The news is everywhere: Intel is replacing IBM to supply chips for all future Macs (2007 models). As usual, analysts are debating whether this is a good thing or bad for Apple.
For software ISVs, if you already have a product on old Macs, it could be bad news for you that now you need to invest more money to port over to x86. For new ISVs, this could be a golden opportunity to get into the “Mac” ecosystem.
One last thing, the transistion could help create more open source software choices for the Mac, which would be a good thing.
I couldn’t resist: who would buy iMac or PowerBook now if they know these products will be discontinued a year from now?