Adobe products are not going to Universal Binaries until next year

This shouldn't be a surprise to anyone, but Adobe have confirmed that none of their products, including those acquired from Macromedia, are going to run natively on Intel-based Macs until next year. That means that it will be at least a year to 18 months before two of the major application suites - Microsoft Office and Creative Suite – are Intel-native.

I've been in two minds about whether to buy an iMac G5 or an iMac Dual Core (three minds, if you include the “not going to buy a new computer at all” option), but combined with the recent price drops on the G5, I'm now pretty much erring in favour of the G5. After all, for half of the iMac's lifespan, it won't run the apps I use every day at full speed. With Windows XP booting and Virtual PC for Intel chips looking like extreme improbabilities at the moment as well, the G5 is definitely the better option for me.