"Its official. After years of speculation and proclamation, Apple has announced its impending shift to x86. Once upon a time, I'd have hailed this as a tremendous step forward for the company--now I'm not so sure.

Using Intel processors will probably cut Apple CPU costs since they'll (presumedly) be buying only-Intel hardware, and will have access to Intel rebates and cost discounts. It may even be a selling point Apple can leverage to increase the ease-of-switching--Apple has announced that their PC's will run Windows perfectly, though they won't ship the OS
themselves. There are, however, significant issues and problems I'm not sure how Apple will overcome."