Its interesting. I got my first Mac around that transition, a performa 635CD. I had very little idea of processors and what not and probably after a year, did I realize there was such a thing as a PPC chip. As a new computer user, I almost never got software and the transition into PPC didnt concern me. By the time I fully realized the differences, I had a Performa 6116 and could run this new fangled sw.
It was a non-issue for the users I had access to during the early PPC era. Most had absolutely no idea that there was a transition underway... nor did they need to know.
My 3 big "transitions" have both been all-out switches.
1) When leaving high school in 1997, I was using an LC II at home...or maybe it was a -- I don't know, but it was a 68k machine. When I didn't have enough to buy my own Mac for college (and because the iMac wasn't out yet), I bought a refurbed IBM tower and took that to school.
2) The next time I owned/used a Mac was September of 2000 when I bought my Pismo. I kept the IBM around, but my roommate at school mainly used it.
3) I waited on Mac OS X until I bought my current 15" 1.25 Ghz Powerbook G4. I had used X a good deal, however, when my parents bought a flower iMac and iBook, so my personal switch was fairly simple and painless.
I don't dig "transitions." I'd rather just wait for it....wait for it...and....NOW! Get it all over with in one fell swoop. That's probably what will happen this time. Now, I don't expect to upgrade my PB running Panther and Avid XPress Pro 4 until I buy my first Macintel running Leopard. I might get the latest versions of iLife, iWork, etc., but that'll be the extent of it.
I went from LCIII to the first iMac and then to PowerBook 1.3 The biggest issue was learning the software, going from 7.something to X (with 8.something inbetween on the iMac). Can never remember the chip being that big of a deal, although now I don't have to feel as bad about wanting to upgrade before intel based computers come out. I mean there is no real point to buying G4 or G5 computer now that I can really see.
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Let's hope this transition is as smooth.
1) When leaving high school in 1997, I was using an LC II at home...or maybe it was a -- I don't know, but it was a 68k machine. When I didn't have enough to buy my own Mac for college (and because the iMac wasn't out yet), I bought a refurbed IBM tower and took that to school.
2) The next time I owned/used a Mac was September of 2000 when I bought my Pismo. I kept the IBM around, but my roommate at school mainly used it.
3) I waited on Mac OS X until I bought my current 15" 1.25 Ghz Powerbook G4. I had used X a good deal, however, when my parents bought a flower iMac and iBook, so my personal switch was fairly simple and painless.
I don't dig "transitions." I'd rather just wait for it....wait for it...and....NOW! Get it all over with in one fell swoop. That's probably what will happen this time. Now, I don't expect to upgrade my PB running Panther and Avid XPress Pro 4 until I buy my first Macintel running Leopard. I might get the latest versions of iLife, iWork, etc., but that'll be the extent of it.
No pesky Internet boards filled with opinions to FUD the Mac faithful.