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Tsk tsk to the pessimist. What's with all the doom and gloom? The transition to Intel is a necessary one, both in terms of costs and capabilities. Macs will be cheaper and more powerful - is this a bad thing? The OS will be consistent, making the transition completely transparent for all save hardware designers and software engineers (who would rather be working with the world's most popular chips to begin with). And to say that no one's going to want to buy PowerPC-based machines now that this move has been announced is just plain silly. It's virtually the same difference as buying a G4 or a G5 machine: you'll either buy what you can afford now, with the ever-present risk that your hardware won't be able to run the next generation of software (true for both Macs & PCs), or you'll wait for the more powerful (and traditionally more expensive) option - except this time that option won't be as pricey as before. Cheer up, it's just a chip.