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Originally Posted by D.J. Fluck
Ive decided that I definitely want to buy an iBook. I'm looking to buy the little 12" one so i can have something small for class, traveling or carrying around without ac adapters.
My question.....do I get it before the Intel switchover or should I wait until after Apple makes the change to Intel based processors? Ive read many things so far that have taken both sides and I like the ability that you should be able to run a windows program at full speed on your Intel based mac (without virtual pc), but I don't want to end up with an overpriced pile of junk when basically I can just buy a PC laptop for much cheaper and it does the same thing.
So, help me weigh out the positives and negatives for both sides so I can make my decision in the next couple of months.
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DJ, if running Windows native apps are necessary, then you should wait for the Intel based books. But you indicate you want to purchase in the next couple of months, and this will make you an "early adopter" of whatever is released. Like all early adopters, you will be one of the folks finding the problems that were missed. (This is the same for any OS upgrade, regardless of who releases it.)
Due to the number of people who have illegally hacked the Mac OS onto an Intel machine, though, it appears that the OS is already in a very stable format. Unless Apple does something stupid, like write an OS to cover two chips that forces compromises on each of the chips (like they did when they moved from the Motorola 68xxx series to the PowerPC chips), I think that all the bugs will be identified within a couple of months after release. That's when you need to be making your decision -- after others have determined if the machine is capable of doing what you intend.