[antiRepublicrat]

Apple dumped Linux supporter IBM's chips to allow users to dual boot Windows and OSX on Intel, a response to Linux gaining on if not already passing Apple market share.

That's the first time I've heard that one. Most believe it's any or all of these reasons

• Apple's notebook, iMac and mac mini lines (especially the PowerBook line) were failing because IBM/Freescale couldn't produce a fast, low-power chip
• Apple was a tiny part of IBM's business, meaning IBM didn't have much incentive for R&D and supply fulfillment, so Apple went to Intel where they knew there would always be a supply and strong R&D
• Related to that, IBM made Steve Jobs a liar by promising 3 GHz last year, and that pissed Jobs off.
• Intel paid a load of cash and incentives to get Apple on board

[Golden Eagle]

No doubt the notebook processors were a big reason why, but free Linux is eating *nix's lunch in many cases, and that includes OSX. Solaris can now go toe to toe on Intel, and so will OSX. Not sure how you never understood what was going on, when two of the most well known journalists covering Linux and Apple were all over it.

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1824810,00.asp

http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7BD0E8469A%2D28FC%2D415D%2D9281%2DC97B5FA2CA3D%7D&siteid=mktw&dist=nbs