NJRoadfan - Perhaps it is a blessing in disguise that I've never had ability to afford a cutting edge Apple Product, I think I would be pretty miffed after spending so much money for it to be dropped like a stone within a couple of years. The fact is yes, technology does move on fast, look at the progression of the Ipad. I still believe companies should support products for a reasonable length of time, especially when users are investing a lot of money in to their products. Not everyone can afford to upgrade every two years, spending up and over $1000.

From what I know. Apple was having a lot of trouble with Motorola and IBM when the G4 and G5 was out, the switch to Intel was born out of necessity. Still it was no reason to drop support for relatively new machines.

This thread has really given me a lot to mull over and I'm now on the fence, wondering if I go G4 or Intel. Both laptops look identical aside from the intel being a little slimmer.

In reference to Flash, when it first appeared, I thought it was great. But as time when by and it became more integral to website development, I felt it was became a resource hungry, clunky platform. I'm not a programmer, i dont know how to make a thing from flash. I just know a website should not kill a computer or make a laptop's internal fan kick in. Thats what 3D gaming is for!