| That's a fallacy, it will take 6 years before 50% of all macs are intel based, and besides programs will run natively or almost natively for either processor. Intel Macs that were sent to developers were also Desktop Machines and not laptops. But if you're going to buy a new machine in 3 years anyway - and want it to be bleeding edge (not everything will neccessarily be ported, especially shareware and want not - although you can emulate) - then by all means get the cheaper one today.
My point wasn't that the ibook isn't alright though - it was that price shouldn't be the biggest consideration. And the difference between 14.1" and 15" is much more than it sounds.
EDIT: ^^ we posted at the same time
The transition really shouldn't matter much - it is intended to be as seamless as possible and there will be full support for PowerPC for as long as you need. I am planning on buying a MAC once they transition, though, so that I can dual boot windows. |