They're heeeerree

Its hard to believe, but as rumoured, Apple is _indeed_ switching its processors to Intel. I was initially shocked by this as I watched the keynote but it seems Steve Jobs is working his magic and having watched the keynote it now all seems very sensible. If their Rosetta PowerPC emulation runs as promised then it should be a good move, it seems to run a tad slowly in Steve's demo but then its clearly not the final version. Apple have (as rumoured) been dual developing Mac OSX and (it appears from the keynote) all their apps as dual PowerPC/Intel from the beginning as a 'Just in case' scenario. Of course this also means they can switch _back_ to PowerPC at the drop of a hat if it all goes a bit Pete Tong, but that seems unlikely. I still have a slightly bad taste in my mouth from the idea, after all, dont Intel processors run hotter and use more power than PowerPC? Arent Intel portable chips much worse for power consumption than PowerPC? Are we going to have to put up with "Centrino" technology in Macs! Last time I looked in my Mac Evangelist's Handbook® - _Intel Inside_ was a bad thing! But dammit, Mr Jobs makes it sound *so* good! I just want to come along with the ride anyway. I guess this should mean that some clever so and so will make Windows run on the new Intel Macs without the need for VirtualPC, in regular windows (though still I guess _Windows_ windows), not a huge bonus for myself .. although maybe games! Mmmmmmm! First Intel Macs are promised to be shipping this time next year. I would _guess_ consumer Macs first as Apple have more control over the software/hardware so it should be smoother. I wonder how Bill feels about this, even though MacOSX wont run on regular PCs, Apple is pissing on their lawn so to speak and they _cant_ be that happy. What about Quark? Can they keep up with another change or will we have to wait another 3 years for QuarkXpress running properly on Intel Macs or will it have to run in Rosetta indefinitely. To conclude: Im shocked but hopeful. :-D