[cygy2k]

What if IBM stops the PowerPC line to make the CELL? Will Apple survive?

--Not a Troll, I Love Apple and want to switch, but realistically should I?

Really nervous about buying Mac. I have just purchased an iMac G5 and a new Gateway 7422GX Laptop. Both are great. The Gateway by the way is the new Athlon 64, 1GB memory, Dual Layer DVD, etc. Top of the windows laptop line. I was thinking about getting a PowerBook 15” or iBook 14” instead. I am selling the iMac because I need something that can sit with me on the couch, that is it. I like Macs but am very worried about the future of them. The software is far and away the best but the hardware seems to have hit a wall unlike any we’ve seen. The G5 is all but stalled and no G6 really around the corner. The G4 is slow and aging fast. I would love to get a Mac laptop but am concerned about what they can release in the next year or two to stop the Mac line of Hardware from dissolving. I realize that x86 has stalled some but they are adding extra benefits and they have a clear future for the processors. I really am confused on if I should use the Gateway or if the iBook 14” will do just as good. I don’t play games, but I would like to edit my wedding video on iMovie. I just don’t want to switch if there really isn’t going to be 3ghz in the next year on the desktop and what if IBM pulls out? There is no clear sign they will continue the PowerPC line with the CELL being so “cool”. Please advise on what to do.

Thanks!

[Zaurus]

after my bad experience with iBook

i'd rather get a PowerBook instead

[Homer S.]

i just read a review of the cell... and they said that if apple gets the ibm cell.... this should definately be a BIG chance for apple to defeat windonws pc's .. cells are 5 times faster than intels pentium 4.. and they will be on the ps3

[alphasubzero949]

Don't cross-post.

[sine -''-..-]

Originally posted by cygy2k:
[B]What if IBM stops the PowerPC line to make the CELL? Will Apple survive?

--Not a Troll, I Love Apple and want to switch, but realistically should I?

no offense, but i think thats the most far-fetched concern about switching to mac that i've ever heard.

Apple is not going anywhere - and powerPCs power a lot more then just Apples so powerPC isnt going anywhere either. As cool as cells may be...

Plus even on the off chance that this cell business migrates to personal computers... you cant just drop a whole platform and say "now we use cells." theres transition.

DON'T PANIC

[macaddict0001]

Originally posted by sine -''-..-:

DON'T PANIC

Oh and the cell is;

MOSTLY HARMLESS