John Siracusa's take on Apple/Intel

Here.

DAMN, this guy's good.

And I think I'm done with this subject for a little while now.

One final note: Anyone who thinks that this transition means that Apple's future products will no longer be significantly different from the competition is seriously lacking imagination. Just because Apple will be using the same processors that Dell and everyone else uses IN NO WAY means that Apple's products will suddenly stop being innovative or different.

The Mac is not about the CPU. It's about the whole package, and I think Intel-based Macs will enable Apple to, on balance, make even more interesting packages.