simply frustrated

[nixgeek]

Originally Posted by davebz

Let me just say that those that still have G5's still have an advantage over us Macintel users. WE CAN'T RUN CERTAIN APPS ON THE NEW MACS YET. For example: If I needed Photoshop CS2, I have to go to the dark side (Windows)if I want reasonable performance. There are other apps that are still not ported plus many games. Halo, runs just OK. Last I heard, a lot of the updates for games are still a ways off. Does this mean intel machines are unusable? HECK NO. But, if you require PowerPC apps with full performance, than you G5 users have the edge. So, I say be thankful for the time being.

This was one of the reasons why I decided to go with my iMac G5 instead of waiting for the initial Macintels (I still like how that sounds even if Apple doesn't want them called as such ). I knew that I would be using OS X as well as some older apps that I don't want to give up on yet for quite some time on this machine. Plus, it's a great hardware platform (at least in my opinion ). That's also why I have gone with a 68040 vintage Mac as well, and it hasn't failed me yet. I can even stream MP3 stations like on DI.FM on that Quadra at 33 MHz!