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I agree with this. Some greedy bastards those bonkers were (are!).

Don't think they will. According to rumors (and mind, Macintosh rumors aren't generally much in-miss to what really is going under the ropes), Apple has bought some abandoned factories and has ever since started to tidy the space, recreate architectures and bring in machinery to operate with. It is said that Apple intends to start manufacturing their own chips and processors. Obviously, this will mean clipping off Intel's wings.

I have no idea how they intend to do this, how long it will take, whether it is already happening or not, nor how that will eventually affect Apple's machines. I also read that they are working on a whole new OS base to apply in all of their products.

You're comparing game consoles use of a certain architecture to that of personal computers, which is apples and oranges.

Game consoles don't need to worry about standards, forwards and backwards compatibility, etc. as much as you would with a CPU for a PC.

We can argue about PowerPC vs x86 but it boils down to the #1 downfall of Mac's were the lack of software (we can debate the price issue as well but you're paying for R&D of the OS when you buy Mac hardware) -- sure back then you could run VirtualPC and emulate a x86 (at like 10% native speed - not even kidding), but now you can dual-boot or run a OS at pretty much native speed.  The compatibility issue has been resolved.  Now for people making the "switch", they can rest assured that everything they have on their PC will work fine on the Mac.

Also remember the G5 ran crazy hot, which is why you saw no laptops use the CPU.  Apple was promised a 3GHz G5 a year after the 2GHz shipped, and when that time came all IBM could muster up was a overclocked G5 which threw off even more heat and forced Apple to try their hand at liquid cooling (didn't exactly go well).

But of course after Apple's long rivalry with Intel and after all the propaganda put out (mostly by Apple), it's going to be hard for some Apple loyalists to accept the change.  But it's for the best.