For those who want to keep PowerPC...

jzdziarski · #1 June 13th, 2005, 12:02 PM

Since Apple's market share is so small (at least in computing), they are forced to rely on repeat customers upgrading systems. It's a quite simple solution really if you want to keep the PowerPC: get a large enough group of people to boycott the new Intel-based Macs to drive sales down. You've got another six months before the first Inhell-based Mac might become available, that's more than enough time to get comfortable with the hardware you have now and allow the new Macintelsh's to become an utter failure. There's not really much they can do if they can't sell intel machines, except fall back to PowerPC. I guess it all depends on whether Apple's cult members are really loyal to Apple or Apple Computer, Inc...

MacFreak · #2 June 13th, 2005, 12:14 PM

I am sure OS X will support PowerPC for last 10 years.

gerbick · #3 June 13th, 2005, 12:19 PM

I vote for 3 iterations of OSX before PowerPC will be dropped. so 10.8, you might be out of luck.

I'm speculating, btw.

TommyWillB · #4 June 13th, 2005, 12:53 PM

Dude!

Someone actually has to BUILD the PPC chips for us to suppor them... No chis = nothing to "support"!

Why not just start a support group for black holes and the like?

How is a boycot of Apple ever going to help them or you? Are you going to punnish Apple by buing a WinTel machine instead?

**fryke** · #5 June 13th, 2005, 12:55 PM

Seeing that most people don't care what processor's inside (I'm not talking this board or similar sites, but rather the general public), I guess all you'd get by boycotting Apple would be an Apple with a few lost sales. And that sounds like a stupid idea to me.

fjdouse · #6 June 13th, 2005, 12:58 PM

Boycotting out of love will not do Apple any favours. I am not opposed to the move to Intel per se, but the implications of what could be the outcome, Apple becoming a PC assembly company, in nice boxes with the Mac brandname plus a load of other outcomes that fanatics just don't want to hear. But jzdziarski, there is nothing WE can do, PowerPC isn't cutting it so according to Jobs we must switch, and switch we shall. The only real consideration is money and profits. Move with the flow on this one, or get left behind, there are no other permutations of the situation I'm afraid. :-(

As for PowerPC releases of OSX after Leopard, I think two more releases and that will be it, if my fears about Apple are true, I think we'll see a greater space between releases as they cut back on R&D. Expect PowerPC Macs to be officially laid to rest by 2010 if not well before.

Quietly · #7 June 13th, 2005, 01:02 PM

I reckon PPC will be supported in all versions of OSX. OS11(XI?) will be when they drop it.

jzdziarski · #8 June 13th, 2005, 01:28 PM

How is PPC not cutting? Unless Jobs is lying to us, the PPC benchmarks twice as fast as high end Xeons. In other words, you won't see any significant performance increase in Macs until 6+ Ghz intels are available. I think a boycott might at least facilitate a healthy cohabitation between both processors. I've been thinking long and hard about what makes me buy Apple, and I think it's really the "think different" perspective. Moving to an Intel platform makes Apple just another PC manufacturer with nothing to set them apart from the rest of the Borg. I'll run Linux on my Powerbook before I buy an Intel book.