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ProjectWizards’ Merlin project management software for Mac OS X is Intel-ready already, said the developer. more

[RudolphRed]

Excellent.
It will be good to see a succession of such announcements

[bradleys]

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It will be good to see a succession of such announcements

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If they all come 12-18 months out from the appearance of the first Intel Mac, the transition will be a real ho-hum affair (except for those on these forums recently that seem to be hoping it will be Apples downfall!).

[Dimwhit]

There will be some companies that have major problems with the transition, but I suspect they'll be in the minority. Most will probably be seamless like this one. Good news.

[mdawson]

I seriously doubt that any Mac user is hoping for Apples downfall as a result of this transition. From the numerous posts that I have read, most, including myself, have legitimate concerns about another paradigm shift in the Mac so soon after the transition to OS X. The migration to OS X is nowhere near 100% for various reasons. Some people have simply chosen to be luddites, others, like me, have simply not been in the financial position to make the change.
The fact that so many developers seem to be on board with this eases my concerns a bit, but as an engineer I still have issues with a transition to a far inferior platform. Several objective technical sources have written detailed pieces over the past few years that supports Apple pre-June 6th claims that the PowerPC family is better than Intels x86 family of processors. I can understand that Apple has been treated like a step-child in the AIM alliance, but this is a step backwards in terms of the hardware at the heart of a Mac.
As John Siracusa of ArsTechnica mentioned in his artitcle the technical details are well beyond the comprehension of the average computer user, but those of us with an understanding of how both CPUs operate cannot help but be disappointed by this switch. In terms of technology, the Macs CPU will go from top of the heap to bottom of the barrel. Recognizing that does not mean that I want my platform of choice to fail. This is a done deal and therefore, I have to want it to work out unless I want to be left with nothing but the piece of bilge known as Windows.

[j_drake]

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In terms of technology, the Macs CPU will go from top of the heap to bottom of the barrel.

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While I agree that the PowerPC unit is a better technology, I can't help but wonder what good it does Apple, and its users, to have a better car, with a better engine, and a better system for getting the fuel to the engine, but there's no gas in the tank, or better yet the engine runs so much better on 100 octane gas but all we get is kerosene to burn, and we have to keep stopping to add water to the radiator. All the potential is for naught if we can not avail ourselves of the technology. Both IBM and Motorola have been unable to produce the numbers promised. In the long run it's better to have a vehicle that is reliable, gives you more miles per gallon, and can run on the less powerful, tested and available fuels and without setting you on fire.

[lantzn]

Agreed. Besides we will still have the best system out their even if we are running the same CPU as the majority of the PCs. It's the OS experience for me.

[Grapho]

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I would assume that you were involved when Apple negotiated the deal with Intel. Therefor you know what processor will be used. I don't think so. If you don't even know what Intel has planned for the next 6 months how can you assume what it has planned for the next 5 to 10 years. Power Macs will have to be 64 bit ready and probably sport a dual processor. This means that Intel must have something up there sleeve that you and me don't know. Just look at the state of portables, ware is the Mac in relation to performance. Yes the G5 is a powerful chip, but it also very hot and they seem to have hit a wall that they do not intend on tumbling for Apple. This switch was out of necessity not out of choice.