Apple Watch: A Few More Thoughts About Intel

Comment by olafandyjon (Guest)

olafandyjon (Guest) — Fri, 10 Jun 2005 08:44:36 +0000

I hadn't even thought about it in terms of #1...which puts me more at ease (not that I was losing sleep over it or anything). Still, I actually think it's pretty exciting that they're doing this. I've pretty much considered Steve Jobs to be a god who can do no wrong. Doesn't mean I'd want to work for him though. (Not that I could).

Comment by Ken

Ken — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 09:39:34 +0000

Three things: (1) Your iMac will be no more obsolete than it would have been, had Apple announced a "G6" chip in the future. (2) Developers won't ignore the huge installed base of folks like you; they'll be putting out PowerPC-compatible apps for years to come. (3) No doubt someone will come up with a reverse-Rosetta to allow running Intel apps on the PowerPC, should the need arise.

Comment by olafandyjon (Guest)

olafandyjon (Guest) — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 09:02:47 +0000

My biggest worry is the obsolesence issue as I just bought a G5 iMac. As long as they have software that can run on Intel and Power PC chips, I'll be happy.

Apple Watch: A Few More Thoughts About Intel

Ken — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 23:41:41 +0000

Just a couple more thoughts on the Apple-Intel thing, which has still got the Mac community all abuzz.