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This may be an awkwardly worded question, but here we go....
Currently I am running a G4 desktop running 10.2.8. I visited with a vendor about buying some RAM and upgrading my OS so I could run more current browser versions.
I run MS Office, Adobe Photoshop & InDesign, and Filemaker Pro as my main applications. I am unemployed right now, so am trying to be careful with my money. I do use the computer in a small business that is now even more important to me in this time of unemployment.
I consider upgrading this G4, but then see it is possible to get some pretty capable G5 machines for little money. So I wonder if I should just do that.
The question..... If I got a G5, could it run my software found now on my G4, and could this G5 also support software that would run on an Intel, for when I bought an Intel later? It is my understanding that some software discs will have versions for PowerPC and Intel.
I am trying to be able to step from one machine to the next in succession and not waste any software money. I have the wish to buy Acrobat and use it too, but don't want to buy it if I can't later run it on an Intel machine.
Did I make adequate sense here?
Currently I am running a G4 desktop running 10.2.8. I visited with a vendor about buying some RAM and upgrading my OS so I could run more current browser versions.
I run MS Office, Adobe Photoshop & InDesign, and Filemaker Pro as my main applications. I am unemployed right now, so am trying to be careful with my money. I do use the computer in a small business that is now even more important to me in this time of unemployment.
I consider upgrading this G4, but then see it is possible to get some pretty capable G5 machines for little money. So I wonder if I should just do that.
The question..... If I got a G5, could it run my software found now on my G4, and could this G5 also support software that would run on an Intel, for when I bought an Intel later? It is my understanding that some software discs will have versions for PowerPC and Intel.
I am trying to be able to step from one machine to the next in succession and not waste any software money. I have the wish to buy Acrobat and use it too, but don't want to buy it if I can't later run it on an Intel machine.
Did I make adequate sense here?