depends on what you need to do, if you're using mainly in house apple apps like safari, mail, iphoto, itunes, imovie, garageband, then yes, it is much faster.
if you're running professional apps like Adobe suite, Pro Tools, etc, it's best to hold out until they release native versions. Pro Tools will not run at all, whereas CS will run through Rosetta (emulator), which means it'll be slower.
Albeit Apple just released a universal binary for Final Cut Pro the other day, and Logic is already universal. In due time everything will be universal, but "due time" is highly debateable.
depends on what you need to do, if you're using mainly in house apple apps like safari, mail, iphoto, itunes, imovie, garageband, then yes, it is much faster.
if you're running professional apps like Adobe suite, Pro Tools, etc, it's best to hold out until they release native versions. Pro Tools will not run at all, whereas CS will run through Rosetta (emulator), which means it'll be slower.
Albeit Apple just released a universal binary for Final Cut Pro the other day, and Logic is already universal. In due time everything will be universal, but "due time" is highly debateable.
so for the time being (near future), intel chips are not good?
There is no black & white answer really. Find out what you need the computer for, go through my list and see what suits you. In the short term, some users might benefit by going w/ a G5 instead. But if you're buying for the future, then intel chips are the way to go.
cash - it doesn't look like it's happening this week, they're letting the 30th anniversary pass by w/o much fanfare.
crossings - I would recommend someone installing xp onto a separate HD. Partitioning is not a good look especially if you're worried about xp security holes.
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Since it's the only news of the day, I would say yes...
but this boot camp upgrade is available as a free download for Tiger, so you can install it right nooooo.
drinks on sween tonight.
the new windows release
Aser, whats your thoughts on the Intel chip in the macs? good look or horrible idea?
if you're running professional apps like Adobe suite, Pro Tools, etc, it's best to hold out until they release native versions. Pro Tools will not run at all, whereas CS will run through Rosetta (emulator), which means it'll be slower.
Albeit Apple just released a universal binary for Final Cut Pro the other day, and Logic is already universal. In due time everything will be universal, but "due time" is highly debateable.
i know a lot of you won't agree, but windows on a mac is
so for the time being (near future), intel chips are not good?
cash - it doesn't look like it's happening this week, they're letting the 30th anniversary pass by w/o much fanfare.
crossings - I would recommend someone installing xp onto a separate HD. Partitioning is not a good look especially if you're worried about xp security holes.
I dare you to run virtualPC and say it's workable. This can only be good news for anybody who needs to run windows-specific apps on a mac!
i was referring to viruses.
need i say more.
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sween is out in the "real world" enjoying his bounty of riches.