Why Apple Switched from PowerPC to Intel

SO Back in the day PowerPC was pretty kick ass. And Processors were all over the place, so for Apple to put 1 type of processor in all their macs made them have sense of organization. So as time passed Processors got faster and faster, but then they hit the wall. They eventually could only get so fast using 1 "Core" of the Processor Apple did what it could know they need change with the release of the G5 which had the capability to be dual core, but was only on the PowerMac G5 Desktop. 

The PowerPC worked on a different architecture than other big processors ( AMD & Intel) which means people had to code programs differently than they would for PC's which wasted a lot of time, and made it so many programs wouldn't work on the Mac. Software is the soul of a computer and with no compatible content Apple would have failed if they would to stay with PowerPC. 

SO Apple always takes the most reliable option which was, and still is Intel. Intel Processor was well developed and only improved the Macs performance. With Mac's now on Intel it was easier for developers to make software for the Mac. Allowing for more compatibility. Which opens up many doors for people buying Apple products?

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MAX Price you should Pay for a PowerPC Mac

In short 220$

SO your thinking about buying a PowerPC Mac here in 2013 ( When this post was written) were now they are about 6 years old. An interesting decision.

What you need to know before buying:

• Many Newer Versions of Programs won't work on PowerPC Mac's (Older Versions will) 
• You will have to do some tinkering ( Optimizations )
• Some things " Just won't work" with it being so old.
• BUT it is still a quality product

Check Amazon, which is were you should be buying from, and compare the prices to something like a netbook. With the price 250$ in your mind, please if you going to spend that much go a little higher say even 250$ you could get a older Macbook, ANY intel Mac is better than a PowerPC one in basicly every way. BUT everything PowerPC is cheaper, keep in mind its cheaper for a reason. I paid 125$ for my Powerbook G4 1.6ghz 15' 1gb ram. Which was a great purchase on my part.

BUT know that PowerPC's are going to be alive (Able to use the internet) for probably about 10 more years.

DON'T BE STUPID

Don't get any PPC with under 1Ghz Proccessor it will run like poop, or under 1GB ram. If you do buy them like this obviously lower the standard price and buy ram with it. Also becareful with selection, its better to go with refurbished than used, the people that list them used probably don't know the specs and you might get something you didn't order.

The G's in the proccessor the higher the better Max is G5 lowest is G3.

They are well worth the small price in many aspects but not in others. You should try one though ^_^

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