> The PPC G5 got exactly 1 OS upgrade (10.5) before it was EOL'd. The OS X release cycle back then was much slower. It was 4 and a half years between when Appl

> The PPC G5 got exactly 1 OS upgrade (10.5) before it was EOL'd. The OS X release cycle back then was much slower. It was 4 and a half years between when Apple shipped the first Intel PCs and Snow Leppard was launched. Even then, Apple continued supporting and updating Leppard for a couple years after that. Even if you bought a PPC Mac on the last possible day, you still got 5-6 years out of the machine with security updates. Seems to me like we'll see at least comparable support for Intel Macs going forward. Particularly since they will still be shipping Intel Macs for at least another year, possibly another 2 years.