I know there's a lot of Macheads around here... this is some pretty groundshaking stuff.... straight from CNet
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"After years of trying to get people to switch to Macs from Intel-based computers, Apple Computer itself has switched.
CEO Steve Jobs announced Monday that Apple will gradually shift its Mac line to Intel-based chips over the next two years. The move confirms a timetable first reported by CNET News.com.
As for why Apple was making the shift, Jobs pointed both to past problems and to the PowerPC road map, which he said won't deliver enough performance at the low-power usages needed for powerful notebooks."
It'll be interesting to see how the legions of Machead take this news. The OS will remain different, but it'll be a much harder sell when Macs are compared to Wintel Machines on a dollar for dollar basis. Mac developers are probably punching walls right now, for all the time and resources it'll take to port their wares over to the new intel machines, and still maintain legacy support.
Too bad, Apple seemed to be on a roll...