...........discuss.
Oh, Windows people, try to contain the " I told you so comments " to a minimum
Gorazd wrote:quite! and if (as is true at the moment) archiCAD runs faster on pentium chips we
I for one would love to have 17" PowerMac with 3 GHz Pentium in it.
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Disordered thoughts.
• No user with their priorities straight should care who makes the chip. We don't use the processor, we use applications, which use the operating system, which uses the processor. Users don't use the processor any more than a bus driver uses the oil filter. What makes Macs nice is stability, reliability, ease of use, consistency of design, and tight integration of hardware and software. None of that is going away.
• Apple's market share could improve as consumers can make a (pardon me) apples-to-apples comparison between Macs and Winboxen. (I really like the term 'Wintellian' and I'm going to miss it.)
• The machines won't be cheaper. Mid-range Intel chips cost less, but at the high-end it's a wash. You need high end. Apple has never competed on price at the high end and they never will.
• PPC has been a colossal disappointment since the G5 was announced. The promised 3Ghz chip is a year late and counting. Worse, the last speed bump for PowerMacs (2.7Ghz) wasn't a faster processor, it was an overclocked
• That said, x86 hasn't exactly been pulling away. Stunted as G5 growth is, it improved more in percentage terms in the last 2 years than the P4. So hold down the told-you-so's. Clock speeds everywhere are leveling off. But GS says speed is speed and more is better, so I hope performance will improve.
• I thought Intel had lost a step and AMD was the cool kid. Having reached the limits of my 'knowledge', I'll stop there.
• The Apple brand is riding high and it's wise to leverage some of that goodwill to plan for the future. Especially when there's no choice.
• My PB is 27 months old.
There's no point in buying another G4. I assume the PB will be among the first x86 machines next summer. At that point my PB will be 39 months, and if ArchiCAD isn't ready, I'll have to wait even longer. Awkward.
• I imagine there's some swearing in Budapest this week, but in the long run it must make things a little easier...? If there is major overhauling involved, can we get multi-processor support while you're in there?
• There's no way Apple will put that stupid sticker on their box.
300!
• No user with their priorities straight should care who makes the chip. We don't use the processor, we use applications, which use the operating system, which uses the processor. Users don't use the processor any more than a bus driver uses the oil filter. What makes Macs nice is stability, reliability, ease of use, consistency of design, and tight integration of hardware and software. None of that is going away.
• Apple's market share could improve as consumers can make a (pardon me) apples-to-apples comparison between Macs and Winboxen. (I really like the term 'Wintellian' and I'm going to miss it.)
• The machines won't be cheaper. Mid-range Intel chips cost less, but at the high-end it's a wash. You need high end. Apple has never competed on price at the high end and they never will.
• PPC has been a colossal disappointment since the G5 was announced. The promised 3Ghz chip is a year late and counting. Worse, the last speed bump for PowerMacs (2.7Ghz) wasn't a faster processor, it was an overclocked
• That said, x86 hasn't exactly been pulling away. Stunted as G5 growth is, it improved more in percentage terms in the last 2 years than the P4. So hold down the told-you-so's. Clock speeds everywhere are leveling off. But GS says speed is speed and more is better, so I hope performance will improve.
• I thought Intel had lost a step and AMD was the cool kid. Having reached the limits of my 'knowledge', I'll stop there.
• The Apple brand is riding high and it's wise to leverage some of that goodwill to plan for the future. Especially when there's no choice.
• My PB is 27 months old.
There's no point in buying another G4. I assume the PB will be among the first x86 machines next summer. At that point my PB will be 39 months, and if ArchiCAD isn't ready, I'll have to wait even longer. Awkward.• I imagine there's some swearing in Budapest this week, but in the long run it must make things a little easier...? If there is major overhauling involved, can we get multi-processor support while you're in there?
• There's no way Apple will put that stupid sticker on their box.
300!
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