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Join Date: Aug 2005
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I just bought a Dual-core 2GHz Powermac with 20" display ram 1.5 hd 500gb
How long do you think universal binary will last after the witch to intel?
explan your anwers why or why not?
did i do the right thing in buying my mac now ?
It took me a long time to save $$$.
this mac cost me $5 700 Aus and i keep it for 6 years or so
i'm coming from a 233 imac
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Sep 2005
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Very nice machine. I think Apple will support Universal binaries for a niiiiice long time to come, and other companies less so.
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Linkinus is king.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Chico, CA and Carlsbad, CA.
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There's always the dudes that JUST bought the model before the line where the specs were shifted majorly. Just look at Classic. Steve Jobs said it was "dead" (literally) what, 3 years ago? Universal binary will be here for awhile while those folks demand compatability.
My vote was for "5 years." 
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3-4 years after the transition is complete. That's about how long fat binaries were around for.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Minneapolis, MN USA
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I bought a G5 in June because my last mac (G4/400) has lasted me for the six years
preceding that (and indeed is still in use as a house server).
I fully expect to use this machine at least five years even if I do purchase another
Intel Mac down the line. My G5 would make a great webserver down the line if
another machine becomes primary over my current box.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Chico, CA and Carlsbad, CA.
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Originally Posted by Todd Madson
I bought a G5 in June because my last mac (G4/400) has lasted me for the six years
preceding that (and indeed is still in use as a house server).
I fully expect to use this machine at least five years even if I do purchase another
Intel Mac down the line. My G5 would make a great webserver down the line if
another machine becomes primary over my current box.
Yeah and by then, if Apple's support is waning, one of the BSDs or Linux distributions will run extremely optimally on it anyways...
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