GAmoore@... wrote: > Someone chastised me for mentioning the rumor last week, but now its > no longer a rumour. I guess the the powermac G3..4..5.. line as we know > it is over. > > http://edition.cnn.com/2005/BUSINESS/06/06/apple.intel.ap/ > > > They say it will happen by 2007 and that they will need to rewrite code > for the new chip, and that when future software comes out (e.g. 10.6 > Lion, 10.7 housecat, or whatever, Logic 9, etc) they won't work on our > existing macs. Great. I have gone through this a couple of times with > apple already. Not chastizing, just reminding everyone that weve heard this rumor since about 2001 or so hehe.. At least now we can put it to rest.. As for new versions of things not working on 'old' Powermacs, I believe this was mentioned in the keynote: You can compile your binaries cross-platform and they should work no problem between the PPC and x86 architecture. The only reason something shouldnt work is if theres some new x86 optimizations (ala Altivec) or if the developer doesnt hit that check box in XCode when doing the compiling. I think itll be alot less painless than we think, but then again, well have to wait and see til the hardware comes out for sure.. After all OS X itself has been cross-platform and compiled and running secretly on an intel box at Apple HQ for 5 years now. :) All I know is, just two days ago I decided instead of upgrading my G4/800 I was going to save and get a new dual 2Ghz G5.. Think Ill go back and get the Gigadesigns for the 800 and see what happens in the next year before buying a new Mac.. -- Chris http://www.descentrecords.com
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Re: [Logic_Cafe] intel
2005-06-06 by Chris Coccia