several things:
There are way too many computer religious people posting here. I always say the best tool for the job. Processors are up to 3 ghz now, it's not an issue with speed, most machines are fast nowadays.
Most people are coding software in code that gets compiled to different target processors anyway, and the processor doesn't make the difference that it used to. It's really a software battle now. Both Microsoft (with the .Net Common Language Runtime) and Apple with XCode recognize this..
I think moving to a processor that has a lot more availability in quantities and price point gives Apple the opportunity to really compete head-on with windows for price peformance, even if they stay propritary (like the a1 motherboards and AmigaOS do) and do not license the product to other manufacturers, though they do sell iPODs thru HP already they will still have significant room to play with price/performance..
Considering the amount of G4/G5 processors (beyond the embedded market) will soon shrink, I am looking forward to see what will happen to further AmigaOne development..
For months I mentioned Apple's Darwin for x86 on this board and how it wouldn't be a stretch for them to go intel. The powerpc elitests kept saying it will never happen. Do you know how great an intel based Amiga could be.. (AROS looks really good about now :-)
Maybe it's just me, but I think OS X for intel will give Windows it's first legitimate competition in close to 10 years.
Folks who keep saying the G4/G5 was a better CPU, get over it you were wrong, even Apple refuted that argument that they made originally, in their own press release..
We should be talking what is the better software and not worrying about hardware in this day and age anyway..
