[summary] Apple intel transition (was: Re: Status of 6.0
forproduction systems)
Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
chad at shire.net
Sat Nov 19 14:51:47 GMT 2005
On Nov 19, 2005, at 5:19 AM, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
>> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Chad
>> Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
>> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 12:27 PM
>> To: Free BSD Questions list
>> Subject: [summary] Apple intel transition (was: Re: Status of
>> 6.0 forproduction systems)
>>
>
>> and so most upgrades
>> will happen on the normal HW upgrade cycle that an particular Mac
>> user follows.
>
> So, since your the expert on this, what is the "normal HW upgrade
> cycle"?
Whatever cycle people use to buy new machines. Most people or groups
have cycles they follow (even if it is not something they realize
they do). For some, there is a written policy. For others it is
driven by budgets. For others, when the old machine starts to feel
long in the tooth. For a small minority it is every new generation
(the early adopters and techno geeks).
>
> I suppose all Mac users follow the same upgrade cycle, huh.
For each person or group it may be different. Some may do it every
18 months, some every 2-3 years, some every 3-4 years.
>
>> Chad
>> most of whose Macs are built from parts from eBay and parts shops and
>> PC parts [total 3 Macs in the last 3 years -- personal and business
>> owned], though he does have 3 original purchased Macs from Apple
>> since 1998 [all business owned], 1 of which has been passed on to
>> others.
>
> Hmm - so your own upgrade cycle is what, 8 years? From 1998 to 2005?
???? I upgraded to a G5, because of business and tax reasons. My
personal upgrade cycle is when I can afford it. Sometimes it is 2
years, sometimes 4 or 5. Some older machines are still used for side
tasks like the original Bondi Blue 233mhz iMac (running OS X now),
which is used by the family for email etc. Some older technology
based machines (the eBay built ones) are 5 year old motherboards etc
with new PC parts because I can get a machine much less expensively
than buying a new one and I have a certain need. Like needing to run
OS X Server for some customers and not wanting to buy an XServe since
the customers are not paying for that.
> Or were you gonna keep those original Macs longer than this year?
>
> So, Apple is going to be supporting PPC for another 8 years, then.
> OK.
Could be. I would guess at least 3-4 years after the last PPC based
machine stops being part of Apple's line up. We are at least a year
from that point and probably more like 2. That may not quite add up
to 8 years but it probably adds up to 5-7 years. We'll see...
Chad
>
> Ted
>
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