In SX Microcontrollers, SX/B Compiler and SX-Key Tool, brianbr wrote:

[quote="Randy Glenn"]Not quite - there are still several million PowerPC Macs out there, for whose users the Boot Camp announcement means nothing.

Unless I'm getting a free upgrade soon that I wasn't expecting, I'll still be looking for a Mac compatible option.[/quote]

That is not the point. Between the Intel shift in the Mac hardware and "Boot Camp" there is now less reason the ever for the developers for the chip manufacturers to develope for Mac Platform, specifically the PPC platform.

 Now, that said, it occurs to me that wise developers, now that Mac has gone Intel, will posture their future code so that it can be more readily cross platform. There may be a future, but it is a way's off. The immediate future holds a slim prospect for PPC based versions of microP IDEs.

Before you shoot the messenger here, I am Mac head from way back. I do almost everything on a 1st iteration iMac G5 and a 1.5 GHz 12" PowerBook. I have a Shuttle XPC Athlon 2100+ based system that is almost exclusively Parallax, Microchip and Motorola.

What I see happening for me, is that sometime this Fall I am going to get a MacBookPro, and spend the extra bucks for a larger HD to partition and dual boot OSX / XP Pro. There have been some hardware glitches on that platform (they are up to rev D mobo already) and I want to wait until it settles down. I know not everyone can afford new Apple hardware, but I have a bit of an inside edge, my #2 son is an Apple rep and he has a great discount.

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