I read yet another article discussing the new switch for Apple from IBM Procs to Intel Procs. What was interesting was the comment on Apple's motivation. Many were saying that it has to do with making Macs run faster in the future to be able to compete with the current trend in PC speed. But this article pointed out something really interesting they essential said (paraphrased) : "The reality is that what keeps people from buying a Mac is the cost and software availability. Apple's move to Intel has really not addressed either of these issues." He further goes on to explain that putting Intel Chips on proprietary Mac hardware really does nothing for costs of a Mac. And that even though the processor is now x86, it still requires new software to be re-written. This is an essential "back to the drawing board" for programmers. Unless all of the conspiracies about Steve Jobs wanting to create a PC version of the Mac OS are trye, then I don't think anybody is really sure where Apple is thinking of going with this. Right now it just looks like Apple has just changed it shoes, but is not really walking in any different directions.
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