I would say that it is highly unlikely that Intel CPUs would would used in Macintoshes. From a technical point of view everything is possible, but business-wise (and after all this is primarily business) making such an announcement would:
1. cease development of MacOS X software on the PPC platform? Who would develop software that would be obsoleted within a year?
2. cease sales of PPC-based Macs, ie all macs? Who would invest in machines that would be good as fishnet weights within a year?
3. more or less cease sales of software for PPC-based Macs.
2. and 3. would more or less ruin Apple's business until the new platform is out with software available for it. Only iPod and iTunes would bring revenue during the shift.
If any Intel-Apple co-operation is in the works I would rather predict either
1. other chipsets than the CPU
2. Intel to manufacture PPC based CPUs
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I would say that it is highly unlikely that Intel CPUs would would used in Macintoshes. From a technical point of view everything is possible, but business-wise (and after all this is primarily business) making such an announcement would: 1. cease development of MacOS X software on the PPC platform? Who would develop software that would be obsoleted within a year? 2. cease sales of PPC-based Macs, ie all macs? Who would invest in machines that would be good as fishnet weights within a year? 3. more or less cease sales of software for PPC-based Macs. 2. and 3. would more or less ruin Apple's business until the new platform is out with software available for it. Only iPod and iTunes would bring revenue during the shift. If any Intel-Apple co-operation is in the works I would rather predict either 1. other chipsets than the CPU 2. Intel to manufacture PPC based CPUs