Alex Black wrote:
<snip>
You know, if I were in the market to buy a new Powerbook, I'd probably think
twice about it now, figuring that they may not be supported after a few more
OS upgrades, maybe 10.7 or something like that. If that's true, then all
current Powerbooks will be lame ducks a lot sooner that anyone thought!
---Alex
I really wonder how much of a concern that is. Although this list is
probably an exception due to its nature, most people don't necessarily
run the latest OS possible on their system if it's a bit old. Apple
continued supporting 68k through three semi-major revisions (7.0, 7.5,
8.0) after PPC came out so I'd not worry too much about current OSes.
I'd personally worry more about applications. Even if you have a PPC OS
running, what happens when some percentage of major apps and lots of
free/shareware apps are Intel-only? Granted it's not hard to make them
fat/universal/whatever but will they be?
Scott
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