A le on Intel, Everyone Just Chill Out!

A le is switching to Intel chi over the course of the next two years, that's what we know. I have had a few days to digest this information and to put on my pundit cap and try to figure out what it all mea for A le as a company.

However, I noticed something a little odd. Commenters on everyone of our A le/Intel posts since the a ouncement have been asking, 'Should I buy a [i ert any Mac model here] now or wait until the Intel Switch is done?'

Let me try and a wer that simply: if you need a new machine now, buy it. If you weren't going to buy a new machine for another few years, wait. This shift should have no real effect on your purchasing decision. A le has made it clear that they will be su orting their PowerPC code base for a long time, and that the switch i 't going to ha en over night. This will take time, and during that time it would be very silly not to buy a Mac because it will soon be o olete.

Here's an open secret in the computer busine : machines are built to be o olete the minute they are sold. Mac users are a little oiled in this re ect because our computers manage to hang onto their value much longer than our Wintel brothers and sisters, however, the moment you buy a Mac you should know that sooner or later a newer, shinier Mac is going to be a ounced. This a oucement ha 't changed that, it has only made it a matter of what chip is kicking around in that newer, shinier Mac.

Go forth and buy Macs, people!

The picture used in this post is courtsey of Eric Conveys an Emotion.