“With Apple’s recent announcement that they will move to Intel technology in 2006/7, the most common question I hear is, ‘Should I hold off buying a new Apple computer?’ The short answer is ‘yes,’ but for most of those asking, not as long as you might think,” Rob Enderle writes for Designtechnica.
“Ror those thinking of switching from Windows to Apple, you should likely hold off until you have the opportunity to choose between Apple’s new platforms and Microsoft’s next generation operating system,” Enderle writes. “How about if you were planning to stay on Apple and desperately need new hardware but now don’t want to buy because you know it soon will be obsolete? …The magnitude of this change suggests that existing Apple hardware will become largely obsolete by 2008/9… if you need new hardware, you should buy with the understanding that the hardware’s life cycle will be shortened.”
“It occurs to me that Apple hardware, especially iMacs, should be really inexpensive in the 4th quarter unless Apple cuts back dramatically on manufacturing (which is possible.) I can’t think of a better deal for a PC for an elderly relative or a guest room (or possibly a kitchen) in your home,” Enderle writes (MacDailyNews Note: Barring earthquakes, of course). “Apple clearly has enough of a reserve to survive what will undoubtedly be a painful move, but it should leave them stronger than they were; that means abandoning them at this time would not be wise.”
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