Shall i get a Power Mac or shall i not help me?????

Sorry to post another new topic but i looking to puchase a new Power Mac, but with these recent changes from the Power PC processors to Intel Core Duo, I don't know whether to wait for the Intel Core Duo processors to come out on Power Mac's or buy the Power PC version, any advice???? Thanks Again

Dimension #1: Performance gains. There is more of a performance gain between the PowerBook and the MacBook than there likely will be between the PowerMac G5's and the PowerMac Intel's. They quadrupled the front-side bus speed on the MacBook, went to two cores, and improved the video card. The PowerMacs already have multi-CPU models, and powerful front-side bus speeds, so while the various parameters will undoubtedly improve when they release an Intel-based PowerMac, I don't think it will be as drastic an improvement as the notebooks. So strictly on this basis, if you need a desktop, buying a current G5 model won't leave you in the lurch.
Dimension #2: Windows, virtualization and emulation. There are rumors flying around that Apple is planning to make use of the virtualization capabilities in the Intel Core Duo, which could lead to the ability to run MacOS and Windows simultaneously. Not dual-boot, not emulating Windows, but actually running MacOS and Windows natively, at the same time, with the ability to switch between them on the fly. Even if Apple doesn't do this, the Intel architecture makes it possible for emulators (like Virtual PC, VMWare, etc.) to be implemented using native Intel calls rather than an emulation layer that slows things down. None of this is reality yet (the Apple rumors are just rumors, and no commercial Windows emulator has been released for Intel Macs yet), but if running Windows apps on your Mac is important to you, you might want to wait to see where this leads.
Dimension #3: Linux. Similar to the Windows issue above, if you want to boot into Linux, and/or get Linux emulators, then the Intel platform is more promising in terms of potential performance, etc.
Dimension #4: Legacy platform issues. Mac has created the Universal Binary format to allow software vendors to create binaries that work on both PowerPC and Intel platforms, so in theory you'd be fine going with either looking into the future. But in reality, if and when the Intel platform makes up a majority of the Apple user base out there (a goal Apple is working hard to achieve), software vendors will likely start to devote more resources to the Intel builds of their software, and the PowerPC side will start to be delegated to legacy status in terms of testing, etc. Some vendors may even start to release Intel-only builds to eliminate the need to test Universal Binaries on both platforms. This probably won't be an issue for some time (well over a year, I'd say), and even then I think vendors that choose to skip PowerPC will be few and far between. But something to consider.

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