But how different would it be than buying a Sony Vaio and installing a pirated copy of Mac OS X/XI/XII on it. Apple is giving up its natural defence.

In his presentation Jobs mentioned that transition of PPC based apps to the Intel architecture is going to be very easy. It’s supposedly a 2 hour job. If that is the case then apple had no true reason to declare the shift a year in advance. Only fools will buy PPC based Apple computers in the coming year. It just pains me to see the company, which I love so much, making losses.

@Kapil: I am reading about the Woz right now… Yeah, I’ve heard many people say that Apple lost its cool because it’s moving away from PowerPC to a 30-year compatibility stricken architecture like x86.. but you have to admit, they have been bold enough to go ahead and try to pull off the transition. They believe that they can make better laptops with Intel chips in future than with PowerPC. I don’t know if that’s a right step or not, but that’s Apple being Apple, they’re not afraid to do what they feel is the right direction.

Forget the earlier comment people

Usage: “I am bangalored. They outsourced the entire project to India”

I am not in favor of apple moving out from the PowerPC platform. How am I going to face those with whowm I debated the virtues of PPC architecture and defeated their notions of x86. It’s embarassing! Plus I think Job’s decission to disclose the shift to intel so early was purely bad business. People who would have bought PPC based Apples in the coming one year would now postpone their purchase plans. Apple doesnt have enough market share to digest a major slump in sales for a year.

I am going to cherish my PPC based powerbook. If possible I will try to buy one more from the last line of PPCs that apple rolls out. A mint condition PPC powerbook from the last batch of PPCs would fetch huge moolah 10 years down the line

May I know which library is that. It could help me since I am getting Bangalored and getting books on weekend is on my agenda.