Apple didn't move to Intel purely for speed reasons or power consumption reasons. It moved becauase of an unshakable public perception that Intel chips are faster/better. Even when the PowerPC was more competitive speed-wise in the past, the public still perceived Intel as the better processor. So, my switching to Intel, Apple no longer has an uphill fight against public perception *and* gets to benefit from Intel's marketing muscle.
Apple definitely made the right move in switching to Intel when it did.
Despite all sorts of rumors and analyst predictions, there was no new iPod (even though the Shuffle is a year old) and no new news around content for iTunes. Coming off CES with the Microsoft announcement around Urge and the Google Video announcement, I'm surprised that Apple didn't do something to extend in the music/video space. That said, the iPod sales numbers for the holidays were very impressive.
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Apple didn't move to Intel purely for speed reasons or power consumption reasons. It moved becauase of an unshakable public perception that Intel chips are faster/better. Even when the PowerPC was more competitive speed-wise in the past, the public still perceived Intel as the better processor. So, my switching to Intel, Apple no longer has an uphill fight against public perception *and* gets to benefit from Intel's marketing muscle. Apple definitely made the right move in switching to Intel when it did.
Despite all sorts of rumors and analyst predictions, there was no new iPod (even though the Shuffle is a year old) and no new news around content for iTunes. Coming off CES with the Microsoft announcement around Urge and the Google Video announcement, I'm surprised that Apple didn't do something to extend in the music/video space. That said, the iPod sales numbers for the holidays were very impressive.