![]() Going back even further, our new Power Mac 7100 ran Mac OS 7.1 through 9.1 and all of the Classic OS applications for more than 5 years. Less than three years after we bought the Cube (and 2 others) Apple switched to a totally different CPU, the IBM G5. It runs Mac OS X 10.4.1 Tiger just fine and all of the current versions of applications that we used in 2000. Our main day job Mac is a Power Mac G4 Cube purchased in August, 2000, within five weeks of 5 years ago. What if you buy a Mac with a G4 or G5 in the interim, will Apple support it for at least 5 years? Of course, Apple will but the best predictor is history. ![]() Why is now any different?īut Apple will be changing CPUs. Besides, the market for slightly-used Macs thrives in case a new Mac comes out with a must-have feature. This is because if one waits for the next update one will wait forever since Macs get updated continuously just like every other personal computer. Our answer has always been the same: if you really need a new computer get one. Over the years people have written us many times wondering whether or not they should buy a new Mac right then because Apple may just be ready to release an updated version. So why would one expect that if they needed a new computer now or in six months that they would wait to buy the initial MacIntels in one to two and a half years hence? And why should they? Mac users benefit from Apple’s innovation but as a whole they tend not to be early adopters. Our guess is that sales will not dip during the transition, at least not as a result of people waiting for the MacIntels. In fact, no one knows how sales of Macs based on Freescale’s G4 and IBM’s G5 CPUs will fair until the Macs with an Intel CPU inside begin to flow a year from now. Will the Sales of Macs Decline Until MacIntels Debut? The answer is yes according to a number of reader polls posted on various Mac Web sites and comments from so-called analysts quoted here and there.
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