most dissapointing to me is that the PowerPC architecture has so much more potential than the x86, its just that IBM is focusing its efforts elsewhere so we don’t see the benefit in personal computers. Oh well, maybe someday Apple will just up and buy IBM and change that ;)
<i>Guess I’ll have to replace the machine I just bought two weeks ago in less than 2 years. Oh well…</i>
From <a href=”http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2005/06/intelinstant/index.php”>Macworld</a>:
“In my mind, the biggest negative about this entire transition… [is] the fallout that’s going to come from confusion and misinformation about this change, especially in the next few days. Stay tuned to Macworld.com for a lot more, and by all means spread the word to your friends: this doesn’t mean that Apple’s becoming a PC cloner. It doesn’t mean that Macs will all run Windows instead of OS X. <b>It doesn’t mean that current Macs will be obsolete next year.</b>”
No one freaked out this badly when they switched video cards. Your beloved Macs will be fine. I am interested in future comparisons between old school chip Macs, and the new chip macs with similar processor speeds and RAM. Brendan, can you find a friend to compare, and then post a little way from now?
No one freaked out this badly when they switched video cards. Your beloved Macs will be fine. I am interested in future comparisons between old school chip Macs, and the new chip macs with similar processor speeds and RAM. Brendan, can you find a friend to compare, and then post a little way from now?
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June 6th, 2005 at 2:58:08 pm
Again, welcome to the Dark Side.
What is so different about a Mac now that it will have Intel chip and Linux OS?
June 6th, 2005 at 3:13:39 pm
Guess I’ll have to replace the machine I just bought two weeks ago in less than 2 years. Oh well…
June 6th, 2005 at 5:41:11 pm
I’m not quite sure what your question is charles, can you explain?
Do you mean what is going to be different now that there is a different chip?
Andrew, since a large number of people will have PowerPC Macs for years to come and since xCode is designed to be able to compile for both in one package my guess is that you will be fine. I mean people were still writing 68000 series code for awhile after the PowerPC architecture debuted.
What is most dissapointing to me is that the PowerPC architecture has so much more potential than the x86, its just that IBM is focusing its efforts elsewhere so we don’t see the benefit in personal computers. Oh well, maybe someday Apple will just up and buy IBM and change that ;)
June 6th, 2005 at 7:51:00 pm
Guess I’ll have to replace the machine I just bought two weeks ago in less than 2 years. Oh well…
From Macworld:
“In my mind, the biggest negative about this entire transition… [is] the fallout that’s going to come from confusion and misinformation about this change, especially in the next few days. Stay tuned to Macworld.com for a lot more, and by all means spread the word to your friends: this doesn’t mean that Apple’s becoming a PC cloner. It doesn’t mean that Macs will all run Windows instead of OS X. It doesn’t mean that current Macs will be obsolete next year.“
June 6th, 2005 at 7:58:08 pm
Again, welcome to the Dark Side.
What is so different about a Mac now that it will have Intel chip and Linux OS?
June 6th, 2005 at 8:13:39 pm
Guess I’ll have to replace the machine I just bought two weeks ago in less than 2 years. Oh well…
June 6th, 2005 at 10:41:11 pm
I’m not quite sure what your question is charles, can you explain?
Do you mean what is going to be different now that there is a different chip?
Andrew, since a large number of people will have PowerPC Macs for years to come and since xCode is designed to be able to compile for both in one package my guess is that you will be fine. I mean people were still writing 68000 series code for awhile after the PowerPC architecture debuted.
What is most dissapointing to me is that the PowerPC architecture has so much more potential than the x86, its just that IBM is focusing its efforts elsewhere so we don’t see the benefit in personal computers. Oh well, maybe someday Apple will just up and buy IBM and change that ;)
June 7th, 2005 at 12:51:00 am
<i>Guess I’ll have to replace the machine I just bought two weeks ago in less than 2 years. Oh well…</i>
From <a href=”http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2005/06/intelinstant/index.php”>Macworld</a>:
“In my mind, the biggest negative about this entire transition… [is] the fallout that’s going to come from confusion and misinformation about this change, especially in the next few days. Stay tuned to Macworld.com for a lot more, and by all means spread the word to your friends: this doesn’t mean that Apple’s becoming a PC cloner. It doesn’t mean that Macs will all run Windows instead of OS X. <b>It doesn’t mean that current Macs will be obsolete next year.</b>”
June 7th, 2005 at 4:29:13 pm
No one freaked out this badly when they switched video cards. Your beloved Macs will be fine. I am interested in future comparisons between old school chip Macs, and the new chip macs with similar processor speeds and RAM. Brendan, can you find a friend to compare, and then post a little way from now?
June 7th, 2005 at 9:29:13 pm
No one freaked out this badly when they switched video cards. Your beloved Macs will be fine. I am interested in future comparisons between old school chip Macs, and the new chip macs with similar processor speeds and RAM. Brendan, can you find a friend to compare, and then post a little way from now?