This idea has been floated around for ages.  Apple running on Intel chips. 
Well it’s finally happened.  I’m so torn right now.  I know
I’ve spent a good amount of time and energy in my life(having used the
Mac platform since 1988) in dispelling speed gap myths and generally
bashing Intel.  I suppose it’s not all that different from when
Apple and IBM jumped into bed with each other a couple of years
ago.  Back in the 80′s IBM used to be the biggest game in town,
and if someone talked about the 2 platforms, it used to be Mac and
IBM.  Now that same conversation goes often people comparing Mac
to Intel systems.  Now they’re one in the same.  It’s left me
with a hollow feeling.  It’s like you preached democracy only to
wake up one day and find that the communists won and you’re now on
their side.



I know in the long run it will be better for Apple to run on Intel
chipsets, and this move is basically a stab into Microsofts
territory.  Coincedentally the new OS that will run on Intel
chips, Leopard, will release the same year as Microsofts long
developing Longhorn.  This will lead to widerspread use of the Mac
OS given it would be a fully formed competitor to Windows.  I
doubt Apple will support generic PC boxes for running it’s OS, but
given it’s running on an Intel chipset, someone will figure out a hack
and they’ll be running OSX on a regular PC.