I have a REALLY stupid Q....

My wife has a iMac G5 Power PC machine currently (just bought it in October of 2005 just before the Intel machines came out; funny story, relay it later) and now we are considering getting a Mac laptop. Here's the thing: I thought it better to get a Power Book since her programs are NOT Universal and that there may be some networking/syncing problems with an Intel machine. My wife argues the price difference and the technology is better in the MacBook. Quite frankly, I see her point, but would like to know, is there any compatability problems (networking, syncing, software, Wireless tech) between PowerPC chips and Intel chips? I know of Rosetta and what it is used for, I just don't want it bogging down her laptop. Thanks
350Mhz/10G Mac OS X (10.3)

The network issues ( (networking, syncing, Wireless tech)etc are no issue at all, John .
We simply brought home the MacBook, went through the regular setup process, and it was up and running on our longstanding Airport Extreme and DSL modem network that also hosts an imacG5 , a PB12, an iBook G4, an IBM thinkpad, and the occasional visitors iBooks and PowerBooks too. Took less than ten minutes from opening the box to surfing the net, syncing bookmarks and transferring files.
No problems with doing this at all.
As far as software goes, Rosetta will slow down things like Photoshop to some extent until a UB version arrives, but it really isn't especially noticeable to me on a MacBook with 2Gig of RAM. Get plenty of RAM though. Apps running under Rosetta use more than they do when running "native". The MacBooks really run much better with at least 1 Gig, preferably 2. Good quality third party RAM will run fine in them, of course, and they are one of the easiest of all to install such things in yourself.
The only thing I would be wary about is using "migration asistant" too freely when setting it up. THis will bring over things like Safari PPC "plugins" which give Safari indigestion, and may lead to a few other issues, too, if you have non-standard OS items installed. Best to just transfer docs , music, photos, bookmarks etc, over firewire or the network, and install apps and the like afresh from CD or .dmg files.
Cheers
Rod

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