Apple to switch to Intel chips?

WSJ.com - Apple Is Poised to Shift To Intel as Chip Supplier

Apple Computer Inc. and Intel Corp., long on opposite sides of one of technology’s biggest divides, appear finally to be coming together.
Apple, of Cupertino, Calif., has begun briefing some partners about plans to begin shifting its Macintosh computer line next year to Intel chips, according to industry executives and people familiar with the briefings. Apple has said it expects to announce the move today, these people said.

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Steve Jobs, Apple’s chief executive and co-founder, is expected to explain the shift today during a keynote speech at the company’s annual conference for software developers in San Francisco, the industry executives said. Paul Otellini, Intel’s CEO, may take part in the presentation, an industry executive said.

Apple recently briefed IBM and other major software partners on its plans, according to people familiar with those briefings. On the other hand, some Apple watchers said that, given Mr. Jobs’s mercurial reputation, they won’t be sure a change will happen until a formal announcement.

Some interesting times await! If this is truly the case, the impact will roil the Mac community.

Gosh - remember those days when all the Mac fans like me would cheer Apple on when the long division bug was found in the Pentium?