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It's sad. The PPC970 is such an elegant chip with lots of room to grow. Too bad IBM couldn't produce up to expectations, having a hard time going to .90..

Intel offers not just increased performance, but reduced power consumption. Transition will be complete by WWDC ‘07.

But Intel? They're getting whomped by AMD in performance and heat. AMD has proven they can ship volume, having seen their marketshare go way up in the last several years. Honestly, can anyone say with a straight face that Intel has the best x86 architecture? I have a feeling Intel made a really sweet deal with Apple, maybe even including a loss-leader.

Satellite shot with crosshairs shows building where a team has been working on the “Just in Case…” scenario. Every release of Mac OS X has been compiled for Intel for the past 5 years. Here comes the demo!

This has been suspected for a long time, especially since Darwin (the core of OS X) has been available for x86 for years. I'm just amazed how easy they've made it for developers to port and make fat binaries. Ported Mathematica in two days? Damn!

But in the end, I wonder if this means I'll be able to simply replace Windows XP with OS X on my PC? Sweeeet!