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Snow Leopard- Is It really necessary? Just A Question
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<blockquote data-quote="ADKhikerVW" data-source="post: 877504" data-attributes="member: 36483"><p>If I were you, I would go for the Intel Mac. PowerPC is fading into obscurity very rapidly now, and they are not going to be supported for much longer. Most new applications are Intel only.</p><p></p><p>This is not to say that what you have isn't still a good computer, because it will be fine for everyday tasks for quite a long time, as long as you are willing to use older programs. However, even browsing the web on a PowerPC Mac has become a frustrating experience, since code is not being optimized for PowerPC anymore. </p><p></p><p>I say spend the extra money and at least get one of the early Intel Macs. It is worth the little bit extra and will be useful for much longer.</p><p></p><p>On the Windows topic.. Windows is not a terrible OS as many seem to think. OS X and Windows both have their place, and while I do prefer OS X for my personal use, I do have a Windows partition for the things OS X can't do, or Windows does better. As long as you are careful and knowledgeable, Windows can be a great OS and will not cause you too many problems.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ADKhikerVW, post: 877504, member: 36483"] If I were you, I would go for the Intel Mac. PowerPC is fading into obscurity very rapidly now, and they are not going to be supported for much longer. Most new applications are Intel only. This is not to say that what you have isn't still a good computer, because it will be fine for everyday tasks for quite a long time, as long as you are willing to use older programs. However, even browsing the web on a PowerPC Mac has become a frustrating experience, since code is not being optimized for PowerPC anymore. I say spend the extra money and at least get one of the early Intel Macs. It is worth the little bit extra and will be useful for much longer. On the Windows topic.. Windows is not a terrible OS as many seem to think. OS X and Windows both have their place, and while I do prefer OS X for my personal use, I do have a Windows partition for the things OS X can't do, or Windows does better. As long as you are careful and knowledgeable, Windows can be a great OS and will not cause you too many problems. [/QUOTE]
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