Wow. If Apple really do adopt Intel chips over the IBM ones they are currently using for G5 technology, then how does Intel not have a complete and undefeatable monopoly over the PC processor market?
If you want power and quality in your non-mac PC, Intel chips are virtually the only option. Athlon put up a good fight, for a while, but have recently simply fallen behind...Intel are just too much of a chip and technology powerhouse. Apple, with their hardware-software integrative approach and 'relationship' business practices, was the only major player left who had not yet adopted the Intel standard.
If they actually go ahead with this, we could witness a 'Microsoftization' of the chip market, assuring that not only would we have to suffer under the yolk of an operating system monopoly, but under a chip monopoly as well.
How big is your wallet?
An interesting long-term consequence of this move, however, is that Apple may start to become a direct challenge to Microsoft PCs, instead of simply being a 'different sort' of computer that we use for somewhat unique types of work. Is this what Apple is thinking?
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Well, this isn't really the Microsoft-ization of the chip market. Consider this
1) High-end PCs for gaming or graphics design still go with Athlons and Dual-IBMs over Intel. This is particularly true if you build it yourself
2) There's a market for chips other than PCs. Consider this reversal: XBox 360 will have IBM chips, not Intel chips which was a surprising switch made by Microsoft.
What will be interesting to see is how well on-chip security works in Longhorn. If it works well, then Microsoft-ization may be inevitable. Which means my stock goes up :-)
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