er...guys here is some supporting info i got on this-:
Is Apple switching to Intel processors? It's an issue that raises its head every 6 months or so, usually when Apple hasn't speed bumped their current lineup for some time, like right now. And while Apple might say that Intel's higher speed is just a marketing trick, Apple still refuses to use the faster G3 chips simply because of marketing. For example, the latest G3 runs at 1Ghz, and has low power features making it perfect for the iBook, but until the G4 chip is made to run at 1Ghz with additional power and heat reductions, we won't see it, simply because of marketing restraints.
So what about this Intel deal? Is Apple going to dump the PowerPC chips made by Motorola and IBM and go Intel Inside? I can tell you with certainty that Mac OS X.2 compiles and runs on Intel chips. If you're surprised by this, we need to look at a little history. Where did OS X come from? Apple? Well, really it comes from the old NeXT, a computer company formed by Steve Jobs and some of the smartest geeks on the planet which was then bought by Apple for $450 million. Or as some would say, NeXT was offered $450 million to take over Apple. OS X is 99% NeXT Step, and 1% the old Mac OS that we all love. And if we look at the History of NeXT Step, we will see that It jumped from hardware platform to hardware platform without blinking, eventually becoming OpenStep, a variant that then became the predominant breed which ran on x86 processors. That's right, Intel processors. Many Mac sites talk about whether Apple will port OS X to Intel processors. That's a clear and immediate indication that they don't have a clue and you shouldn't be getting your Mac news from such sources. OS X existed on Intel long before it existed on PowerPC. Steve and his team ported OS X to PowerPC FROM Intel, not the other way around. And do you really think Apple would stop pushing the button that simply compiled an x86 version? Of course not! Apple has even released a version of OS X for Intel to developers. I am deadly serious. Back in 1997 when OS X was still known by its codename, Rhapsody, Apple gave every registered developer a copy of Rhapsody for PPC, and a copy of Rhapsody for Intel. It was even called, "Rhapsody for Intel".
