Old PowerPC Magic
February 19, 2006 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under Computers
I was at a presscon last week, purpose of which was to demo the new iLife and iWork ‘06 to the public. But deeper than that was the demo of the software on the new Intel-based Macs.
I’ll give it to Apple – they made the migration from PowerPC to Intel almost seamless. But.
Before the presscon I was having a conversation with Junior Tan, the guy from Apple Singapore in charge of the education apps. We were talking about the new Macs, specifically the MacBook Pro which was the next big thing in mobile computing. Dual core, built-in iSight, 4x faster than any notebook available.
Then he goes, “but I’m having such a hard time letting go of my PowerBook.” And I look down and see my own little white 12-incher that has saved my ass from being fried several times.
Man, it’s hard to replace a good thing.
And that’s the moral of this post.
Keep it… I would if I were you despite the cost-saving factor of selling it… There’s something special now about the “original” Macs and they still work pretty well (I’m sure you know. :) ). I still have my 3G iPod and when I do get a new one, I promised myself I would keep it for sentimental reasons (and as a backup disc,haha.)
Just my two cents.
“And I look down and see my own little white 12-incher that has saved my ass from being fried several times.”
Hmm. Dangerous sentence, Javys.